Orleans Arena   

4500 W Tropicana Ave
Las Vegas, NV 89103
702-365-7090
www.orleansarena.com

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The Orleans Resort has built a large local following, but it's close enough to the Strip to bring in Las Vegas visitors as well. That was precisely the thinking behind the Orleans Arena, a sports and entertainment complex hosting events of interest to tourists and residents alike. The $52 million, U-shaped facility sports 25 rows of extra-wide padded seats, 22 VIP boxes and numerous video-screen displays. Concert capacity is about 7,600, hockey seating about 7,100 and boxing about 10,000. A special club seating area, with its own cash bars, holds 240 seats sold annually. While the arena may become best known as the home of the Las Vegas Wranglers hockey team -- a permanent ice floor was constructed for the 40 home games they play every season -- the venue also hosts a variety of other events. In its first year, the arena lured the National Horse Show Indoor Championships away from its longtime home at New York's Madison Square Garden. The arena's annual calendar also boasts concerts, motorsports, conventions and family shows.