Lakefront Arena

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Lakefront Arena
UNO Lakefront Arena.jpg
View of the arena
Data
place United StatesUnited States New Orleans
Coordinates 30 ° 1 '48.5 "  N , 90 ° 3' 1.8"  W Coordinates: 30 ° 1 '48.5 "  N , 90 ° 3' 1.8"  W.
owner University of New Orleans
operator University of New Orleans
opening 1983
capacity 11,000 seats
Events

The Lakefront Arena (also Senator Nat G. Kiefer University of New Orleans Lakefront Arena or UNO Lakefront Arena ) is a multi-purpose arena with seating for 11,000 in New Orleans , Louisiana .

use

The arena is the home ground of the University of New Orleans Privateers basketball team . The hall was built in 1983 as a tribute to Nat G. Kiefer and is part of the University of New Orleans complex . The arena is also used for swimming competitions , diving competitions, volleyball and concerts ; internationally known artists such as Eric Clapton , Prince , REM , Red Hot Chili Peppers and Tom Petty performed here .

From 1984 to 1987 one was in the hall women's tennis tournament of the WTA discharged.

Sources and web links

Individual evidence

  1. Virginia Slims of New Orleans 1987 as PDF (English) on the WTA homepage