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| Address | 1201 N West Ave |
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| Location | Sioux Falls, South Dakota, U.S. |
| Coordinates | 43°33′42″N96°45′00″W / 43.56167°N 96.75000°W /43.56167; -96.75000 |
| Owner | City of Sioux Falls |
| Operator | ASM Global |
| Capacity | 13,000 (Concerts) 12,000 (Basketball) 10,600 (Indoor Football) 10,678 (Hockey)[5] |
| Construction | |
| Broke ground | August 30, 2012[1] |
| Opened | September 19, 2014[1] |
| Construction cost | $117 million[1] ($155 million in 2024 dollars[2]) |
| Architect | Sink Combs Dethlefs Koch Hazard[3] |
| Structural engineer | Martin/Martin, Inc.[4] |
| Services engineer | M–E Engineers, Inc.[4] |
| General contractor | Mortenson Construction[3] |
| Tenants | |
| Sioux Falls Stampede (USHL) (2014–present) Sioux Falls Storm (IFL) (2015–2024) | |
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TheDenny Sanford PREMIER Center is anindoor arena inSioux Falls, South Dakota, United States. The building is located at 1201 North West Avenue, and is connected to theSioux Falls Arena and Sioux Falls Convention Center. The Arena's naming rights partners, and largest sponsors, areSanford Health,First PREMIER Bank andPREMIER Bankcard.[6]
Completed in 2014, the arena has a seating capacity of approximately 12,000 spectators and replaces theDakotaDome andRushmore Plaza Civic Center as the largest indoor venue in South Dakota.[7] The Sioux Falls Arena hosts smaller concerts and events, while the Denny Sanford PREMIER Center hosts large scale concerts and sporting events.[8]
A replacement of the Sioux Falls Arena had been discussed since 1999, with numerous task forces formed and studies completed to determine the need for a new events center.[1] The Sioux Falls Arena was built in 1961 when the population of Sioux Falls was 65,000.[9] By 2000, the population had nearly doubled to 124,000[9] while updates to the Arena were few and far between. After years of arguments and meetings, the new events center was put to a public vote in a special election on November 8, 2011. By a vote of 23,284 to 16,807, Sioux Falls citizens passed the events center special ballot, allowing design and construction of a new events center to begin.[3] Breaking ground in 2014, it was built on the west side of the Sioux Falls Convention Center.[10]
The first concert,Joan Jett and the Blackhearts andStarship featuring Mickey Thomas was held on September 24, 2014. On October 3, 2014,Jason Aldean andFlorida Georgia Line performed withTyler Farr.[11]
Slipknot, along with guestsKorn and opening bandKing 810, performed as part of the "Prepare for Hell" tour on November 9, 2014.[12]Eric Church andDwight Yoakam performed at the venue on December 6, 2014 as part of The Outsiders World Tour.[13]
The PREMIER Center hosts theSummit Leaguemen's andwomen's basketball tournaments every year in March. The winners receive automatic berths in theNCAA Division Imen's andwomen's tournaments. In 2024, theMen's andWomen's Championships set a tournament record with more 73,000 attending the tournament. The women's tournament broke their attendance record as well with over 36,000 people attending their games. The attendance of 36,504 ranked 4th in the country for a women's conference tournament behind only theBig Ten,ACC, andSEC.
The arena also hosts theSioux Falls Stampede of theUnited States Hockey League and up until October 30, 2024 it also hosted theSioux Falls Storm of theIndoor Football League (currently dormant due to leasing dispute with The PREMIER Center).
In 2016, the PREMIER Center hosted a regional[14] for theNCAA Women's DI Basketball Tournament.Syracuse defeatedTennessee in the regional final to advance to theFinal Four held inIndianapolis.
From 2015 to 2017, theProfessional Bull Riders (PBR) association hosted an annualBuilt Ford Tough Series event. Since 2017 the PBR has hosted anUnleash the Beast Series event at the PREMIER Center, known as the First PREMIER Bank/PREMIER Bankcard Invitational.[15][16]Garth Brooks andTrisha Yearwood brought their three-and-a-half-year world tour to the arena for nine sold-out concerts in September 2017.[citation needed]
Shania Twain brought herRock This Country Tour to the arena on September 23, 2015. She returned for herShania Now Tour on May 16, 2018.James Taylor performed there with his band.
Paul McCartney kicked off the Midwest leg of hisOne on One Tour at the arena on May 2, 2016. This marked his first performance in South Dakota as well as McCartney's first-ever performance as a solo artist of "A Hard Day's Night" and the first time the song was performed by a Beatle in half a century since the Beatles played it for the last time on 31 August 1965 at theCow Palace inDaly City, California.
On May 13, 2024[17] the Sioux Falls Sports Authority announced that the PREMIER Center had secured the bid to host the 2025U.S. Olympic team trials formen's and women's curling as well as the U.S. Paralympic team trials for wheelchair mixed doubles curling. The trials will take place in Sioux Falls from November 7–16, 2025. The winners of the trials will represent the United States at the2026 Milano-Cortina Winter Olympic andParalympic Games.
In the relatively short history of the PREMIER Center, the venue has hosted a wide variety of concerts and many notable performers including;Paul McCartney,Elton John,Eagles,Shania Twain,Nickelback,Demi Lovato,Eric Church,Morgan Wallen,Luke Combs,Thomas Rhett,Ed Sheeran,Kenny Chesney,Rod Stewart,Def Leppard,Mötley Crüe,Lil Wayne,Rascal Flatts,Florida Georgia Line,Dolly Parton,Toby Keith,Garth Brooks,Pentatonix,Carrie Underwood,Blake Shelton,Foo Fighters,Kiss,Fleetwood Mac,Journey,Metallica,Smashing Pumpkins,Imagine Dragons,Reba McEntire,Cher,Snoop Dogg,Chris Stapleton,Lauren Daigle,Kane Brown,Kelsea Ballerini,Brooks & Dunn,Greta Van Fleet,Backstreet Boys,Cody Johnson,Jelly Roll,Luke Bryan,Tim McGraw Toto andFaith Hill.
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