Mandalay Bay Events Center is a 12,000-seat indoor arena at the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino, on the Las Vegas Strip, in Paradise, Nevada. It is owned and operated by MGM Resorts International and hosts a number of various music, basketball, boxing and mixed martial arts events.
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Sports
The Events Center hosts boxing matches, including the high-profile Amir Khan vs. Zab Judah Light welterweight unification clash on July 23, 2011.
As of December 2016, the Mandalay Bay Events Center has held 31 Ultimate Fighting Championship events, starting with UFC 33, and most recently, UFC Fight Night 88. It held the largest Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) weigh-in show in history in conjunction with International Fight week and held 10,000 fans.
WWE hosted WWE Raw there on July 16, 2012 for the first time ever. It was the 999th edition of Raw, and was sold out.
The first National Basketball Association game on the Las Vegas Strip since 1981 was at the Mandalay Bay Events Center on October 6, 2012, a preseason contest between the Denver Nuggets and the Los Angeles Clippers. The same two teams played another preseason game there on October 19, 2013. On October 18, 2014, MBEC held an NBA preseason game between the Denver Nuggets and Los Angeles Clippers. In 2016, it became the home of the NCAA Men's basketball postseason tournament Vegas 16. The NBA and WNBA officially announced on October 17, 2017 that the San Antonio Stars would relocate from San Antonio, Texas and would be playing at the Mandalay Bay Events Center starting in the 2018 season as the Las Vegas Aces.
The 2016 Spring North American League of Legends Championship Series Finals were hosted at the Mandalay Bay Events Center on April 16 and 17, 2016.
The Grand Finals of Evo 2016 and Evo 2017 were hosted in the Mandalay Bay Events Center.
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Entertainment events
Rock band Journey performed at the arena in December 2000 which was filmed for the Journey 2001 DVD.
It has hosted the Latin Grammy Awards six times. The Latin Grammys were held at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in 2007 and from 2009 to 2013. VH1 held the first two Rock Honors ceremonies in this facility in 2006 and 2007.
It was the host of Yanni's Yanni Live! The Concert Event, in 2006.
The arena hosted Crüe Fest on August 1, 2008.
It played host to 311's biennial 3-11 Day concert on March 11, 2010. The band played four sets with 60 songs total.
The arena hosted the 2010 revival of the Lilith Fair on July 9.
On August 23, 2010 the arena served as the venue for Miss Universe 2010 where at the conclusion of the event Ximena Navarrete of Mexico was crowned as the winner.
January 28, 2011, Ozzy Osbourne performed as part of his tour for his new album Let Me Hear You Scream.
The cast of Glee were there on the first stop on their Glee Live! In Concert! tour on May 21, 2011.
On May 14, 2017 the arena hosted Miss USA 2017 pageant.
In popular culture
- Rocky Balboa, 2006 (the final boxing match)
- Yanni Live! The Concert Event, 2006
References
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