The Landers Center is an 8,400-seat multi-purpose arena in Southaven, Mississippi . It is home to the Memphis Hustle of the NBA G League , a minor league basketball team affiliated with the Memphis Grizzlies .
6-879: The center was built in 2000. On January 4, 2012, Memphis-based Landers Auto Group purchased the naming rights. The name was changed to the Landers Center. Several now-defunct teams have called the arena home. These teams include the Memphis Xplorers of the AF2 , the Memphis Houn'Dawgs of the American Basketball Association , and the Mississippi RiverKings (previously called the Memphis RiverKings) of
12-525: A sports venue in Mississippi is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Memphis Xplorers The Memphis Xplorers were a professional arena football team. They were a 2001 expansion member of the af2 . They played their home games at DeSoto Civic Center in Southaven, Mississippi (a suburb of Memphis, Tennessee ). The team's logo featured the likeness of the namesake of both
18-622: The 2021–22 NBA G League season , the Landers Center served as one of the temporary home arenas for the Capitanes de Ciudad de México during their inaugural season at the NBA G League despite also being temporarily stationed at Fort Worth, Texas at the time due to the long-term effects of the COVID-19 pandemic . 34°55′38″N 89°59′49″W / 34.927124°N 89.9969°W / 34.927124; -89.9969 This article about
24-547: The Central Hockey League and Southern Professional Hockey League . Current sports tenants include the Memphis Hustle of the NBA G League and the new Memphis Americans of the new National Indoor Soccer League . The center houses a 17,000 square foot convention center and 400 seat performing arts center . It is used as a concert venue, boxing arena, and for ice shows and circuses. Since 2009,
30-559: The Mid-South Fair has been held at the Landers Center. Formerly, the fair was held in midtown Memphis at the Fairgrounds. American recording artist Kelly Clarkson performed in the arena on February 9, 2019, during her Meaning of Life Tour to a sold-out crowd of over 7,000 patrons and grossed over $ 400,000. This was her first show in the state of Mississippi in over seven years since her Stronger Tour in 2012. During
36-611: The venue and the team, Spanish explorer Hernando de Soto . On October 11, 2006, the team announced that they would not return for the 2007 season. In October 2007, local teacher Patrick Smith and a partner purchased the Memphis Xplorers for $ 100,000. There were plans to bring the team back for the 2009 season, with the possibility of the team's name being changed to the Midsouth Mafia . These plans never came to fruition. This American football team article
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