Hertz Arena

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Hertz Arena
The Hertz Arena (left) with the adjacent building with the two ice rinks (March 2009)
The Hertz Arena (left) with the adjacent building with the two ice rinks (March 2009)
Earlier names

Everblades Arena (1998)
TECO Arena (1999-2004)
Germain Arena (2004-2018)

Data
place 11000 Everblades Parkway Estero , Florida 33928
United StatesUnited States
Coordinates 26 ° 26 '24.6 "  N , 81 ° 46' 43.7"  W Coordinates: 26 ° 26 '24.6 "  N , 81 ° 46' 43.7"  W.
owner Gale Force Sports and Entertainment
operator Gale Force Sports and Entertainment
start of building November 1997
opening November 2, 1998
surface Concrete
ice surface,
parquet,
artificial turf
architect BBB Architects
capacity 7181 seats (ice hockey)
8500 seats (concert)
playing area 60.96 × 25.91 m (200 × 85 ft, ice hockey)
Societies)

The Hertz Arena is a multi-purpose arena in the US American Village Estero , Lee County , in the southwest of the state of Florida . The venue is located between the cities of Fort Myers and Naples and is accessible via Exit 123 of Interstate 75 .

history

Opened in 1998, the arena has an area of ​​171,000  sq ft (approximately 15,886 m²) and seats 7,181 for ice hockey games. There are over 8500 seats available for concerts. It is also equipped with 26 luxury suites, four conference rooms and a sporting goods store. The restaurant in the event hall with a view of the ice rink has 220 seats. In addition to the main ice surface, two other ice surfaces are available for recreational sports. The Hertz Arena is the venue for various events such as concerts (including Cher , Elton John , Alan Jackson , Guns N 'Roses , Def Leppard , Sting , Keith Urban , Eric Church , the Zac Brown Band and Toby Keith ), family and stand-ups -Comedy shows (e.g. Stars on Ice, Disney On Ice, WWE Wrestling , ventriloquist Jeff Dunham , the Boston Pops Orchestra or Lord of the Dance )

The ice hockey team the Florida Everblades ( ECHL ) carries since opening their home games in the arena. Furthermore, the basketball teams of the Florida Sea Dragons ( USBL , 2000-2003) and the Florida Flame ( NBA D-League , 2004-2006) as well as the arena football teams of the Florida Firecats ( af2 , 2001-2009) and the Florida Tarpons ( various leagues, 2012–2017) was based in what was then the Germain Arena . The Florida Gulf Coast Eagles ( ACAA ) ice hockey team occasionally uses the hall. From May 2019 a new arena football team called Gulf Coast Fire will play their games of the new A-League in the Hertz Arena.

Surname

Initially the hall was named Everblades Arena after the Florida Everblades . In 1999, TECO Energy Inc. became a name sponsor with a 20-year contract . Five years later, the name changed to Germain Arena , after the Germain Automotive Group . In September 2018, the renaming of the sports facility in Hertz Arena , through an agreement with the Estero-based Hertz Corporation , became known.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Features & Stats. In: germainarena.com. Retrieved March 17, 2019 .
  2. ^ A-League indoor football coming to Southwest Florida. In: fox4now.com. September 24, 2018, accessed September 25, 2018 .
  3. ↑ Laura Layden; Craig Handel: Germain Arena to be renamed Hertz Arena. In: eu.naplesnews.com. September 20, 2018, accessed September 25, 2018 .