Venue: Orleans Arena
Town: Nevada, US
Capacity: 9,500

Orleans Arena is a 9,500-seat multi-purpose arena in Paradise, Nevada, in the Las Vegas Valley. It is located at the Orleans Hotel and Casino and is operated by Coast Casinos, a subsidiary of Boyd Gaming Corporation. The arena is the home to the Vegas Rollers of World TeamTennis since 2019. It is also an occasional home for the UNLV Rebels basketball team when the Thomas & Mack Center is in use. The arena was the home of the Las Vegas Wranglers ice hockey team from 2003 to 2014, the Las Vegas Gladiators arena football team in 2007, as well as the Las Vegas Sin women's football team. In 2020, the Vegas Golden Knights announced it was purchasing and relocating an American Hockey League (AHL) franchise. The Henderson Silver Knights played two seasons at Orleans Arena until the club's new 6,000-seat arena was completed in Henderson, Nevada in March 2022. On July 12, 2003, Ricardo Mayorga retained The Ring welterweight championship with a majority decision over Vernon Forrest, and Zab Judah defeated Demarcus Corley on the undercard. The first Las Vegas Wranglers game at the Orleans Arena was on October 10, 2003, where a crowd of 2,817 saw the Wranglers defeat the Bakersfield Condors, 4-2, in an exhibition game. The Stanley Cup visited Orleans Arena on November 25, 2005. In November 2006, the arena began hosting the Las Vegas Invitational, a pre-season college basketball tournament. It was the first event of its kind to be held at a venue connected to a casino with a sports book, the Las Vegas (College Basketball) Invitational on November 22-26, 2006. The West Coast Conference has held its basketball tournaments for men and women at the venue since 2009, the first Division I conference tournament to do so at that type of venue. The Western Athletic Conference has held its men's and women's tournaments at Orleans Arena since 2011. In 2007, the Las Vegas Gladiators of the Arena Football League moved to the arena from the Thomas & Mack Center. The move failed to increase com