| Stadium Name: | Landers Center |
| Logo Image: | Landers_Center_Logo.svg |
| Pushpin Map: | Mississippi#USA |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location within Mississippi##Location within the United States |
| Pushpin Relief: | 1 |
| Pushpin Label: | Landers Center |
| Address: | 4560 Venture Drive |
| Location: | Southaven, Mississippi |
| Broke Ground: | April 24, 1998[1] |
| Opened: | September 16, 2000 |
| Owner: | DeSoto County |
| Operator: | DeSoto County Convention & Visitors Bureau |
| Construction Cost: | $35 million ($ in dollars) |
| Architect: | Johnson Bailey Henderson McNeel Architects |
| General Contractor: | Carothers Construction Inc. |
| Dimensions: | Maximum Floor Dimensions: 250’ L x 140’ W Maximum Floor Area: 35,000 sq. ft. Ice Floor Dimensions: 200’ L x 85’ W |
| Former Names: | DeSoto Civic Center (2000–2011) |
| Tenants: | Memphis Houn'Dawgs (ABA) (2000 - 2001) Memphis Xplorers (af2) (2001 - 2006) Mississippi RiverKings (CHL/SPHL) (2007 - 2018) Memphis Hustle (NBAGL) (2017 - present) Memphis Americans (NISL) (2021 -) |
| Seating Capacity: | In-the-Round: 10,045 End-Stage 180: 7,888 Boxing/wrestling: 10,000 Basketball: 9,000 Football, hockey, ice show, rodeo/circus: 8,500[2] |
| Website: | http://landerscenter.com/ |
The Landers Center is an 8,400-seat multi-purpose arena in Southaven, Mississippi. It is home to the Memphis Hustle of the NBA G League, a minor league basketball team affiliated with the Memphis Grizzlies.[3]
The center was built in 2000. On January 4, 2012, Memphis-based Landers Auto Group purchased the naming rights. The name was changed to the Landers Center.[4] Several now-defunct teams have called the arena home. These teams include the Memphis Xplorers of the AF2, the Memphis Houn'Dawgs of the American Basketball Association, and the Mississippi RiverKings (previously called the Memphis RiverKings) of the Central Hockey League and Southern Professional Hockey League. Current sports tenants include the Memphis Hustle of the NBA G League and the new Memphis Americans of the new National Indoor Soccer League.[5]
The center houses a 17,000 square foot convention center and 400 seat performing arts center. It is used as a concert venue, boxing arena, and for ice shows and circuses. Since 2009, the Mid-South Fair has been held at the Landers Center. Formerly, the fair was held in midtown Memphis at the Fairgrounds.
American recording artist Kelly Clarkson performed in the arena on February 9, 2019, during her Meaning of Life Tour to a sold-out crowd of over 7,000 patrons and grossed over $400,000.[6] This was her first show in the state of Mississippi in over seven years since her Stronger Tour in 2012.
During the 2021–22 NBA G League season, the Landers Center served as one of the temporary home arenas for the Capitanes de Ciudad de México during their inaugural season at the NBA G League despite also being temporarily stationed at Fort Worth, Texas at the time due to the long-term effects of the COVID-19 pandemic.[7] [8]
Bluegrass star Billy Strings and his band performed in the arena on 4/13/2023.