Ford Arena (Beaumont)
Encyclopedia
The Ford Arena is a 9,737-seat multi-purpose arena
in Beaumont, Texas
, USA
. It is part of a larger suburban municipal complex called Ford Park
. Ford Arena is formerly home to the Beaumont Drillers
, an indoor football team
and an ice hockey
team, the Texas Wildcatters
. It is currently home to the Southeast Texas Mavericks, a basketball team playing in the American Basketball Association's current incarnation.
In late 2005, the arena and park complex was closed for a time due to Hurricane Rita
.
Arena
An arena is an enclosed area, often circular or oval-shaped, designed to showcase theater, musical performances, or sporting events. It is composed of a large open space surrounded on most or all sides by tiered seating for spectators. The key feature of an arena is that the event space is the...
in Beaumont, Texas
Beaumont, Texas
Beaumont is a city in and county seat of Jefferson County, Texas, United States, within the Beaumont–Port Arthur Metropolitan Statistical Area. The city's population was 118,296 at the 2010 census. With Port Arthur and Orange, it forms the Golden Triangle, a major industrial area on the...
, USA
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
. It is part of a larger suburban municipal complex called Ford Park
Ford Park
Ford Park is a multi-purpose Park, Arena, Exhibit Hall, Pavilion, Midway, and Field located on I-10 South in Beaumont, Texas.The Arena seats 9,737 people. It is the former home to the Southeast Texas Mavericks ABA franchise, Beaumont Drillers of the NIFL and the Texas Wildcatters of the East Coast...
. Ford Arena is formerly home to the Beaumont Drillers
Beaumont Drillers
The Beaumont Drillers were a professional indoor football team. They played their home games at Ford Arena in Beaumont, TX. They originally began playing as the Louisiana Rangers in the Indoor Professional Football League in 2000 when they replaced the Louisiana Bayou Beast...
, an indoor football team
Team
A team comprises a group of people or animals linked in a common purpose. Teams are especially appropriate for conducting tasks that are high in complexity and have many interdependent subtasks.A group in itself does not necessarily constitute a team...
and an ice hockey
Ice hockey
Ice hockey, often referred to as hockey, is a team sport played on ice, in which skaters use wooden or composite sticks to shoot a hard rubber puck into their opponent's net. The game is played between two teams of six players each. Five members of each team skate up and down the ice trying to take...
team, the Texas Wildcatters
Texas Wildcatters
The Texas Wildcatters, who took their name from Texas wildcatters, were an ECHL team based in Beaumont, Texas. They played their home games at the Ford Arena. They were the affiliate of the Florida Panthers in 2004–2005. The team played in Huntington, West Virginia and were known as the Huntington...
. It is currently home to the Southeast Texas Mavericks, a basketball team playing in the American Basketball Association's current incarnation.
In late 2005, the arena and park complex was closed for a time due to Hurricane Rita
Hurricane Rita
Hurricane Rita was the fourth-most intense Atlantic hurricane ever recorded and the most intense tropical cyclone ever observed in the Gulf of Mexico. Rita caused $11.3 billion in damage on the U.S. Gulf Coast in September 2005...
.