Michelob Ultra Arena
(Redirected from Mandalay Bay Events Center)
Event center in Las Vegas, Nevada
Coordinates: 36°5′26.44″N 115°10′44.33″W / 36.0906778°N 115.1789806°W / 36.0906778; -115.1789806
Interior of venue during Evo 2017
Former names
Mandalay Bay Events Center (1999–2021)
March 2, 1999 (1999-03-02)
Las Vegas Aces (WNBA) (2018–present)
Las Vegas NLL team (NLL) (2022–)
The Michelob Ultra Arena, formerly known as the 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.[1] It is owned and operated by MGM Resorts International and is the home arena for the Las Vegas Aces of the Women's National Basketball Association. In 2022, it will also be home to the Las Vegas NLL team of the National Lacrosse League. The arena also hosts a variety of music, sports, and entertainment events. In 2021, MGM Resorts and Anheuser-Busch entered a naming-rights agreement for the arena to be named after Michelob Ultra.[2]
2 Entertainment events
3 In popular culture
Sports[edit]
The Events Center hosts boxing matches, including the high-profile Amir Khan vs. Zab Judah Light welterweight title unification, match on July 23, 2011.
As of July 2018, the Mandalay Bay Events Center has held 31 Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) events, starting with UFC 33, and most recently, UFC Fight Night 88. It held the largest UFC weigh-in show in history in conjunction with International Fight Week 2012 ahead of UFC 148 welcoming 10,000 fans.[3] UFC cards in Vegas have since moved to T-Mobile Arena as part of a comprehensive marketing and tenancy agreement.
The 999th episode of WWE Raw was held at the arena on July 16, 2012, the first time the WWE performed at Mandalay Bay.
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 teams returned for preseason games in 2013 and 2014. In 2016, it hosted 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. They played their first home game on May 27, 2018.[4]
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.
Since 2016, the Evolution Championship Series has held its final day of competition at the Mandalay Bay Events Center.
The WNBA All-Star Game and related All-Star events were held at the Mandalay Bay Events Center on July 26 and 27, 2019.
Entertainment events[edit]
Entertainment events held at Michelob Ultra Arena
Supporting Acts
August 11 Germany Scorpions Eye to Eye Tour Mötley Crüe
September 24 United States
5 ½ Weeks Tour
November 11 Puerto Rico Ricky Martin Livin' la Vida Loca Tour Jessica Simpson
December 7 United States ZZ Top XXX Tour Screamin' Cheetah Wheelies
Lynyrd Skynyrd Edge of Forever Tour
December 28 Eagles The Millenium Concerts Jackson Browne
March 17 United States Kiss Farewell Tour Ted Nugent
May 5 REO Speedwagon
Arch Allies
July 13 United States Reba McEntire
Girls' Night Out' Tour Sara Evans, Jamie O'Neal, Carolyn Dawn
August 31 Destiny's Child MTV's TRL Tour
March 2 United States Aaron Carter Aaron's Winter Party
April 20 The Offspring Conspiracy of One Tour Social Distortion
May 24 Britney Spears Dream Within a Dream Tour
December 8 United Kingdom Def Leppard X Tour
February 15 Germany Scorpions Scorpions Tour 2003 Dokken
June 14 United States Kenny Chesney Margaritas N' Senoritas Tour Montgomery Gentry
Kellie Coffey
August 20 ZZ Top Beer Drinkers and Hell Raisers Tour Franky Perez
October 8 Red Hot Chili Peppers By the Way tour The Flaming Lips
April 16 United States Alicia Keys
The Verizon Ladies First Tour
April 17 Kid Rock Rock N' Roll Pain Train Tour Jerry Cantrell
May 29 Prince Musicology Live 2004ever
August 6 Van Halen Summer Tour 2004 Shinedown
June 17 United States Brad Paisley Two Hats and a Redhead Tour Terri Clark
July 9 United Kingdom Judas Priest Retribution Tour Queensrÿche
August 27 United States Backstreet Boys Never Gone Tour
May 25 Various 2006 VH1 Rock Honors
June 16 United States Kenny Chesney The Road and the Radio Tour Dierks Bentley
August 12 Colombia Shakira Oral Fixation Tour N/A N/A N/A
August 18 United Kingdom Def Leppard Yeah! Tour Journey
December 29 United States The Black Eyed Peas The Monkey Business Tour N/A N/A N/A
December 8 United Kingdom Spice Girls The Return of the Spice Girls N/A N/A N/A
May 23 United States Taylor Swift Fearless Tour Gloriana
Kellie Pickler 8,311 / 8,311 $551,051
December 29 The Black Eyed Peas The E.N.D. World Tour N/A N/A N/A
October 16 Colombia Shakira The Sun Comes Out World Tour N/A N/A N/A
July 2 Barbados Rihanna Loud Tour J. Cole
K.T N/A N/A
September 15 United States Kid Rock Born Free Tour Sheryl Crow
November 19 United States Katy Perry California Dreams Tour Ellie Goulding
December 3 N/A Cirque de Soleil Michael Jackson: The Immortal World Tour N/A 140,019 / 260,640 $14,475,909
August 18 United States Jennifer Lopez
Enrique Iglesias Enrique Iglesias & Jennifer Lopez Tour Frankie J 8,066 / 8,066 $1,223,438
February 15 United States Pink Truth About Love Tour The Hives 9,511 / 9,511 $1,033,984
March 15 United States Alicia Keys Set the World on Fire Tour Miguel N/A N/A
April 12 Barbados Rihanna Diamonds World Tour ASAP Rocky 8,861 / 8,861 $1,047,675
August 2 United Kingdom One Direction Take Me Home Tour 5 Seconds of Summer N/A N/A
June 6 United States Lionel Richie All the Hits, All Night Long CeeLo Green N/A N/A
October 12 Spain Enrique Iglesias Sex and Love Tour Pitbull 9,808 / 9,808 $1,168,307
August 15 United States Kelly Clarkson Piece by Piece Tour[5] Pentatonix
Eric Hutchinson
Abi Ann N/A N/A
August 29 United States Ariana Grande The Honeymoon Tour Prince Royce N/A N/A
October 2 South Korea BIGBANG Made World Tour[6] N/A 9,000 N/A
January 9[7] United Kingdom Muse Drones World Tour[8][9][10] Phantogram N/A N/A
February 13 United States Black Sabbath The End Tour[11][12][13][14] Rival Sons 8,555 / 9,283 $962,808
February 28 United Kingdom Iron Maiden The Book of Souls World Tour[15][16][17][18] The Raven Age 9,000 / 9,000 $862,872
April 9 United Kingdom Ellie Goulding Delirium World Tour[19][20][21] Bebe Rexha
Broods 7,998 / 7,998 N/A
April 29 Barbados Rihanna Anti World Tour[22][23] Travis Scott[24] 16,220 / 16,419 $1,673,817
May 6 United States Selena Gomez Revival Tour[25][26] DNCE
Bea Miller 8,761 / 9,173 $594,878
February 18 United States Twenty One Pilots Emotional Roadshow World Tour[27] Judah & the Lion
Jon Bellion 8,681 / 8,681 $418,029
March 24 United States Panic! at the Disco Death of a Bachelor Tour[28][29] MisterWives
Saint Motel 8,845 / 8,845 $463,599
October 14 United States Janet Jackson State of the World Tour[30] DJ Aktive 7,583 / 8,077 $931,996
October 22 Canada Arcade Fire Infinite Content Tour[31] Angel Olsen TBA TBA
February 16 United States Lana Del Rey LA to the Moon Tour[32] Kali Uchis 8,880 / 9,210 $794,687
March 24 United States Kid Rock American Rock n Roll A Thousand Horses
June 9 United States Kesha
Macklemore The Adventures of Kesha and Macklemore[33] Wes Period 7,465 / 8,087 $378,260
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.[34] 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.[35]
The 25th Billboard Latin Music Awards was held in the Events Center on April 26, 2018.[36]
In popular culture[edit]
Rocky Balboa, 2006 (the final boxing match)[37]
Yanni Live! The Concert Event, 2006
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Mandalay Bay Events Center.
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^ "Kelly Clarkson performs at Mandalay Bay Events Center at Mandalay Bay Hotel & Casino". VegasNews.com - Las Vegas News.
^ Benjamin, Jeff. "BIGBANG Announce Huge Arena Tour for America This Fall". Billboard. Retrieved 2017-06-28.
^ "LAS VEGAS AND SAN DIEGO TOUR UPDATE". December 4, 2015. Retrieved December 23, 2015.
^ Marano, Francesco (2015-10-19). "Muse Extend 2015-2016 Tour Dates For "Drones World Tour" Schedule: Ticket Presale Code Info". Zumic. Retrieved 2016-10-11.
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^ Prevatt, Mike (2016-01-13). "AN IMPRESSIVE STAGE SHOW ALMOST REDEEMS MUSE FROM ITS PARANOID BOMBAST". Las Vegas Weekly. Retrieved 2016-10-11.
^ Payne, Chris (2015-09-03). "Black Sabbath Announces 2016 Farewell Tour Dates". Billboard. Retrieved 2016-10-11.
^ Stapleton, Susan (2015-09-04). "Las Vegas makes the cut for Black Sabbath's 'The End' farewell tour". LA Times. Retrieved 2016-10-11.
^ Giles, Jeff (2015-10-27). "Black Sabbath Extend 'The End' With Summer 2016 U.S. Tour Dates". ultimateclassicrock.com. Retrieved 2016-10-11.
^ Bell, Josh (2016-02-15). "CONCERT REVIEW: BLACK SABBATH BIDS A HEAVY METAL FAREWELL". Las Vegas Weekly. Retrieved 2016-10-11.
^ Pasbani, Robert (2015-10-01). "IRON MAIDEN Announce US Tour Dates". metalinjection.net. Retrieved 2016-10-11.
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^ Bell, Josh (2016-02-29). "HEAVY METAL LIFERS IRON MAIDEN SOLDIER ON WITH ENTHUSIASM". Las Vegas Weekly. Retrieved 2016-10-11.
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^ "Ellie Goulding Announces North American Leg of 2016 'Delirium' World Tour: See The Dates". Pop Crush. 2015-11-02. Retrieved 2016-10-11.
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^ Bell, Josh (2016-04-10). "ELLIE GOULDING SPLITS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN SIMPLICITY AND SPECTACLE". Las Vegas Weekly. Retrieved 2016-10-11.
^ "Global Superstar Rihanna Announces THE ANTI WORLD TOUR Coming to the Mandalay Bay Events Center April 29, 2016". mandalaybay.com. Retrieved 2016-10-11.
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