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Cabarrus Arena & Events Center 4751 Hwy 49 North, Concord, NC 28025 (704) 920-3976; Fax: (704) 920-3999 cabarrusarena.com Sales & Marketing Manager: Pam Sossamon
Multipurpose venue – 150,000 sq. ft. of temperature controlled event space, plus 11-acre lawn, 28,000-sq.-ft.-arena seats: 5,000 concerts/ 4,390 boxing/wrestling, 3,800 arena football; 1,500 – 3,000 half-house; Indoor/Outdoor portable staging; 2 Dressing rooms. Exhibition Space - Event Center A: 40,000 sq. ft.; Event Center B: 30,000 sq. ft.; Gold Hall 1: 20,000 sq. ft.; Gold Hall 2: 10,000 sq. ft.; Cabarrus Room A: 2,400 sq. ft.; Cabarrus Room B: 1,200 sq. ft.; Cabarrus Room C: 1,200 sq. ft.; Audience: 313,700 within a 15-mile radius; 1,377,900 – 30-mile radius; 3,154,100 – 60-mile radius; 7 VIP Suites; 6 on-site concession stands.
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Florence Civic Center
3300 West Radio Drive, Florence, SC 29501 (843) 679-9417; Fax: (843) 679-9429 florenceciviccenter.com General Manager: Kendall Wall Celebrating 20 Years of South Carolina Events! The SMG-managed Florence Civic Center is Northeastern South Carolina’s largest convention and entertainment venue features 50,000 sq. ft. of multi-purpose space including: 10,000-seat arena (backdrop scaling 2,500-7,500 capacity), 15,000-sq.-ft. grand ballroom (1,400 theater, 800 banquet) and the well-appointed Pee Dee, Santee and Waccamaw meeting rooms (combines 5,250 sq. ft.). The creative design incorporates all spaces to flow together under one roof and form multiple combinations to accommodate events of all sizes and requirements. Fiber-optics and Wi-Fi throughout. New staging and barricades. PAGE Generous supplemental marketing efforts. 15K+ Facebook fans; 18K+ email club. 97 florida
Greensboro Coliseum Complex
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The Greensboro Coliseum Complex is a multi-building facility hosting athletic events, concerts, theater, fairs and more. It consists of Greensboro Coliseum (with seating capacity over 22,500), the 2,400-seat War Memorial Auditorium, the 300-seat Odeon Theatre and the 167,000-sq.-ft. Special Events Center that includes three exhibition halls. The Complex is one of the most actively booked facilities in the country, hosting more than 1,000 events on an annual basis. City leaders recently authorized $24 million in improvements, including new, upholstered arena seating, widening of the Coliseum’s upper-level concourse, addition of new concession cooking stands PAGE and a new, larger, higher-resolution video scoreboard. 93
Located between Tampa and Orlando, The Lakeland Center is composed of the George MEETING &Theatre EVENT PLANNERS... Jenkins Arena, 2,296-seat Youkey and Sikes Hall. Opened in 1974, the arena has hosted rock ‘n’ roll legends and can accommodate up to 10,000 for a concert or indoor fesNEED MARKET DATA? tival as well as an 85 ft.-by-100 ft. permanent ice floor. Capacities: 6,400, basketball; 5,432, indoor football and hockey; 6,700, end-stage concert; 4,800, arenatorium (half-house). The arena has a 60 ft.-by-40 ft. SICO stage with 12 ft.-by-8 in. wings. The theater has a 78 ft.by-42 ft. stage and a 55 ft. 6 in.-by-20 ft. 2 in. Arena backstage areas: four team rooms, two star dressing rooms, show office, washer/dryer, four meeting rooms. Theater backstage areas: two chorus rooms, four artist rooms, green room, catering room, production PAGE 49 office. 2,500 parking spaces are available.
1921 West Lee Street, Greensboro, NC 27403 (336) 373-7400 www.greensborocoliseum.com Deputy Director: Scott Johnson
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701 West Lime Street, Lakeland, FL 33815 (863) 834-8100 thelakelandcenter.com Assistant Director: Scott Sloman
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Vicksburg Convention Center & Auditorium
1600 Mulberry Street (Convention Center) 901 Monroe Street (Auditorium) Vicksburg, MS 39180 (601) 630-2929; (866) VCCMEET; Fax: (601) 630-2910 vicksburgevents.com Sales and Marketing Manager: Erin Powell In Vicksburg you’ll find Southern hospitality in its most authentic form and a city that harbors U.S. history at some of its most poignant turns. Vicksburg Convention Center & Auditorium, a two-level complex built with flexibility, functionality and ergonomics in mind, offers spacious exhibit halls, cozy meeting rooms and everything in between. 50,000 sq. ft. of meeting space includes 17,000-sq.-ft. ballroom. 2,400-seat theater also available. Entire facility is equipped with WiFi, all meeting rooms have PAGE 50 audiovisual equipment pre-set and ready-to-use. 2,345 hotel rooms nearby.
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