Thomas & Mack Center

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Thomas & Mack Center
The Thomas & Mack Center 2005
The Thomas & Mack Center in 2005
Data
place 4505 South Maryland Parkway Las Vegas , Nevada 89154
United StatesUnited States
Coordinates 36 ° 6 '17.8 "  N , 115 ° 8' 39.5"  W Coordinates: 36 ° 6 '17.8 "  N , 115 ° 8' 39.5"  W.
owner University of Nevada, Las Vegas
operator University of Nevada, Las Vegas
start of building October 21, 1981
opening December 16, 1983
Renovations 1999
surface Concrete
parquet
ice surface
costs 30 million US dollars
architect W2C Architects, John Carl Warneeke and Associates and Cambeiro & Cambeiro Ltd. (Artturo Cambeiro, AIA and Domingo Cambeiro)
Ellerbe Becket (1999)
capacity 18,776 seats (basketball)
16,606 seats (arena football)
19,522 seats (boxing)
19,522 seats (wrestling)
Societies)

The Thomas & Mack Center is a multi-purpose hall in the US city ​​of Las Vegas in the state of Nevada . The hall is owned by the University of Nevada, Las Vegas and stands on the campus of the University . It is named after business partners E. Parry Thomas and Jerome Mack, two bankers from Nevada who donated money for the construction.

history

The Thomas & Mack Center in 2011

On December 16, 1983, the multi-purpose hall was officially opened. Frank Sinatra , Dean Martin and Diana Ross performed at the big gala . The first event took place before the inauguration on November 21, 1983. The UNLV Runnin 'Rebels basketball team competed against the Victoria Vikes of the University of Victoria . Mainly the arena is used by the UNLV Rebels. The multi-purpose hall offers a maximum of 19,522 seats for boxing and wrestling matches and from the playing field to the hall ceiling it is around 31.7 meters. Metal halide lamps with an illuminance of around 3,767 lux are used to illuminate the interior .

In 1999 the arena underwent extensive renovations both inside and out. 2008, Hall received a video cube with four widescreen - LED -Bildschirmen with electronic advertising and scoreboards and a new-Clock-conditioning. A new LED advertising banner has been attached all around the upper tier of the grandstand ; it replaced the system installed in 1995.

Satellite image of the Thomas & Mack Center (left) and the connected Cox Pavilion

In addition to the UNLV Rebels, the Thomas & Mack Center was home to several sports teams from Las Vegas. The Las Vegas Thunder ice hockey team from the IHL was based in the hall from 1993 to 1998. The Las Vegas Gladiators of the Arena Football League (AFL) remained for four seasons (2003-2006 ). The Las Vegas Flash from Roller Hockey International (RHI, 1994), the Las Vegas Dustdevils from the Continental Indoor Soccer League (CISL, 1995) and the Las Vegas Sting (AFL, 1995) were located in the Thomas & Mack Center for only one year each . From the 2015 season, the Las Vegas Outlaws will play their AFL games in the hall.

In the mid-1980s, the hall served the Utah Jazz NBA team as an alternative venue for some games. 1984 broke Kareem Abdul-Jabbar in the hall the former NBA overall points record of Wilt Chamberlain . The fourth play-off game of the Western Conference 1992 between the Los Angeles Lakers and the Portland Trail Blazers (76: 102) was moved to Las Vegas due to unrest in Los Angeles . The reason for this was the acquittal of the four police officers who hit the African-American Rodney King on March 3, 1991 after a car chase and resistance to his arrest with batons over 50 times on the King, who was lying on the ground.

In a series of lectures were u. a. former US President Bill Clinton and former President of the Soviet Union Mikhail Gorbachev visit the Thomas & Mack Center.

Other sporting events

In 2007 the NBA All-Star Game took place in Las Vegas. This was and is the only time so far that an NBA All-Star Game has taken place in a city without its own NBA team. Rodeo tournaments at the Thomas & Mack Center have a long tradition . The National Finals Rodeo of the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association has been held regularly since 1984 and the PBR World Finals of the Professional Bull Riders since 1999.

Concerts and shows

For concerts z. B. the following artists and music groups.

The shows included a.

The Cox Pavilion

Cox Pavilion

The Cox Pavilion is a small event hall that is directly connected to the Thomas & Mack Center. It was built in 2001 and serves u. a. as the venue for the NCAA women's basketball and volleyball team of the UNLV Rebels. Depending on the event, it offers up to 3,100 seats. The construction costs amounted to 16.8 million US dollars . Five million US dollars were covered by a sponsorship agreement with the company Cox Communications . In the building z. B. smaller concerts, boxing events, theater and family shows take place.

Web links

Commons : Thomas & Mack Center  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ ellerbebecket.com: Sports facilities of the UNLV University on the homepage of the architects ( Memento of the original from July 30, 2012 in the web archive archive.today ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (English) @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.ellerbebecket.com
  2. ↑ lasvegassun.com: Mountain West Conference Basketball Tournament until 2013 in Las Vegas (English) Article from June 2, 2009
  3. ↑ setlist.fm: concert list of the Thomas & Mack Center (English)
  4. ↑ unlvrebels.com: Cox Pavilion on the homepage of the UNLV Rebels (English)