Credit Union of Texas Event Center

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Credit Union of Texas Event Center (CUTXEC)
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Credit Union of Texas Event Center
Location within Texas
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Credit Union of Texas Event Center
Location within the United States
Location200 East Stacy Road
Allen, Texas 75002
Coordinates 33°07′38″N96°39′27″W / 33.127344°N 96.657629°W / 33.127344; -96.657629
Owner City of Allen
Operator City of Allen
Capacity Ice hockey: 6,275
Indoor soccer: 6,006
Up to 8,600 seats for concerts and special events
Construction
Broke groundJuly 24, 2008 [1]
OpenedNovember 7, 2009 [2]
Construction cost $52.6 million
($71.7 million in 2022 dollars [3] )
ArchitectSink Combs Dethlefs
Project managerInternational Coliseums Company [4]
Structural engineerMartin/Martin, Inc. [4]
Services engineerM-E Engineers, Inc. [4]
General contractor Hunt Construction Group [5]
Tenants
Allen Americans (ECHL) (2009–present)
Dallas Sidekicks (MASL) (2012–2017, 2018–present)
Texas Revolution (IFL/CIF) (2013–2017)

The Credit Union of Texas Event Center (formerly Allen Event Center) is an American 6,275 fixed-seat multi-purpose indoor arena located in Allen, Texas, a northern suburb of Dallas. The arena opened in 2009 under the name Allen Event Center. Construction cost was $52.6 million ($63.5 million in 2020 dollars). The City of Allen sold the naming rights to the arena to the Credit Union of Texas in 2021 for a seven-year term at $325,000 per year. [6]

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The Allen Americans vs the Kansas City Mavericks at the Credit Union of Texas Event Center during the 2023 Kelly Cup Playoffs. Jakov Novak - Allen Americans.jpg
The Allen Americans vs the Kansas City Mavericks at the Credit Union of Texas Event Center during the 2023 Kelly Cup Playoffs.
The Allen Event Center on February 23, 2013, as it hosted a Professional Arena Soccer League match between the Dallas Sidekicks and the Texas Strikers. Allen Event Center - 23 February 2013.jpg
The Allen Event Center on February 23, 2013, as it hosted a Professional Arena Soccer League match between the Dallas Sidekicks and the Texas Strikers.

The center hosts the home games of the ECHL's Allen Americans and the relaunched Dallas Sidekicks of the Major Arena Soccer League. The Miss Texas pageant relocated to the center for 2012 and 2013. [7] It was formerly the home of Champions Indoor Football's Texas Revolution (also previously called the Allen Wranglers) until the team moved to Frisco, Texas, in 2017.

In 2019, the event center hosted the NCWA National Wrestling Championship. [8]

On April 27 and 29, 2019, the Dallas Fuel hosted the Overwatch League's first Homestand Weekend at the Allen Event Center. [9] These matches were the first in league history to be played away from the Blizzard Arena in Burbank, California.

Premiere

The arena opened along with the entire "Village at Allen" power center on November 6, 2009. Reba McEntire played a concert that night to open the arena. [10] Other events, including monster truck racing, appeared over the course of 2010.

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  2. ↑ Tipping, Joy (November 8, 2009). "McEntire and Venue Were in Perfect Tune". The Dallas Morning News . Retrieved September 23, 2011.
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  6. ↑ City Council Agenda Communication. "CITY COUNCIL AGENDA COMMUNICATION". City of Allen, Texas. Retrieved 9 August 2021.
  7. ↑ Walker, Patrick M. (June 26, 2012). "Miss Texas Will Don Crown in Allen Instead of Arlington". Fort Worth Star-Telegram . Retrieved July 6, 2012.
  8. ↑ "2019 NCWA National Wrestling Championship". ncwanationals.org. Retrieved 2019-03-11.
  9. ↑ "Bud Light Homestand Weekend - Dallas". AllenEventCenter.com. Retrieved 29 April 2019.
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