Landers Center
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| Former names | DeSoto Civic Center (2000-2011) |
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| Location | 4560 Venture Drive Southaven, MS. 38671 |
| Owner | DeSoto County[1] |
| Operator | DeSoto County Convention & Visitors Bureau |
| Capacity | 10,045 (concerts) 8,400 (ice hockey) 8,362 (basketball) |
| Construction | |
| Broke ground | April 24, 1998[1] |
| Opened | September 16, 2000 |
| Construction cost | $35 million[1] ($48.1 million in 2024 dollars[2]) |
| Architect | Johnson Bailey Henderson McNeel Architects[1] |
| General contractor | Carothers Construction Inc.[1] |
| Tenants | |
| Mississippi RiverKings (SPHL) (2000-present) Memphis Xplorers (af2) (2001-2006) Memphis Houn'Dawgs (ABA) (2000-2001) |
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The Landers Center is an 8,400-seat multi-purpose arena in Southaven, Mississippi. It was built in 2000. It is home to the Mississippi RiverKings, a team in the Southern Professional Hockey League.
Several now-defunct teams have called the Lander's Center home. These teams include the Memphis Xplorers of the AF2 and the Memphis Houn'Dawgs of the American Basketball Association.
It also is used as a concert venue, boxing arena, and for ice shows and circuses. Since 2009, the Mid-South Fair has been held at the Landers Center. Formerly, the fair was held in Memphis at the Memphis Fairgrounds.
The center houses a 17,000 square foot convention center, which can be broken down into 10 separate meeting rooms.[3]
Name change
January 4, 2012, Memphis-based Landers Auto Group purchased the naming rights. The name was changed to the Landers Center. The arena still serves the same purpose that the DeSoto Civic Center served.[4]
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