The Reunion Arena is an indoor arena located in the Reunion district in downtown Dallas, Texas. The arena serves as the home of the National Basketball Association, the Dallas Mavericks and the National Hockey League's Dallas Stars. Its capacity provides accommodation for 18,190 basketball spectators and 17,000 for ice hockey audience.
The Reunion Arena was destroyed in November 2009 and the site has been opened by the end of the year.
Video Reunion Arena
Histori
The Reunion Arena was completed in 1980 at a cost of US $ 27 million. Named for the early 19th century commune, La Reunion. The Reunion Arena is famous for the last two games: it is the last NBA or NHL arena to be built without a luxury suite, and it is the last NHL arena that still uses the American Signs and Indicators scoreboard (though not the last in the NBA - see Charlotte Coliseum). Messagoard color matrix on the scoreboard was replaced in 1991 with a Sony Jumbotron video screen.
Reunion Arena also hosted the WCT Tennis Tournament in the 1980s, including the Virginia Slims Invitational Tournament. Due to scheduling conflicts in 1984, the WCT Tennis Tournament forced the Dallas Mavericks to play Game 5 of their first playoff series at Moody Coliseum, against the Seattle SuperSonics. While Southern Methodist University competed in the Southwest Conference, the Reunion Arena was known by Razorbacks University of Arkansas fans, such as Barnhill South, due to the large followers of Arkansas fans away from home; Barnhill Arena was home to all UA matches until 1993. Reunion Arena hosted Southwest Region basketball tournaments in the 1980s and 1990s, as well as the 1986 NCAA Final.
Prominent figures
In 1994, US President Bill Clinton visited the arena to watch the University of Arkansas basketball team play at the NCAA Tournament.
In late 2005, the Dallas Convention Center and convention was used as Dallas's primary shelter for Hurricane Katrina evacuation.
Events
It features 30,000 ftÃ,² (2,790Ã,²Ã,²) floor space and has a large line of sight, making it ideal for a number of events and games, including many high school graduations. Although The Who was promoted as the first concert in Reunion on July 2, 1980, the first musical performance to appear on the scene was P-Funk (toured with SHOWCO sounds and lights) on May 9, 1980. Two other concerts were played there. end of June, 1980: Foghat and Pat Travers on June 25; and Ted Nugent, Scorpions, and Def Leppard on June 26th. The rock band Journey played three consecutive performances in the arena in July 1983, and again in December 1986. Van Halen played three shows in June 1984, Judas Priest played June 27, 1986 recording the entire show which parts can be found on the album < i> Priest... Live! . Full concert concerts were also released. Pink Floyd played three consecutive shows in Reunion in November 1987. Singing pop singer Whitney Houston played two sold-out concerts in Reunion in September 1987. Frank Sinatra made a live concert on October 24, 1987 which was recorded and released in 2018 as part of Album < i> Standing Room Only .
Country music superstar Garth Brooks filmed his first special television, This Is Garth Brooks , in the arena for two sold-out concerts in September 1991. The concert became important after Brooks and guitarist Ty England brought two guitars together, same. and destroy them on stage. Another country music star, Shania Twain, once performed Come On Over Tour in the arena on 12 September 1998 and filmed in her first DVD released by Shania Twain Live.
The video for Scorpions 'Still Loving You' was filmed there, and in 1985 MÃÆ'¶tley CrÃÆ'¼e filmed the video for the song Home Sweet Home there as well.
The reunion was also a place that was often used by the World Class Championship Wrestling in the 1980s, where the organization held many, if not all two-month Star Wars events.
Host team
Arena was the home of the Dallas Mavericks from 1980 to 2001 and the Dallas Stars from 1993 to 2001. Both teams moved to American Airlines Center in 2001. Desperados Football Team Arena Dallas used the arena for the 2003 season but eventually returned to the American Airlines Center.
The full-time sports tenant left in the arena is MISL Dallas Sidekicks, but the club was inactive after the fall of 2004.
Closing and unloading
After being voted unanimously by the Dallas City Council, the Reunion Arena officially closed on 30 June 2008. In August 2008, the council said it would explode the arena if it could find an entity willing to pay the bill. The council expects the explosion to be part of a movie scene with a film company that took tabs to blast it. When no filmmaker is interested, the city decides to destroy it using another method, a process that takes several months.
The demolition was officially completed on November 17, 2009 and the site was fully cleaned at the end of the year. Post-demolition, this site is not widely used. In 2011, Prince will be performing as part of the Super Bowl XLV celebration, but the show was canceled due to bad weather. And in September 2012, Cirque du Soleil KoozÃÆ'  ¥ happened here. Until October 2013, nearby parking garages remain standing and there are no plans for construction on the site.
Maps Reunion Arena
The former Reunion Arena site today
The Reunion Arena site is now known as the Reunion Park with year-round events.
Important event
- 1980: Foghat plays the first concert ever held in the arena.
- 1980: Queen performs on The Game Tour on August 9th; the music video for their hit song "Another One Bites the Dust" was recorded in the arena.
- 1982: Ozzy Osbourne performs, with virtuoso guitar Randy Rhoads, who was killed in an airplane crash less than a month later.
- 1982: On November 25th, singer Linda Ronstadt performed her famous concert Happy Days Thanksgiving, one of the first satellite concerts by a female solo artist to be broadcast live on radio stations across the country.
- 1982: On December 25th at WCCW Christmas Star Wars, a corner was executed during the game Ric Flair vs. Kerry Von Erich for the NWA World Heavyweight Championship, with Michael Hayes as the match referee leading to Von Erich family feud vs. Fabulous Freebird. The level of astronomical business took place for the promotion of World Class Wrestling for 1983 and 1984 as a result.
- 1983: The first wrestling auction, over 17,000, is on June 17, directed by Harley Race vs. Kevin Von Erich for the NWA World Class Championships, and Bruiser Brody and Kerry Von Erich vs. Michael Hayes and Terry Gordy (Two-thirds of the Extraordinary Freebirds).
- 1983: On November 13 and 14, the Police played two sold-out concerts as part of the Synchronicity Tour.
- 1984: Black Sabbath is played there on their sold-out Born Again Tour, with Ian Gillan Deep Purple on vocals.
- 1984: Scorpions filmed their video for "Still Loving You".
- 1985: Phil Collins' No Jacket Required Tour is played here. The show was also filmed for the video release.
- 1985: Theater Tour Pain MÃÆ'¶tley CrÃÆ' stoppede stops here; they filmed their video for "Home Sweet Home".
- 1986: NCAA Final Four men's basketball and NBA All-Star Game.
- 1987: Frank Sinatra performs and records the show on October 24, featured in the posthumous live compilation album 2018, Standing Room Only.
- 1988: Michael Jackson performs three consecutive sold-out shows at the Reunion Arena, during the Bad World Tour on April 25-27, 1988.
- 1988: Prince performs a sold-out show during Lovesexy Tour on November 29, 1988.
- 1989: 1989 MISL All-Star Game
- 1990: Madonna performs two sold-out shows from Ambaran Ambangsinya on 7 and 8 May.
- 1991: Garth Brooks records his first television special, It's Garth Brooks! , during which two concerts sold out in September. It aired exclusively on NBC in early 1992. It was released on VHS on June 16, 1992 and later included as part of the November 2006 DVD release, Garth Brooks - The Entertainer . The concert was famous for Brooks and Ty England destroyed two acoustic guitars together.
- 1993: The first Dallas Stars hockey match played against the Detroit Red Wings on 5 October. The Stars beat the Red Wings 6-4.
- 1998: Shania Twain recorded her special TV set Shania Twain Live , on September 12th, which is broadcast exclusively on DirecTV for free. The special was later released on DVD in November 1999. Three of his music videos were also taken from this show.
- 1999: Benny Hinn Miracle Crusade
- 1999: Games 1, 2 and 5 of the 1999 Stanley Cup Final were played between the Stars and the Buffalo Sabers. The Stars won trophies in Game 6 over Sabers 2-1 in the third overtime but on the road at HSBC Buffal Arena.
- 2000: Games 3, 4, and 6 of the 2000 Final Stanley Cup are played. However, the New Jersey Devils won the Stanley Cup, beating the Dallas Stars in Game 6, 2-1 in the second overtime period.
- 2000: WWF Loaded Full.
- 2003: Summer 12 Great Women's Basketball Tournament
- 2003: Women's Volleyball Division NCAA I Final Four
- 2004: Basketball Post-Big Basketball Tournament 12
- 2006: Basketball Tournament Post-Big Season Women 12
- 2007: NCAA Regional Women's Basketball Tournament
- 2008: Reunion Arena closed.
- 2009: The Reunion Arena is destroyed.
In other media
In Walker, Texas Ranger episode "In the Hand of God", Texas Rangers Cordell Walker (Chuck Norris), and James "Jimmy" Trivette (Clarence Gilyard), attended a Star match at the Reunion Arena when they decided to leave the game; just walk out of the stadium and watch the armored truck robbery.
See also
- List of tallest buildings in Dallas
References
External links
- Reunion Arena Demolition Progress Photos
- Official site of Reunion Arena, archived since February 29, 2008
Source of the article : Wikipedia
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