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| Former names | The MARK of the Quad Cities(1993–2007) iWireless Center(2007–2017) TaxSlayer Center(2017–2022) |
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| Address | 1201 River Dr Moline, IL 61265 |
| Location | Quad Cities |
| Coordinates | 41°30′28″N90°31′14″W / 41.507837°N 90.520437°W /41.507837; -90.520437 |
| Public transit |  Quad Cities MetroLINK |
| Owner | Quad City Civic Center Authority |
| Capacity | 12,000 (concerts) 3,000 (theater concerts) 6,000 (amphitheater concerts) 9,200 (hockey) |
| Construction | |
| Broke ground | October 17, 1991[1] |
| Opened | May 28, 1993[2] |
| Construction cost | $33.4 million[2] ($77.1 million in 2024 dollars[3]) |
| Architect | Ellerbe Becket[4] |
| Project manager | National Sports Services[5] |
| Services engineer | KJWW Engineering Consultants[6] |
| General contractor | Huber Hunt & Nichols Inc.[7] |
| Tenants | |
| Quad City Thunder(CBA) (1993–2001) Quad City Mallards(CoHL/UHL) (1995–2007) The Summit League men's basketball tournament(1996–1999) Quad City Steamwheelers(AF2) (2000–2009) Quad City Flames(AHL) (2007–2009) Quad City Mallards(IHL/CHL/ECHL) (2009–2018) Quad City Steamwheelers(IFL) (2018–19, 2022–present) Quad City Storm(SPHL) (2018–present) | |
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TheVibrant Arena at The MARK, formerly known asThe MARK of the Quad Cities, theiWireless Center, and theTaxSlayer Center, is a 12,000-seat multi-purposearena located inMoline, Illinois. The facility opened in May 1993, under the name The MARK of the Quad Cities with the singerNeil Diamond as the opening act. The facility was renamed as theTaxSlayer Center on October 1, 2017. The arena started using its current name on September 1, 2022.[8]
It is the home to the revivedQuad City Steamwheelers of theIndoor Football League and theQuad City Storm of theSPHL.[9]
The arena has hosted NCAA Division I college basketball games (including theMid-Continent Conference men's basketball tournament from 1996 to 1999) in addition to severalNHL andNBA exhibition contests. TheMissouri Valley Conference has hosted their Women's Basketball Tournament at the venue since 2016. The now-defunctQuad City Thunder basketball team played all their home games at the TaxSlayer Center from 1993 until theContinental Basketball Association folded eight years later.
Hockey has also been played at the arena since 1995. TheQuad City Mallards of theUnited Hockey League played the first 12 years. They were replaced by theQuad City Flames of theAmerican Hockey League for two seasons before moving toAbbotsford, British Columbia. After the Flames left, theQuad City Mallards were reincarnated in 2009 and played home games at the arena until 2018. In May 2018, two months after the Quad City Mallards ceased operations, TaxSlayer Center director Scott Mullen and former Mallards' owner Howard Cornfield announced aSouthern Professional Hockey League team called theQuad City Storm would play the 2018–19 season.
On Sunday, June 15, 1997, the arena hostedWorld Championship Wrestling's Great American Bash pay-per-view
In 2009,Western Illinois University's club hockey team, the Fighting Leathernecks, began playing there for four games per season.
From 2000 to 2009, the arena played host toarena football as the home of theaf2'sQuad City Steamwheelers, who won the first twoArena Cup championships in league history (the arena hosted both games at the time). The Steamwheelers came back in 2018 inChampions Indoor Football (CIF) before joining theIndoor Football League (IFL) for the 2019 season.
The arena seats up to 12,000 for end-stageconcerts along with center-stage concerts. It takes only six hours to convert the center into a theater (calledThe Theater at the TaxSlayer Center). Theseating capacity is 3,000 for theater shows, including Broadway shows, concerts and family shows; and 6,000 for amphitheater concerts.
The center has also hosted professional wrestling events, including the1997 Great American Bash and2015 King of the Ring pay-per-views, and numerous broadcasts ofWorld Wrestling Entertainment programming, includingRaw,ECW andSmackDown. The arena also hostedWWE The Shield's Final Chapter on April 21, 2019.
The arena contains 31,000 square feet (2,900 m2) of arena floor space, allowing the arena to be used for trade shows and conventions; adjacent is 20,000 square feet (2,000 m2) of meeting room space and an 11,000-square-foot (1,000 m2) lobby. The attendance record was set in 1996, when more than 12,000 people viewed Neil Diamond's concert.
In August 2005,iWireless (formerly Iowa Wireless, aT-Mobile affiliate), announced a 10-year agreement with The MARK (former name) and the Illinois Quad City Civic Center Authority to secure naming rights to the arena. The name change to the "iWireless Center" occurred July 19, 2007. The naming rights agreement with iWireless was intended to be extended for two more years in July 2017.[10] However, a new sponsor,TaxSlayer, an online tax and finance firm, bought the rights in 2017. In September of that same year, TaxSlayer Chief Marketing Officer Chris Moloney announced at a press conference that the company had signed a long-term agreement to be the title sponsor of the venue, which would now be called the TaxSlayer Center beginning on October 1, 2017.[11] On August 17, 2022, the arena announced a new naming rights deal with Vibrant Credit Union. The new name of the arena, Vibrant Arena at The MARK, took effect on September 1, 2022.[12]
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