| Stadium Name: | Cadence Bank Arena |
| Logo Image: | Cadence_Bank_Arena_logo.png |
| Location: | 375 East Main Street, Tupelo, Mississippi 38804 |
| Coordinates: | 34.26°N -88.7°W |
| Opened: | October 9, 1993 |
| Seating Capacity: | 10,000 |
| Dimensions: | 32000square feet without ice[1] 209.5feet total floor length with south risers extended* 234feet total floor space with south risers folded* 130feet total width* 70feet width seating* * (no ice)}}Cadence Bank Arena, formerly Tupelo Coliseum, BancorpSouth Center and BancorpSouth Arena is a 10,000-seat multi-purpose arena, near downtown Tupelo, Mississippi, named for the locally based Cadence Bank, a large multi-state commercial banking company. It was the home of the Tupelo FireAnts and Mississippi MudCats arena football and the Tupelo T-Rex ice hockey teams. It was also the home of the Mississippi Hound Dogs of the Ultimate Indoor Football League. The $16 million, facility was built in 1993, and is one of the more modern arenas serving a small market in the mid-south. Its lot was previously occupied by a shopping mall called Downtown Mall. When the mall closed in 1990 the arena was retrofitted from the old building.[2] [3] The arena also seats 8,000 for sports events, ranging from basketball to rodeos. Notable eventsSports
The arena has also hosted the Harlem Globetrotters on several occasions. One Memphis Pharaohs (Arena Football League) home game was held there in 1996. Concerts
The arena can be scaled down to 4,500 for theater-style concerts. The arena is also used for trade shows and conventions of exhibit space plus of meeting space). On November 14, 2008, the arena hosted the Mississippi State Bulldogs club hockey team in a game against the Loyola University New Orleans club in the arena's first venture into ice hockey since the T-Rex left in 2003. On November 21, 2010, the BancorpSouth Arena hosted a college basketball game featuring the Memphis Tigers and the LSU Tigers. External links |