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34-726: MGM Grand Garden Arena, the Thomas & Mack Center and the Mandalay Bay Events Center were the main sports arenas in the Las Vegas Valley until 2016, when the MGM co-owned T-Mobile Arena opened. From 1996 to 2000, it hosted World Championship Wrestling 's Halloween Havoc events. The UWF television event Blackjack Brawl was held at the venue in 1994. On May 25, 2019, it hosted All Elite Wrestling 's inaugural event, Double or Nothing (2019) . Tickets for

68-431: A LED advertising ring below it to replace the one installed in 1995, a partial LED ring beam display covering 80% of the balcony's rim, a new 50' LED scorer's table display, a new shot clock system for the backboards, six wall-mounted locker room game clocks, two new custom scoreboards with fixed digital scoring and complete player stats and a new outdoor marquee LED video billboard. In 2001, a smaller arena, Cox Pavilion ,

102-845: A career in 1984. After the Rodney King riots , the Lakers used the arena in 1992 for Game 4 of their first round playoff series against the Portland Trail Blazers , which Portland won 102–76. The NBA moved the game as a result of the Los Angeles riots . The 1994-95 Big West Conference , 1997–99 Western Athletic Conference and 2000-03 Mountain West Conference men's basketball tournaments were held there as well. The Mountain West Conference men's and women's basketball tournaments have both been played annually at

136-732: A highly anticipated match against fellow superstar Manny Pacquiao . The fight continued to the 12th round and Mayweather retained his title. In 1994, the Las Vegas Dustdevils , an indoor soccer team in the Continental Indoor Soccer League played one season at the arena. It also previously served through 2015 as the pre-season home for select Los Angeles Kings games against the Colorado Avalanche , Phoenix Coyotes and San Jose Sharks , known as Frozen Fury . Two more games occurred at

170-548: A unique format due to the COVID-19 Pandemic . It also adopted the temporary name "Men's Vegas Bubble" and aired on FloHoops. Despite including Baylor as the 2020 champion, no other records from this year are included in the tournament's History and Records page. Campus Game Contender(s): McNeese State (Iona did not play any Campus Games.) On October 6, 2014, the Middleweight Bracket was revised to

204-738: Is a multi-purpose arena located on the campus of the University of Nevada, Las Vegas in Paradise, Nevada . It is home of the UNLV Runnin' Rebels basketball team of the Mountain West Conference . The facility first opened in the summer of 1983. The gala grand opening was held on December 16, 1983, featuring Frank Sinatra , Dean Martin and Diana Ross . The facility hosts numerous events, such as concerts, music festivals, conventions and boxing cards. For ring events,

238-421: Is well known for numerous professional boxing superfights, such as Evander Holyfield vs. Mike Tyson II , Oscar De La Hoya vs. Floyd Mayweather Jr. , Oscar De La Hoya vs. Manny Pacquiao , Manny Pacquiao vs. Juan Manuel Márquez IV , Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Canelo Álvarez , Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Manny Pacquiao , Deontay Wilder vs. Tyson Fury II and Canelo Álvarez vs. Caleb Plant . On September 7, 1996,

272-615: The Bruce Seldon vs. Mike Tyson bout was held here; later that night, rapper Tupac Shakur (who attended the fight) was shot in a drive-by attack . He succumbed to his injuries six days later. The arena held 42 Ultimate Fighting Championship mixed martial arts events, starting with UFC 34 in 2001 and ending with The Ultimate Fighter 23 Finale in 2016. UFC currently uses the T-Mobile Arena for major events. On May 2, 2015, Floyd Mayweather Jr. defended his world title in

306-769: The Colorado Crush , owned by John Elway defeated the Georgia Force on a field goal on the final play of the game. The game was ranked as one of the AFL's 20 best games ever in league history. The following year, 2006, the Chicago Rush , owned by Mike Ditka defeated the Orlando Predators 69-61 for the Rush's first championship in franchise history. The venue hosted the 2007 NBA All-Star Game , marking

340-777: The Latin Grammy Awards six times. The arena hosted the Latin Grammy Awards in 2014 , 2015 , and from 2017 to 2019 . It was most recently held at the arena in 2021 . The arena hosted the 64th Annual Grammy Awards on April 3, 2022, marking the first time the Grammy Awards were held in Las Vegas. The venue was a consistent site for the Academy of Country Music Awards and has served as host twelve times since 2006, including 2018's event which

374-662: The MGM Grand Main Event , Men Who Speak Up Main Event , MGM Resorts Main Event , Roman Main Event , Men's Vegas Bubble ) was a four-team college basketball tournament held during Monday and Wednesday of Thanksgiving week of NCAA Division I men's basketball season, with the inaugural tournament beginning in 2014. The tournament originally featured two four-team brackets (labeled Heavyweight and Middleweight) with each team playing two games in Las Vegas . Members of

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408-726: The PBR World Finals from 1999 to 2015 before the event moved to the new T-Mobile Arena from the 2016 season onward; the PBR returned in 2018 to host their annual "Last Cowboy Standing" event. As a surprise during the 2018 PBR World Finals in November, CEO Sean Gleason announced that the PBR Last Cowboy Standing event would be hosted at Cheyenne Frontier Days in Cheyenne, Wyoming starting in 2019. This move to

442-729: The 29th and 30th and again for two more shows in February 2003 on the 15th and 16th. They also played three shows in 2004 on April 15, 16 and 17th. On September 11, 2003, Thomas & Mack Center celebrated its 20th anniversary, hosting R.E.M. in concert. In September 2004, the World Music Awards was held at the arena, broadcast live on ABC . On January 28, 2007, High School Musical: The Concert performed with over 10,000 people attending. The arena has hosted lectures by Bill Clinton and Mikhail Gorbachev as part of various UNLV-affiliated lecture series. On October 19, 2016,

476-521: The Heavyweight bracket each host at least one member of the Middleweight bracket on campus before the tournament. Since the Middleweight bracket's dissolution in 2021, the tournament continues to find opponents for members of the formerly named Heavyweight bracket to host on campus that would have played in the Middleweight bracket. While the Heavyweight bracket pool always features four teams,

510-529: The Middleweight bracket pool's size is variable, ranging from as little as two teams to as many as five. Despite this, only up to four teams in the Middleweight bracket pool played in Las Vegas. Since 2021, two teams that would have played in the Middleweight bracket each play two Heavyweight opponents before facing each other on campus. * – Denotes overtime period Campus Game Contender(s): Norfolk State beat Monmouth 64-59 Campus Game Contender(s): North Dakota State beat Tarleton State 54-53 The event had

544-515: The Thomas and Mack Center including No Way Out 2001 , Vengeance 2005 , No Way Out 2008 , and the finals of the all women's Mae Young Classic tournament in 2017 , as well as episodes of WWE Raw , WWE SmackDown , WWE ECW , WWE Heat , WWE Velocity , WWE Superstars , WWE NXT , WWE Main Event and WWE Superstars of Wrestling . The facility also hosts numerous other events, such as concerts, music festivals and conventions. The gala grand opening

578-549: The arena 10 times. The first time on November 13, 1997, as their Fall tour opener. They also played on October 30 and 31, 1998. During the Halloween Night performance, the band covered The Velvet Underground 's "Loaded" album in its entirety during the second set. This performance is available on the band's official live release Live Phish Volume 16 . The band returned to the arena for two shows in September 2000 on

612-429: The arena during their Use Your Illusion Tour . It was the largest attendance single performance concert with 17,590 fans in attendance. Later, the record was broken by U2 on November 18, 2001, when U2 sold 17,771 tickets. Pearl Jam performed at the arena on July 11, 1998. Anita Mui performed at the arena on 4 September 1999. She is the first Chinese singer to hold a concert there. Rock band Phish performed at

646-583: The arena hosted the final Presidential Debate for the 2016 presidential election . On June 15, 2022 Dave Matthews Band performed for the culmination of the 2022 Cisco Live! conference. On July 22–24, 2022, Monster Jam made its debut at the arena. This marked the show's first trip to Las Vegas since the 2019 All-Star Challenge at Sam Boyd Stadium . Monster Jam returned the following year. Roman Main Event The Continental Tire Main Event (formerly known as

680-575: The arena since 2007. The FIBA Americas Championship 2007 was held at Thomas & Mack Center from August 22 to September 2. In late 2007, CBS filmed part of the CSI: Crime Scene Investigation episode, "Bull", at the Thomas & Mack Center, which was hosting the PBR World Finals. Since 1985, the Thomas & Mack Center has hosted the National Finals Rodeo annually each December. It also hosted

714-642: The arena will host some of the games from the College Basketball Crown . The Professional Bull Riders (PBR) held its annual World Finals event at the MGM Arena from 1994 to 1998 before moving to the Thomas & Mack Center in 1999 and then to T-Mobile Arena in 2016. The PBR later returned on June 11 and 12, 2021 for an Unleash the Beast Series event in its first visit to the MGM Arena since 1998. The MGM Grand Garden Arena has hosted

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748-490: The capacity is 19,522; for basketball, the capacity is 18,000. The facility is named after two prominent Nevada bankers, E. Parry Thomas and Jerome D. Mack , who donated the original funds for the feasibility and land studies. The arena underwent a major interior and exterior renovation in 1999. 2008 saw the installation of all new visual equipment, which included a 4-sided new center-hung LED widescreen scoreboard, which includes four LED advertising/scoring boards above it and

782-542: The evening. On October 31, 2018, the band performed a set of all-new original material that they promoted as a "cover" of í rokk by "Kasvot Växt", a fictional 1980s Scandinavian progressive rock band they had created. On October 31, 2021, they performed the album Get More Down by another fictional band of their creation, "Sci-Fi Soldier." 36°6′17.31″N 115°10′7.01″W  /  36.1048083°N 115.1686139°W  / 36.1048083; -115.1686139 Thomas %26 Mack Center The Thomas & Mack Center

816-573: The event sold out in four minutes. It was originally scheduled to host Double or Nothing (2020) on May 23, 2020, and the May 27 episode of AEW Dynamite , but was moved due to the COVID-19 pandemic . It hosted Money in the Bank on July 2, 2022, which was originally scheduled to be held at the larger Allegiant Stadium . This marked the first WWE pay-per-view to have taken place at the arena. The arena

850-575: The first time that this game was held in a city without a National Basketball Association (NBA) franchise. For the first time in NBA history, an on-campus college sports arena served as venue of an NBA All-Star Game . However, the arena had previously hosted home games for two NBA teams, the Utah Jazz and Los Angeles Lakers . The Utah Jazz used the arena in the mid-1980s, and it was where Kareem Abdul-Jabbar broke Wilt Chamberlain 's record for points in

884-761: The new T-Mobile Arena before the launch of the NHL's newest team, the Vegas Golden Knights , who went on to play in the NHL 's Stanley Cup Playoffs within their first season. On October 24, 2014, it held an NBA preseason game between the Los Angeles Lakers and the Sacramento Kings . During the 1990s, the arena served as the site for the WAC women's volleyball tournament. On March 13, 2012, it

918-463: The second set of their Halloween night show at the venue. Following that performance, the band has made their interpretation of "Martian Monster" a regular part of their concert repertoire and have performed it at over 25 subsequent concerts. On October 31, 2016, the band covered David Bowie 's The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars in its entirety as their musical costume for

952-730: The team to three additional Final Fours (four Final Fours overall). The arena ranked 4th highest in college basketball attendance during the 2012-2013 season . The facility also hosted the Las Vegas Thunder of the now defunct International Hockey League . It was also hosted the Las Vegas Flash of the RHI in the 1993–94 season pre-season games annually in October through 2013. In 2014 and 2015 their games were played at MGM Grand , and from 2016 onward at T-Mobile Arena . It

986-504: The world's largest outdoor rodeo expanded on a growing partnership. The venue hosted multiple professional boxing fights, including: The venue also hosted mixed martial arts events such as UFC 43 in 2003, Pride 32 in 2006 and Pride 33 in 2007. On March 30, 1984, the USA Volleyball Olympic team competed in the international competition at Thomas & Mack Center. Numerous WWE PPV events have been held at

1020-631: Was added to the complex; the two arenas are directly connected. Cox Pavilion is used for smaller events; its main tenants are the UNLV women's basketball and volleyball programs. The center's primary tenant is the UNLV men's basketball team since 1983. The arena was nicknamed "the Shark Tank" after UNLV coach Jerry Tarkanian , whose nickname was Tark the Shark. He won a national championship in 1990 and took

1054-641: Was announced that the Pac-12 men's basketball tournament would take place at the arena from at least 2013 through 2016 and then to T-Mobile Arena in 2017 until 2020. From 2014 to 2017, the MGM Grand Garden Arena hosted the Roman Main Event , then called The MGM Resorts Main Event, an 8-team college basketball tournament held during Monday and Wednesday of Thanksgiving week of NCAA Division I men's basketball season. Starting in 2025,

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1088-442: Was held on December 16, 1983, featuring Frank Sinatra , Dean Martin and Diana Ross . Rock band Mötley Crüe performed on March 16, 1984. Sir Elton John 's first performance at the arena was on August 24, 1984. Other bands such as AC/DC , Van Halen , Metallica , Kiss , and Aerosmith performed in 1986. On November 14, 1987, comedian Eddie Murphy performed at the arena. On January 25, 1992, Guns N' Roses performed at

1122-480: Was the first following the 2017 Las Vegas shooting , which occurred roughly 1 mile away. The ceremony moved to Allegiant Stadium in 2022. Improvisational jam band Phish has hosted several significant halloween concerts at the venue. On October 31, 2014, they performed Chilling, Thrilling Sounds of the Haunted House with original instrumental music to accompany the album as their "musical costume" for

1156-562: Was the former home of the Arena Football League 's Las Vegas Sting , Las Vegas Gladiators , and Las Vegas Outlaws . In 2005 and 2006, the arena hosted the Arena Football League's ArenaBowl . ArenaBowl XIX and ArenaBowl XX were the first two ArenaBowls to be held at a neutral site arena. In the past, the games had been played at the site of the highest seed in the playoffs. In ArenaBowl XIX in 2005,

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