Orleans Arena
Encyclopedia
The Orleans Arena is a 9,500 seat multi-purpose arena
in Las Vegas, Nevada
. It is home to the Las Vegas Wranglers
ice hockey
team
, Las Vegas Sin
lingerie football
team
and was the home of the Las Vegas Gladiators
arena football
team
in 2007, and is also an occasional home for the UNLV Rebels
basketball team when the Thomas & Mack Center
is in use. It is located at the Orleans Hotel and Casino
and is operated by Coast Casinos
, a subsidiary of Boyd Gaming Corporation.
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 Las Vegas, Nevada
Las Vegas, Nevada
Las Vegas is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Nevada and is also the county seat of Clark County, Nevada. Las Vegas is an internationally renowned major resort city for gambling, shopping, and fine dining. The city bills itself as The Entertainment Capital of the World, and is famous...
. It is home to the Las Vegas Wranglers
Las Vegas Wranglers
The Las Vegas Wranglers are a professional ice hockey team based in Las Vegas, Nevada. The Wranglers are members of the Pacific Division of the Western Conference of the ECHL...
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
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...
, Las Vegas Sin
Las Vegas Sin
The Las Vegas Sin is a team in the Lingerie Football League. It is based in Las Vegas, Nevada.The Sin was originally announced one of four teams that were to be introduced to the league in 2008. The other teams were to be Atlanta Steam, Miami Caliente and San Francisco Seduction...
lingerie football
Lingerie Football League
The Lingerie Football League is a women's 7-on-7 tackle American football league, created in 2009, with games played in the fall and winter at NBA, NFL, NHL and MLS arenas and stadiums. The league was founded by Mitch Mortaza...
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 was the home of the Las Vegas Gladiators
Las Vegas Gladiators
The Cleveland Gladiators are an arena football franchise based in Cleveland, Ohio which plays in the Arena Football League. The team is part of the East division of the AFL's American Conference. The Gladiators play all of their home games at Quicken Loans Arena, which they share with the NBA's...
arena football
Arena football
Arena football is a variety of gridiron football played by the Arena Football League . It is a proprietary game, the rights to which are owned by Gridiron Enterprises, and is played indoors on a smaller field than American or Canadian outdoor football, resulting in a faster and higher-scoring game....
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...
in 2007, and is also an occasional home for the UNLV Rebels
UNLV Rebels
The University of Nevada, Las Vegas' sports teams are called the Rebels. The Rebels participate in NCAA Division I and in the Mountain West Conference and the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation. The school's colors are Scarlet and Grey. The Rebels' main rival is the Wolf Pack of the University...
basketball team when the Thomas & Mack Center
Thomas & Mack Center
The Thomas & Mack Center is an arena, located on the campus of the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA. For ring events, the capacity is 19,522, for basketball, the capacity is 18,776.-History:...
is in use. It is located at the Orleans Hotel and Casino
Orleans Hotel and Casino
The Orleans Hotel and Casino is a hotel with 1,885 rooms and a casino in Las Vegas, Nevada. Owned by Boyd Gaming Corporation, it includes the large multipurpose Orleans Arena that can be converted into an ice rink...
and is operated by Coast Casinos
Coast Casinos
Coast Casinos Inc. is a wholly owned subsidiary of Boyd Gaming Corporation. Coast Casinos is the number 2 locals casino brand in the Las Vegas market behind Station Casinos.-History:Principally owned and founded by Michael Gaughan....
, a subsidiary of Boyd Gaming Corporation.
Notable events
- July 12, 2003-Ricardo MayorgaRicardo MayorgaRicardo Mayorga , is a Nicaraguan professional boxer. He is the former WBA/WBC Welterweight champion and the former WBC light middleweight champion. He holds a record of 29-8 with 23 knockouts and 1 draw 1 no contest. He was featured for the first time on the cover of Ring Magazine on the December...
retained The Ring welterweightWelterweightWelterweight is a weight class division in combat sports. Originally the term "welterweight" was used only in boxing, but other combat sports like kickboxing, taekwondo and mixed martial arts also began to use it for their own weight division system...
championship with a majority decision over Vernon ForrestVernon ForrestVernon Forrest, nicknamed "The Viper", was an American professional boxer who became a world champion in the welterweight and light middleweight divisions and noted for his two victories over Shane Mosley and upset losses to Ricardo Mayorga.- Early years and amateur career :Forrest began boxing at...
, and Zab JudahZab JudahZabdiel Judah is an American professional boxer. Judah has won five world titles between the junior welterweight and welterweight divisions, and is a former undisputed welterweight champion....
defeated Demarcus CorleyDeMarcus CorleyDeMarcus "Chop Chop" Corley , is a boxer from Washington D.C., and a former WBO and USBA light welterweight champion. Corley also designs his own boxing attire.-Amateur career:...
on the undercard. - The First Las Vegas Wranglers game at the Orleans Arena was on October 21, 2003 in which a capacity crowd saw the Wranglers defeat the Bakersfield CondorsBakersfield CondorsThe Bakersfield Condors are a minor league ice hockey team based in Bakersfield, California. The team plays in the Pacific Division of the ECHL's Western Conference. The Condors join the Houston Aeros as an affiliate of the Minnesota Wild in the National Hockey League...
4-2. - The Stanley CupStanley CupThe Stanley Cup is an ice hockey club trophy, awarded annually to the National Hockey League playoffs champion after the conclusion of the Stanley Cup Finals. It has been referred to as The Cup, Lord Stanley's Cup, The Holy Grail, or facetiously as Lord Stanley's Mug...
visited Orleans Arena on November 25, 2005. - The arena was the site of the first ever NCAA tournament held in a venue connected to a casino with a sports book, the Las Vegas (College Basketball) Invitational from November 22–26, 2006 http://www.lasvegassun.com/sunbin/stories/sports/2006/nov/20/566672119.html. The 2009 West Coast ConferenceWest Coast ConferenceThe West Coast Conference is an NCAA collegiate athletics conference consisting of nine member schools across the states of California, Oregon, Utah and Washington....
Championship Tournament would also take the same honor for a Division 1 conference tournament in March 2009. The venue also hosted the 2010 and 2011 tournaments and will do so again in 2012. In addition the Western Athletic ConferenceWestern Athletic ConferenceThe Western Athletic Conference is an American collegiate athletic conference, which was formed on July 27, 1962, making it the sixth oldest of the 11 college athletic conferences currently participating in the NCAA's Division I FBS...
held its 2011 men's tourney at Orleans Arena and will do so again in 2012. - In 2007, the Las Vegas GladiatorsLas Vegas GladiatorsThe Cleveland Gladiators are an arena football franchise based in Cleveland, Ohio which plays in the Arena Football League. The team is part of the East division of the AFL's American Conference. The Gladiators play all of their home games at Quicken Loans Arena, which they share with the NBA's...
of the Arena Football League moved to the arena from the Thomas & Mack CenterThomas & Mack CenterThe Thomas & Mack Center is an arena, located on the campus of the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA. For ring events, the capacity is 19,522, for basketball, the capacity is 18,776.-History:...
. The move failed to increase community interest and moved to Cleveland, OhioCleveland, OhioCleveland is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and is the county seat of Cuyahoga County, the most populous county in the state. The city is located in northeastern Ohio on the southern shore of Lake Erie, approximately west of the Pennsylvania border...
, in 2008. - On March 7, 2007, Mikey Way of My Chemical RomanceMy Chemical RomanceMy Chemical Romance is an American alternative rock band from New Jersey, formed in 2001. The band consists of lead vocalist Gerard Way, guitarists Ray Toro and Frank Iero, and bassist Mikey Way and have a diverse sound incorporating elements of punk, emo, glam metal, and progressive rock...
got married to his fiancée Alicia Simmons in the backstage area. - From February 26–28, 2009, the NIAA State Basketball Championship was held at the Orleans Arena. All classifications (1A-4A) attended and played at this venue.
- On November 26th, 2011, the UNLV men's basketball team upset number 1 ranked North Carolina at the arena.