Tunica Arena and Exposition Center
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The Tunica Arena and Exposition Center is a 6,000-seat multi-purpose arena
in Tunica, Mississippi
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The facility was built in 2000.
The $25 million center is the largest indoor arena in Mississippi
, with 48000 square feet (4,459.3 m²) of climate-controlled exhibit space on the main arena floor. It has a seating capacity of 6,000 and paved parking for 1,100 vehicles, plus 600 additional parking spaces and 66 RV spaces.
The facility has 14 luxury skyboxes, full-service banquet facilities, two outdoor arenas and an adjacent pavilion with an additional 100000 square feet (9,290.3 m²) of exposition area. Also, 366 livestock stalls, showers, dressing areas and support services provide one of the region’s largest covered
environments for livestock shows.
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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 Tunica, Mississippi
Tunica, Mississippi
Tunica is a town in Tunica County, Mississippi, United States, located near the Mississippi River. Until the early 1990s the town was one of the most impoverished places in the United States, semi-famous for the particularly deprived neighbourhood known as "Sugar Ditch Alley", named for the open...
.
The facility was built in 2000.
The $25 million center is the largest indoor arena in Mississippi
Mississippi
Mississippi is a U.S. state located in the Southern United States. Jackson is the state capital and largest city. The name of the state derives from the Mississippi River, which flows along its western boundary, whose name comes from the Ojibwe word misi-ziibi...
, with 48000 square feet (4,459.3 m²) of climate-controlled exhibit space on the main arena floor. It has a seating capacity of 6,000 and paved parking for 1,100 vehicles, plus 600 additional parking spaces and 66 RV spaces.
The facility has 14 luxury skyboxes, full-service banquet facilities, two outdoor arenas and an adjacent pavilion with an additional 100000 square feet (9,290.3 m²) of exposition area. Also, 366 livestock stalls, showers, dressing areas and support services provide one of the region’s largest covered
environments for livestock shows.
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