Long Beach Convention and Entertainment Center is a convention center located in Long Beach, California. Built on the former Long Beach Auditorium location; the venue consists of the Long Beach Convention Center, the Long Beach Arena and the Long Beach Performing Arts Center.
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Venues
Long Beach Convention Center
- Promenade Ballroom
- Top of the Lot - an open air banquet hall, composed on the upper deck of Terrace Parking Lot
- Grand Ballroom - largest ballroom at convention center
Long Beach Arena
- Long Beach Arena - opened in 1962, connected to the original Long Beach Municipal Auditorium. The auditorium was demolished in 1975 to pave the way for the convention center.
- Pacific Room - event space inside Long Beach Arena. The flying steel frame system changes the floor of the arena into an intimate space for receptions and concerts. For concerts, places can sit 2,990-4,890. Originally known as the "Pacific Ballroom".
Long Beach Performing Arts Center
- Theater Terrace
- Theater Center
- Beachside Ballroom
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Long Beach Arena
Long Beach Arena is the first building completed in the complex. Capacities are as follows: 11,200 for hockey, 13,609 for basketball and 4,550,900 or 13,500 for concerts, depending on seating arrangement.
The Arena has hosted numerous entertainment and professional events and colleges, especially the 1984 Summer Olympics volleyball event.
For trade shows, the arena has an area of ​​46,000 square feet (4300 m 2 ) space, with an additional 19,000 square feet (1800 m 2 ) space in the lobby and 29,000 square feet (2700 m 2 ) in the concourse. Hanging from the 77-foot (23 m) high ceiling in the arena is a scoreboard hanging in the center of the screen with four "White Mega Color" Animation Screens. There are 11 by 15 feet SACO SmartVision LED Wall located at the south end of the arena.
Arena was the site of the first NHL match involving the 1967 expansion team, such as the Los Angeles Kings and Philadelphia Flyers, both expansion teams, played on October 14, 1967, the Kings won 4-2. The Kings play in Long Beach for the first half of their expansion season while the Forum is being finalized.
In the 1970s, the arena hosted several Los Angeles Sharks, WHA and regular performances of the Los Angeles Thunderbirds roller derby team. The Grateful Dead played the arena on December 15, 1972; the first of 13 concerts there until 1988.
In 1980-1981 the arena was also home to California Surf of the American Football League for an indoor football season.
Arena is home to former Long Beach Ice Dog team, who plays professional ice hockey at IHL, WCHL and ECHL. The Ice Dog stopped team operations in 2007.
The Eagles performed during a charity concert for California Senator Alan Cranston on July 31, 1980, on what has been described as "Long Night at Wrong Beach". Boiling emotions as Glenn Frey and Don Felder spent the whole show telling each other about the beatings each planned backstage. "Just three more songs until I kick your ass, mate," Frey reminds Felder to tell him near the end of the band's set. Felder reminds Frey to make the same threat with him during "Best of My Love". "We were out there singing 'Best of My Love', but inside we both thought, 'As soon as this is done, I'll kill him,'" Frey recalls. The alleged hostility as a result of Felder's response of "Thanks again - I think" to Senator Cranston when he thanked the band for having benefited the reelection. Live footage of their song "Life in the Fast Lane" from the show is included in their live album, titled Eagles Live . This marked their last appearance, as The Eagles, for 14 years, until April 25, 1994.
Iron Maiden performed four consecutive performances during their World Slavery Tour on March 14-17, 1985. The show on the 15th was recorded and released as a double live album, titled Live After Death .
The Arena is also one of the sites of the Division I NCAA Division Basketball Division in 1986, 64 and 32. The teams playing in the arena include Maryland, Pepperdine & amp; UNLV. Maryland Len Bias played his last collegiate game in the arena on 14 March 1986, in defeat to UNLV in Round 32. The Arena was also the venue for the Big West Conference boy basketball tournament from 1989 to 1993. It was home court for the Long Men basketball team Beach State for several seasons in the 1970s and 1980s.
Run-D.M.C. performed during their Raising Hell Tour on August 17, 1986, with Whodini, LL Cool J, The Beastie Boys and Timex Social Club as their opening act. The show made headlines around the world when gang fights broke out between Long Beach-based Crips Insane and Los Angeles-based Crips Rollin 60 among viewers, with 42 injuries reported during the incident.
From 2009 to 2016, the Los Angeles Regional FIRST Robotics Competition is held at the Long Beach Arena.
On July 1 and 2, 2017, the arena hosted the G1 Special New Pro-Wrestling event in the United States, marking the first event of an independently promoted company in the United States.
Arena will host handball during the 2028 Summer Olympics.
Wyland mural
Along the exterior walls The drum-shaped arena is "Planet Ocean", one of Wyland's Whaling Walls environmental artists, dedicated on July 9, 1992, and covers 116,000 square feet (11,000 m 2 ). This mural depicts gray whales migrate and other aquatic life that can be found in the waters of Long Beach.
In Earth Day celebrations in 2009, Wyland touched the existing Pope's Wall and added a large earth mural on the roof of the arena.
Meeting room
There are two ballrooms: 20,456 square feet (1900 m 2 ) Grand Ballroom (seating up to 2,100) and Promenade Ballroom 13,200 feet (1,300m 2 ) (seating up to 1,400) plus 34 meeting rooms with an area of ​​82,823 square feet (7695 m 2 ).
The convention and theater center served as the host of the fencing competition during the 1984 Summer Olympics.
The convention center will again function as an Olympic venue if the sport of climbing is an Olympic event at the 2028 Summer Olympics.
Recordings
The Long Beach Arena has been used to record some or all of several live concert albums and videos, including:
- Gerry in California, live EP by Gerry and the Pacemakers, 1965
- Billy J. Playing America, live broadcast by Billy J. Kramer and Dakotas, 1965
- Turn, Live Long Beach , Deep Purple, July 1971
- How the West Was Won album , Led Zeppelin, June 27, 1972
- Leon Live album, Leon Russell, August 28, 1972
- The Night of the Light Went On at Long Beach album, Electric Light Orchestra, May, 1974
- Crossroads 2: Live in the Seventies album, Eric Clapton, July 19, 1974 & amp; July 20, 1974
- King Biscuit Flower Hour Presenting: Deep Purple in Concert album, Deep Purple, February 1976
- Boston - live on Long Beach '77 album , Boston, December 1977
- Richard Pryor: Live in Concert, December 10, 1978
- Valentine's Day Rock & amp; Roll Massacre: Hustler DVD repeated issue, West Coast Sound, February 14, 1980
- Album Track (album) Deluxe Edition, Live CD by Rick James July 30, 1981
- Live After Death , Iron Maiden, October 14, 1985
- Singer Bruce Dickinson booked the crowd a few times during the show, "Scream for me, Long Beach!"
- Live Album... In the Raw by W.A.S.P., March 10, 1987
- Psychedelic Sexfunk Live Video from Heaven , Red Hot Chili Peppers, 1990
- Medusa: True Bright TV special by Julie Brown mid September 1991 (also filmed at Theater Center and Exhibition Hall)
- Rock Steady Live DVD by No Doubt 2002
- I Hear Sound - Live from Long Beach Arena DVD by AFI December 12, 2006
- More Loud Now: Partone and Louder Now: Parttwo, Taking Back Sunday live CD/DVD, 2006-2007
- Berth, Live CD/DVD combination used, February 6, 2007
- Staying at LBC & amp; Diamonds in Rough, Avenged Sevenfold April 10, 2008
- Staying at LBC & amp; Diamonds in the Rough DVD by Avenged Sevenfold September 16, 2008
See also
- List of convention centers in the United States
References
External links
- Long Beach Entertainment and Entertainment Center
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