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| Location | 700 M Street Fresno, California |
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| Coordinates | 36°43′59″N119°46′58″W / 36.733093°N 119.78271°W /36.733093; -119.78271 |
| Owner | City of Fresno |
| Operator | ASM Global |
| Capacity | Concerts: 11,300 Basketball: 10,220 Ice Hockey: 7,600 |
| Field size | 220 by 100 ft (67 by 30 m) |
| Surface | Multi-surface |
| Construction | |
| Broke ground | 1965 |
| Opened | October 11, 1966[1] |
| Renovated | November 2006 |
| Expanded | 1984 |
| Construction cost | $10 million ($96.9 million in 2024 dollars[2]) |
| Architect | Robert W. Stevens & Associates[3] |
| Tenants | |
| Fresno State Bulldogs (NCAA) (1967–2003) Fresno Falcons (CA-NV/PSHL/WCHL/ECHL) (1968–2003, 2008) Fresno Flames (WBL) (1988) Fresno Frenzy (AF2) (2002) Fresno Heatwave (ABA) (2003–2006) Central Valley Coyotes (AF2) (2004–2009) Fresno Monsters (WSHL/NAHL/USPHL) (2009–2013, 2018–present) | |
Selland Arena is a multi-purposearena built in 1966 that makes up part of a four-venue complex of theFresno Convention and Entertainment Center inFresno, California. It is named after former Fresno mayorArthur L. Selland and has had over 10 million people walk through its doors in its over 50-year history.[4] The arena originally had a 6,582seating capacity, but aUS$10 million expansion project in 1981 increased the seating to its current capacity of 10,132.[4] Before the 1997-1998 Fresno State basketball season, capacity was increased to 10,220.[5] The Selland Arena underwent an additional $15 million renovation in November 2006, that included the installation of new seats, a new video replay scoreboard, message boards and a new ice-cooling system for hockey games.[6]
Currently, the arena is operated byASM Global under contract from the City of Fresno.
The arena is home to theFresno Monstersjunior ice hockey team of theUnited States Premier Hockey League. On January 27, 2010, the Monsters hockey team agreed to a contract extension to play at the arena through the 2012–13 hockey season. The arena hosted a combined 32 home games between the organization'sNorth American Hockey League (NAHL) andWestern States Hockey League (WSHL) teams during the 2012–13 hockey season. After the 2012–13 season, the NAHL Monsters' franchise was relocated toWenatchee, Washington, to take the place of the originalWenatchee Wild and the Tier III WSHL Monsters began playing at the lower capacityGateway Ice Center. The WSHL Monsters returned to Selland in 2018 for 21 of their 23 home games in the 2018–19 season and then full-time in the 2019–20 season.[7] The Monsters left the WSHL and joined the USPHL after the 2019–20 season.
Selland Arena has hosted concerts, conventions, ice shows, youth sports, professional sports, motocross, rodeo, religious events, graduations, and community events.
Notable events that have taken place at the arena include: the tour opening July 19, 1974Grateful Dead show,WWFRoyal Rumble 1996,Fully Loaded 1998, concerts by many major rock and popular music groups and talents, including Kiss,Deep Purple,Yes,Elvis Presley,Elton John,Metallica,Lynyrd Skynyrd,Aerosmith,Tina Turner,ABBA,David Bowie,Los Bukis,Sammy Hagar,Garth Brooks, andSelena Quintanilla .
Van Halen performed at Selland during itsFor Unlawful Carnal Knowledge Tour on May 14–15, 1992, and the shows were recorded and later released as a live album, entitledLive: Right Here, Right Now.
It also has hosted theCalifornia Interscholastic Federation Central Section Basketball Finals since 2004.
CaliforniaFuture Farmers of America Association hosted its annual State Conference. The last conference was hosted in April 2017. The leadership conference was moved toAnaheim Convention Center for the years 2018 and 2019, and toSacramento for the years 2020 and 2021, as Selland Arena was too small for it to keep hosting the annual conference.
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