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Rocket Arena - Live Music Venue in Cleveland

Rocket Arena is a multi-purpose arena in Cleveland, Ohio. The building is the home of the Cleveland Cavaliers of the National Basketball Association (NBA) and the Cleveland Monsters of the American Hockey League (AHL).

Venue
Rocket Arena
Address
1 Center Court
Town
Cleveland, US
Capacity
20,562

Rocket Arena is a multi-purpose arena in Cleveland, Ohio. The building is the home of the Cleveland Cavaliers of the National Basketball Association (NBA) and the Cleveland Monsters of the American Hockey League (AHL). It also serves as a secondary arena for Cleveland State Vikings men's and women's basketball and is the planned home of the new Cleveland WNBA team, which is scheduled to begin play in 2028. In the past, the arena has served as the home venue for a number of additional teams, including the Cleveland Lumberjacks of the International Hockey League, the Cleveland Rockers of the Women's National Basketball Association, the Cleveland Barons of the American Hockey League, the Cleveland Gladiators of the Arena Football League, and the Cleveland Crush of the Legends Football League. Rocket Arena opened in October 1994 as part of the Gateway Sports and Entertainment Complex with adjacent Progressive Field, which opened in April of that year. The facility replaced Richfield Coliseum as the primary entertainment facility for the region and the home of the Cavaliers, and supplanted the Wolstein Center at Cleveland State University, which opened in 1991, as the primary concert and athletic venue in downtown Cleveland. From its opening in October 1994 until August 2005, it was known as Gund Arena, named for former Cavaliers owner Gordon Gund, after he paid for the naming rights. After purchasing a majority of the Cavaliers in March 2005, Dan Gilbert bought the naming rights in August 2005 and renamed the building Quicken Loans Arena after his mortgage lending company Quicken Loans. It was renamed Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse in April 2019 when Quicken Loans rebranded to Rocket Mortgage, as part of the facility's renovation and expansion. The name was updated to the current Rocket Arena in 2025 to align with the rebranding of the various financial businesses under the Rocket name. Rocket Arena seats 19,432 people in its basketball configuration and up to 18,926 for ic