Jamestown Savings Bank Ice Arena
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Jamestown Savings Bank Ice Arena is a multi-purpose arena
in Jamestown, New York
, USA
. It hosts local sporting events and concerts. It has been the home of two short-lived minor league hockey teams: the Jamestown Titans
of the North Eastern Hockey League
in 2003-04 and the Jamestown Vikings of the Mid-Atlantic Hockey League
in 2007-08. It serves as the home of the junior hockey Jamestown Jets
in 2008-09, also hosting that year's UJHL All Star Game, and occasionally hosts training camp for the Erie Otters
. The capacity of the "Arena A" for hockey is 1,900 people, and has begun exploring expanding that capacity to 3,000 seats to lure a professional franchise.
The arena has played host to both the WWE Raw
and WWE Friday Night SmackDown tours, as well as the Total Nonstop Action Wrestling
circuit. In 2008, the arena announced it has received a $50,000 grant from New York state to reconfigure its lobby area and make it more accessible to guests.
The Arena has recently played host to a number of major concerts including: Kenny Rogers Christmas & Hits Tour, Clint Black, Michael W. Smith, YES & ASIA, Aaron Tippin, Aids in Africa World Village Tour, World Famous Lipizanner Stallions 40th Anniversary, Golden Gloves Boxing, Buffalo Sabres Alumni.
The arena is one of several venues being utilized for Western New York
's hosting of the 2011 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships. The arena will host exhibition games before the tournament proper begins.
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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 Jamestown, New York
Jamestown, New York
Jamestown is a city in Chautauqua County, New York in the United States. The population was 31,146 at the 2010 census.The City of Jamestown is adjacent to Town of Ellicott and is at the southern tip of Chautauqua Lake...
, USA
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
. It hosts local sporting events and concerts. It has been the home of two short-lived minor league hockey teams: the Jamestown Titans
Jamestown Titans
The Jamestown Titans was a semi-professional ice hockey team in North Eastern Hockey League based in Jamestown, New York.The Titans finished the 2003-04 regular season in second place behind the Mohawk Valley Comets. In the playoffs, Jamestown played the York IceCats a 2 game series for the league...
of the North Eastern Hockey League
North Eastern Hockey League
The North Eastern Hockey League was a semi-professional ice hockey league from 2003 until 2008. It was created by entrepreneur Jim Cashman, who served as league president. The NEHL was built to focus on giving players that were not quite ready for the ECHL, United Hockey League, and the Central...
in 2003-04 and the Jamestown Vikings of the Mid-Atlantic Hockey League
Mid-Atlantic Hockey League
The Mid-Atlantic Hockey League was a minor professional ice hockey league in the Mid-Atlantic and Great Lakes regions of the United States. The league began play in November 2007...
in 2007-08. It serves as the home of the junior hockey Jamestown Jets
Jamestown Jets
The Jamestown Jets are an American junior ice hockey team based in Jamestown, New York. Originally members of the United Junior Hockey League and later the Northern Junior Hockey League. The Jets played in the Canadian Greater Metro Junior A Hockey League in 2010-11.-History:The team was announced...
in 2008-09, also hosting that year's UJHL All Star Game, and occasionally hosts training camp for the Erie Otters
Erie Otters
The Erie Otters are a major junior ice hockey team in the Ontario Hockey League . Based in Erie, Pennsylvania, USA, they have played their home games at the Louis J. Tullio Arena since 1996...
. The capacity of the "Arena A" for hockey is 1,900 people, and has begun exploring expanding that capacity to 3,000 seats to lure a professional franchise.
The arena has played host to both the WWE Raw
WWE RAW
WWE Raw ) is a sports entertainment television program for WWE that currently airs on the USA Network in the United States...
and WWE Friday Night SmackDown tours, as well as the Total Nonstop Action Wrestling
Total Nonstop Action Wrestling
Total Nonstop Action Wrestling is a privately held professional wrestling promotion founded by Jeff Jarrett and Jerry Jarrett. The company broadcasts its events on television and the Internet fifty two weeks a year with over a million weekly viewers on its primary television program, Impact...
circuit. In 2008, the arena announced it has received a $50,000 grant from New York state to reconfigure its lobby area and make it more accessible to guests.
The Arena has recently played host to a number of major concerts including: Kenny Rogers Christmas & Hits Tour, Clint Black, Michael W. Smith, YES & ASIA, Aaron Tippin, Aids in Africa World Village Tour, World Famous Lipizanner Stallions 40th Anniversary, Golden Gloves Boxing, Buffalo Sabres Alumni.
The arena is one of several venues being utilized for Western New York
Western New York
Western New York is the westernmost region of the state of New York. It includes the cities of Buffalo, Rochester, Niagara Falls, the surrounding suburbs, as well as the outlying rural areas of the Great Lakes lowlands, the Genesee Valley, and the Southern Tier. Some historians, scholars and others...
's hosting of the 2011 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships. The arena will host exhibition games before the tournament proper begins.
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