Brookshire Grocery Arena

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Brookshire Grocery Arena
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Brookshire Grocery Arena
Former namesBossier City Arena (2000)
CenturyTel Center (2000–2010)
CenturyLink Center (2010–2020)
Brookshire Grocery Arena (2020–present)
Location2000 Brookshire Arena Drive
Bossier City, Louisiana 71112
OwnerCity of Bossier City
Operator ASM Global
Capacity 14,000 (concerts)
12,440 (hockey)
SurfaceMulti-surface
Construction
Broke groundMarch 30, 1999 [1]
OpenedNovember 2, 2000 [2]
Construction cost$56.5 million
($100 million in 2023 dollars [3] )
ArchitectAE Design Group
Structural engineerWalter P Moore
General contractorRoy Anderson Corp.
Tenants
Bossier-Shreveport Mudbugs (CHL) (2000–2011)
Bossier–Shreveport Battle Wings (af2/AFL) (2004–2010)

The Brookshire Grocery Arena [4] (formerly CenturyLink Center,CenturyTel Center, and Bossier City Arena) is a 14,000-seat multi-purpose arena, in Bossier City, Louisiana. The naming rights were purchased by the company Brookshire Grocery Group of Tyler, Texas in 2021.

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History

Opened in 2000 during the administration of then Bossier City Mayor George Dement, the center is among several projects financed in part from revenues derived from three casinos in the city. [5]

The center was home to the Bossier–Shreveport Battle Wings AFL team and the Bossier-Shreveport Mudbugs CHL team.

It hosted the Southland Conference men's basketball tournament in 2001. In 2011, the CenturyLink Center with the Louisiana Tech Lady Techsters hosted 1st and 2nd-round games for the NCAA women's basketball tournament including the first two games of eventual champion Texas A&M.

UFC 37: High Impact was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship at the CenturyTel Center in Bossier City, Louisiana on May 10, 2002.

On September 28, 2002, the NHL came to the arena, for a pre-season game, between the Nashville Predators and Atlanta Thrashers.

On January 14, 2007, the CHL All-Star game was played at the arena, for the first time ever, hosted by the Mudbugs.

On October 24, 2014, CLC held an NBA preseason game between the New Orleans Pelicans and Dallas Mavericks. [6]

On October 1, 2016, CLC held another NBA preseason game between the New Orleans Pelicans and Dallas Mavericks.

On September 29, 2023, Brookshire Grocery Arena was the site of the relaunch of the Ringling Brothers & Barnum and Bailey Circus after a six-year hiatus [7]

Concert history

A list of notable concerts held in the arena
DateArtistTourSupporting act(s)AttendanceRevenueNotes
November 21, 2000 Styx Together in 2000 Tour REO Speedwagon, Survivor ——
November 25, 2000 Creed Human Clay Tour Sevendust, Finger Eleven —
December 2, 2000 Elton John Medusa Tour —
March 8, 2002 Kid Rock Cocky Tour
July 18, 2002 Britney Spears Dream Within a Dream Tour O-Town 12,232$749,181
November 16, 2002 Cher Living Proof: The Farewell Tour Cyndi Lauper 11,610$771,806
April 25, 2003 ZZ Top Beer Drinkers and Hell Raisers Tour Ted Nugent 6,300 / 7,500$248,850
March 4, 2004Kid Rock Rock N' Roll Pain Train Tour —
February 5, 2005CherLiving Proof: The Farewell Tour Village People 9,323 / 12,397$508,529
March 8, 2006 Nickelback All the Right Reasons Tour Trapt, Chevelle —
March 3, 2007 Justin Timberlake FutureSex/LoveShow —
November 15, 2007 Hannah Montana & Miley Cyrus Best of Both Worlds Tour Jonas Brothers —
February 19, 2008 Kid Rock Rock N' Roll Revival Tour Rev Run, Peter Wolfe —
April 13, 2009 Nickelback Dark Horse Tour Seether, Saving Abel —
August 4, 2009JourneyRevelation Tour
September 10, 2009 Taylor Swift Fearless Tour Gloriana
Kellie Pickler 		—
September 19, 2009Britney Spears The Circus Starring Britney Spears Kristinia DeBarge 10,240$610,818
February 13, 2010 Martina McBride
Trace Adkins 		Shine All Night Tour—
February 8, 2011Kid Rock Born Free Tour —
September 20, 2011Taylor Swift Speak Now World Tour Needtobreathe 11,510$728,546
February 13, 2013Kid Rock Rebel Soul Tour —
March 8, 2014 Luke Bryan That's My Kind of Night Tour Lee Brice
Cole Swindell 		12,292$678,063
March 22, 2014Elton John Follow the Yellow Brick Road Tour ——
November 15, 2014Cher Dressed to Kill Tour Cancelled due to viral infection [8]
March 20, 2015 Miranda Lambert Platinum Tour Justin Moore
Danielle Bradbery 		—
May 20, 2015Taylor Swift The 1989 World Tour Vance Joy 12,459$1,458,197This show served as the opening night of the tour's North American leg.
July 29, 2015 Eagles History of the Eagles – Live in Concert ——
March 12, 2016Luke Bryan Kill the Lights Tour Little Big Town
Dustin Lynch 		—
April 22, 2016 Carrie Underwood Storyteller Tour: Stories in the Round Easton Corbin
The Swon Brothers 		10,883$737,228
March 12, 2017 Miranda Lambert Highway Vagabond Tour Old Dominion —
July 9, 2017JourneyNorth American TourAsia
July 15, 2017 Paul McCartney One on One —
April 22, 2018 Foo Fighters Concrete and Gold Tour The Struts —
March 16, 2019 P!nk Beautiful Trauma World Tour Julia Michaels
KidCutUp		—
September 7, 2019 KISS End of the Road World Tour David Garibaldi —
October 5, 2019Miranda Lambert Roadside Bars & Pink Guitars Tour Maren Morris
Pistol Annies
Tenille Townes 		—
March 10, 2020Cher Here We Go Again Tour Nile Rodgers
CHIC 		——After this show, the remaining dates of the tour were postponed to later in the year due to COVID-19. [9]
August 29, 2020 Journey 2020 Tour Pretenders ——This show was canceled due to COVID-19. [10]
September 30, 2020 Def Leppard 20/20 Vision Tour ZZ Top ———
October 1, 2020Luke BryanProud to Be Right Here Tour Morgan Wallen
Runaway June 		——
February 19, 2023JourneyFreedom TourToto

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Preceded by
first arena
 Home of the Bossier–Shreveport Battle Wings
2001–2010		Succeeded by
Preceded by Ultimate Fighting Championship venue
UFC 37 		Succeeded by


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