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The Baton Rouge River Center (when built in the late 1970s, it was called the Riverside Centroplex) is a municipally owned multi-purpose 200,000 square feet (20,000 mē) entertainment facility located on the Mississippi RiverMississippi River

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It is maintained by a private management company, SMG, which presents more than five hundred events a year, including concerts, conventions, sporting events, trade shows and theater productions.

Performance and other facilities



  • Arena presents concerts, trade shows, sports and family shows, with seating for up to 12,000 for concerts, 8500 for sporting events, and 4500 for theatre events.


  • Exhibition Hall, recently expanded with an additional 10,000 sq ft (1,000 mē). of exhibition space and providing a total of 70,000 square feet (7,000 mē). This can be combined with the Arena to create more than 100,000 square feet (10,000 mē) of contiguous exhibit space.


  • Grand Ballroom provides 26,150 square feet (2,429 mē) of multi-purpose space.


  • Theater for Performing Arts is a theatre seating up to 1,900 people. It is used for performances of theatre, musicals, and symphony orchestras.

Events held

Past events held in the Riverside Centroplex / River Center arena include:
  • WCW Clash of the ChampionsClash of the Champions Overview

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  • ECHLECHL

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     Baton Rouge KingfishBaton Rouge Kingfish

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     (1996-2003)
  • IPFL Louisiana Bayou BeastLouisiana Bayou Beast

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     (1999)
  • WCW house show (non-televised)
  • WCW ThunderWCW Thunder

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     (2001)
  • WWE RawWWE RAW

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  • SmackDown & ECWExtreme Championship Wrestling (WWE)

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     house show (non-televised)
  • WWE SmackDown house show
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     house show


Past events held in the Riverside Centroplex theatre:
  • Extreme Championship WrestlingExtreme Championship Wrestling

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     (ECW) house show

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