Spokane Arena (Spokane, WA)

Spokane Veterans Memorial Arena (popularly known as Spokane Arena) is not only the home to the Spokane Chiefs hockey and Spokane Shock arena football teams, this is the place where locals come to see dynamic performances by Cher, the Dixie Chicks and Elton John, among many others. Outside of music and sports, the arena hosts theatre performances, circuses and monster truck rallies.

The arena has a state-of-the-art audio and video system. It consists of a 15-foot x 20-foot Viacom Sports 12 mm LED display, which is capable of being used as two separate units. The video board has exceptional color reproduction and the best off-angle viewing available for any LED format. It can even be moved forward approximately 100 feet and down to approximately 20 feet off the arena floor. The arena also features a 350° color LED ribbon board, which is mounted on the fascia of the Spokane Arena bowl. It is capable of displaying text messages, animations, logos, scores and statistics.

Powered by Crown Amplifiers, the audio system is driven by Community RS880 speakers in the Arena bowl, Altec Lansing satellite speakers for the upper seating areas, and Bose speakers serve the concourse, dressing rooms, and backstage hallways.

Large public areas are one of the greater features of the Spokane Arena. The arena floor is 32,000 square feet, and the 14-foot high concourse is a spacious 35,000 square feet. 16 luxury suites containing a total of 146 seats. In addition, there are six meeting rooms located at the Spokane Arena, totaling 10,050 square feet of meeting space.

Incorporated into its original design was an area designated for future expansion of the arena. Expansion of the upper bowl would raise the seating capacity of the arena to over 14,000. There are currently no plans to expand the Spokane Arena because there is no current need to do so. Expansion would likely occur only if the city of Spokane was to land a major event, or team that competes in a league that would demand the need to do so.

The Spokane Arena schedule is completely diverse and includes WWE RAW events, country music concerts such as Shania Twain, new age musicians like Yanni and sporting championship games such as the Memorial Cup and the Men's NCAA Basketball Tournament. Spokane Arena tickets even include US Figure Skating tournaments. There's certainly something for everyone at this venue.