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| Location | 375 East Main Street,Tupelo, Mississippi 38804 |
| Coordinates | 34°15′36″N88°42′00″W / 34.260°N 88.700°W /34.260; -88.700 |
| Capacity | 10,000 |
| Field size | 32,000 sq ft (3,000 m2) without ice[1] 209.5 ft (63.9 m) total floor length with south risers extended* 234 ft (71 m) total floor space with south risers folded* 130 ft (40 m) total width* 70 ft (21 m) width seating* * (no ice) |
| Opened | October 9, 1993 |
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Cadence Bank Arena, formerlyTupelo Coliseum,BancorpSouth Center andBancorpSouth Arena is a 10,000-seat multi-purposearena, near downtownTupelo, Mississippi, named for the locally basedCadence Bank, a large multi-state commercial banking company.
It was the home of theTupelo FireAnts andMississippi MudCatsarena football, theTupelo T-Rexice hockey teams and theTupelo Hound Dogs of theEastern Indoor Soccer League. It was also the home of theMississippi Hound Dogs of theUltimate Indoor Football League.
The $16 million, 32,000 sq ft (3,000 m2) facility was built in 1993, and is one of the more modern arenas serving a small market in themid-south. Its lot was previously occupied by ashopping 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 frombasketball torodeos.
The arena has also hosted theHarlem Globetrotters on several occasions. OneMemphis Pharaohs (Arena Football League) home game was held there in 1996.
The arena can be scaled down to 4,500 for theater-style concerts. The arena is also used for trade shows and conventions (33,800 sq ft [3,140 m2]) of exhibit space plus 5,000 sq ft (460 m2) 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 theMemphis Tigers and theLSU Tigers.
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