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| Former names | Las Vegas Arena(planning/construction) |
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| Address | 3780South Las Vegas Boulevard |
| Location | Paradise, Nevada, U.S. |
| Coordinates | 36°06′10″N115°10′42″W / 36.10278°N 115.17833°W /36.10278; -115.17833 |
| Public transit |  Las Vegas MonorailatMGM Grand  RTC Transit routes 201,301, 502, 605, 606, 607, 608, 902 |
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| Operator | MGM Resorts International[2] |
| Capacity | Basketball: 18,000 (20,000 with standing room) Boxing/MMA/Pro Wrestling: 20,000 Concerts: 12,000–20,000 Ice hockey: 17,500 (20,000 with standing room) |
| Record attendance | Ice hockey: 19,058 (June 13, 2023) |
| Acreage | 16 acres (6.5 ha) |
| Construction | |
| Broke ground | May 1, 2014; 11 years ago (2014-05-01) |
| Opened | April 6, 2016; 9 years ago (2016-04-06) |
| Construction cost | $375 million |
| Architect | Populous |
| Project manager | ICON Venue Group |
| Structural engineer | Thornton Tomasetti |
| Services engineer | ME Engineers |
| General contractor | Penta Building Group Hunt Construction Group |
| Tenants | |
| Vegas Golden Knights (NHL) (2017–present) Ultimate Fighting Championship (2016–present) Las Vegas Aces (2024–present) (certain games) WWE (2025–present) | |
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T-Mobile Arena is a multi-purposeindoor arena inParadise, Nevada, United States. Opened on April 6, 2016, it is the home arena of theVegas Golden Knights of theNational Hockey League (NHL). A joint venture betweenMGM Resorts International andAnschutz Entertainment Group (AEG), T-Mobile Arena is situated on theLas Vegas Strip behind theNew York-New York andPark MGM casino hotels. It's been nicknamed "The Fortress".
T-Mobile Arena has hosted various sports and entertainment events, with the latter including concerts,award shows, andbeauty pageants. The arena has also hosted variouscombat sport events, includingmixed martial arts (MMA),boxing, andprofessional wrestling. MMA promoterUltimate Fighting Championship (UFC) signed a long-term tenancy agreement with T-Mobile Arena in 2017, under which it agreed to host four events per-year over the next seven years.
TheAnschutz Entertainment Group (AEG) first tried to build an arena in Las Vegas in association withHarrah's Entertainment. In 2007, the joint venture announced they would build a 20,000 seat stadium behind theBally's andParis casino-hotels.[3]Caesars Entertainment had previously envisioned using the location to build abaseball park, but the company's buyout by Harrah's cancelled the plans. Through the following year, Harrah's became uncertain on continuing with the project, not knowing if AEG would split the costs, and whether building a major league-ready stadium without a guaranteed franchise to play on it would be feasible during the2008 financial crisis.[4] The original plans were to break ground in June 2008 and finish the arena in 2010, but by 2009, it was revealed that the stalled project had not even done a traffic study despite being located near a busy intersection.[5] In 2010, the plans were changed to use an area behind theImperial Palace. However, given the financing would require a special taxation district, opposition fromClark County regarding using public money in the project stalled it even further.[6] AEG eventually backed out completely by 2012, onceMGM Resorts International came up with their own project using a terrain behind theNew York-New York andMonte Carlo resorts. This attracted AEG primarily for not relying on public funding.[7]
MGM and AEG announced their joint arena plan on March 1, 2013.[8] Plans were further fleshed out over the following months with the announcement of a $100-million pedestrian shopping area, The Park, to serve as a gateway to the arena,[9] and the retention of prominent sports architecture firmPopulous to design the project.[10] Other firms on the project include: the ICON Venue Group,[11]Thornton Tomasetti,[12] ME Engineers,[13] Penta Building Group andHunt Construction Group.[14]
The project broke ground on May 1, 2014,[15] followed by the demolition of existing buildings, and excavation of an oval area for the arena. The final steel beam of the structure was placed on May 27, 2015.[16]
In January 2016,T-Mobile US announced that it had acquired thenaming rights to the new arena in a multi-year contract.[17][18] The arena held its grand opening on April 6, 2016, with a concert by Las Vegas nativesThe Killers,Shamir andWayne Newton.[19] Country music artistsMartina McBride andCam performed at asoft opening on March 31, 2016.[20]
In 2016, theNational Hockey League awarded an expansion team to a Las Vegas ownership group led byBill Foley, with T-Mobile Arena as its home venue.[21] As part of the team's lease, Foley negotiated an option to buy a stake in the arena from MGM and AEG.[1] He exercised that option in September 2016, buying a 15 percent interest for around $35 million.[1][22]
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During its construction, T-Mobile Arena was pointed to as the home arena for a possibleNational Hockey Leagueexpansion team in Las Vegas.[23][24][25] The expansion bid was approved and announced by the NHL on June 22, 2016; the new team, theVegas Golden Knights, began play in the 2017–18 season.[21][26]
TheUltimate Fighting Championship's first event at the venue wasUFC 200: Tate vs. Nunes, held on July 9, 2016.[27] In March 2017, the UFC signed a seven-year agreement to become an official tenant of T-Mobile Arena. The promotion agreed to host at least four events per-year at the facility, in exchange for receiving permanent retail space and signage.[28]
TheProfessional Bull Riders (PBR) World Finals moved to T-Mobile Arena in 2016, moving from theThomas & Mack Center,[29] followed by thePac-12 Conference men's basketball tournament, which moved from theMGM Grand Garden Arena.[30] The PBR World Finals were held at T-Mobile Arena from 2016 to 2019, and again in 2021. Since 2022, the arena is home to the PBR Team Series Championship.[31]
TheUNLV men's basketball team played at least one game at T-Mobile Arena in each of the first three seasons after the venue's opening. The Runnin' Rebels played and lost toDuke in December 2016,[32] defeatedRice andUtah in successive games in November 2017,[33] and defeatedBYU in November 2018.[34]
TheLas Vegas Aces of theWNBA have played several games at T-Mobile Arena since 2023. The team drew 17,406 spectators to their first game at T-Mobile Arena, played on September 10, 2023, against thePhoenix Mercury, and also hosted aWNBA Playoffs game at the arena three days later. The Aces' primary home atMichelob Ultra Arena was unavailable due to a scheduling conflict.[35] Two2024 regular season games were played at T-Mobile Arena[36] and four2025 regular season games will be played at T-Mobile Arena.
In addition to Golden Knights games and UFC events, a number of major sporting events have been held at the arena, including boxing matches such asCanelo Álvarez vs. Gennady Golovkin andFloyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Conor McGregor. By virtue of the Golden Knights winning the2017–18 Western Conference finals, it also played host to three games of the2018 Stanley Cup Finals, between the Golden Knights and theWashington Capitals, including the cup-clinching fifth game which awarded the Capitals their firstStanley Cup in franchise history.
The arena hosted three games of the2023 Stanley Cup Finals between the Golden Knights and theFlorida Panthers, culminating in a series-clinching 9-3 Game 5 win for the Golden Knights on June 13, 2023.
The arena has hosted nationally televised entertainment events such as theAcademy of Country Music Awards, theBillboard Music Awards, theiHeartRadio Music Festival, theLatin Grammy Awards, and theMiss USA beauty pageant. It is also a stop on many national concert tours, and hostsStrait to Vegas, aconcert residency byGeorge Strait.
WWE hosted the firstprofessional wrestling event at the arena in June 2016, with itsMoney in the Bank pay-per-view.[37] It hosted multiple support events forWrestleMania 41 in 2025, including the pre-WrestleMania edition ofSmackDown,NXT'sStand & Deliver, and the post-WrestleManiaRaw.[38]All Elite Wrestling (AEW) made its debut at the arena withDouble or Nothing in 2022, which was the promotion's first event to exceed $1 million in gate revenue.[39]
The semifinals and final game of the2023 NBA In-Season Tournament,2024 NBA Cup, and2025 NBA Cup were held at T-Mobile Arena.[40]
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