Miami Arena is an indoor arena in Miami, Florida. Completed in 1988 at a cost of $52.5 million, the arena seats 16,640 for basketball, 14,696 for ice hockey and arena football, between 5,723 and 16,508 for end-stage concerts, between 6,351 and 9,120 for half-house concerts, 6,380 for amphitheatre concerts, 3,642 for theater concerts, 500 for banquets and has 26 luxury suites. The arena has been the home of the Miami Heat from 1988-1999, the Florida Panthers from 1993-1999, the University of Miami basketball teams from 1988-2003, the Miami Hooters of the Arena Football League from 1993-1995 and the Miami Morays indoor football team since 2005. It also hosted the 1990 NBA All-Star Game and WWF Royal Rumble 1991. In 1999 The Miami Heat moved to the American Airlines Arena located east of the Miami Arena a few blocks away on the shore of Biscayne Bay. The Florida Panthers also left the Miami Arena to play at what is now the Bank Atlantic Center located in Sunrise, Florida. Most of the concerts that were heald at the Miami Arena are now heald at the Bank Atlantic Center,American Airlines Arena or the Seminole Hard Rock Casino in Hollywood,Florida. Since then the arena has been inactive. The following is a list of indoor arenas. ... The Magic City, The American Riviera, The Sixth Borough Location of Miami in Miami-Dade County, Florida. ... 1988 (MCMLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Sara Giauro shoots a three-point shot, FIBA Europe Cup for Women Finals 2005 For other uses, see Basketball (disambiguation). ... Ice hockey, known simply as hockey in areas where it is more common than field hockey, is a team sport played on ice. ... Arena football is a sport invented by Jim Foster, a former executive of the United States Football League and the National Football League. ... A concert comprises a performance, usually involving some degree of formality, and particularly a performance featuring music. ... The name amphitheatre (alternatively amphitheater) is given to a public building of the Classical period (being particularly associated with ancient Rome) which was used for spectator sports, games and displays. ... For other usages see Theatre (disambiguation) Theater (American English) or Theatre (British English and widespread usage among theatre professionals in the US) is that branch of the performing arts concerned with acting out stories in front of an audience using combinations of speech, gesture, music, dance, sound and spectacle — indeed... The Miami Heat (or the Miami HEAT as the display name is officially rendered, and referred to as that on their official website) are a professional basketball team based in Miami, Florida, USA. They play in the National Basketball Association (NBA). ... 1988 (MCMLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1999 (MCMXCIX) was a common year starting on Friday, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ... The Florida Panthers are a professional ice hockey team who play in the Ft. ... 1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003). ... 1999 (MCMXCIX) was a common year starting on Friday, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ... The University of Miami (also commonly referred to as UM or simply The U) is a private university, founded in 1925, with its main campus in the city of Coral Gables in metropolitan Miami, Florida, in the United States. ... 1988 (MCMLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Categories: Stub | Defunct American football teams | Miami sports ... The Arena Football League (AFL) was founded in 1987 as an American football indoor league. ... 1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003). ... 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Miami Morays are a professional indoor football team. ... Indoor football is a variation of American football with rules modified to make it suitable for play within basketball gymnasiums and, particularly, ice hockey arenas. ... Template:Diffgggtgerent calendars 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The NBA staged its first All-Star Game in the Boston Garden on March 2, 1951. ... Official Royal Rumble logo. ...

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