The Cross Insurance Center is a 5,800-seat multi-purpose arena in Bangor, Maine , United States. The arena holds up to 8,500 people for concerts, and features an attached 2,000-person convention center. It was built at an estimated cost of $ 65 million. Part of the city's Bass Park complex, it is located across from Hollywood Casino Bangor . It is the home of the basketball teams of the Maine Black Bears .
6-610: The Bangor Auditorium was a 5,948-seat multipurpose arena located in downtown Bangor. It became a statewide icon by hosting the Maine Principals' Association basketball tournament each February, which is broadcast by the Maine Public Broadcasting Network . Beginning sometime in the late 2000s, the city began discussing replacing the arena. In May 2011, the city held a public referendum in which voters supported building new facilities to replace
12-504: The Cumberland County Civic Center depending on class and geographical region. The MPA uses a mathematical system called heal points to determine tournament standings, the latest heal points and an explanation on how to determine the points can be found here . Currently basketball, soccer, ice hockey, lacrosse and tennis are the only sports to have separate male and female teams, baseball is male only and softball
18-745: The University of Maine announced that the Maine Black Bears basketball teams would play "over half" of their games at the new arena. Maine Principals%27 Association The Maine Principals’ Association ( MPA ) is the governing body for sports competitions among all public and some private high schools in the state of Maine . It is a member of the National Federation of State High School Associations . The MPA offices are located in Augusta . First established in 1927 as
24-551: The Auditorium and Civic Center by a margin of 3 to 1. Demolition began at the Bangor Auditorium and Civic Center on June 3, 2013, with the new arena completed. The facility is managed by Spectra , a division of Comcast . On July 20, 2012, it was announced that Cross Insurance Agency had purchased naming rights to the arena (previously referred to only as "Bangor Arena") for $ 3 million. On July 31, 2013,
30-883: The State Principals' Association, it became the Maine Principals' Association in 1992 as a result of a merger between the Maine Secondary School Principals' Association (est. 1951) and the Maine Elementary Principals' Association (est. 1975). Schools competing under the MPA are grouped into (at most) four classes, with different enrollment cutoffs for each sport (Broken down by season) [1] : Schools are reclassified every two years. The classification thresholds are currently being adjusted and would go into effect for
36-651: The fall 2013 sports season. A school may petition the Association to play in a class above or below its enrollment figure. Currently, most sports are split into "Northern" and" "Southern" regions. Championships are played at several locations around the state including Fitzpatrick Stadium (football) and basketball championships between the Cross Insurance Center , Augusta Civic Center) , the Portland Exposition Building and
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