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Amway Center

Amway Center is an indoor arena located in Downtown Orlando, Florida. The arena is home to the Orlando Magic of the NBA, the Orlando Solar Bears of the ECHL,[4] and the Orlando Predators of the National Arena League.

Amway Center
Amway Center in 2010
Amway Center
Location in Florida
Amway Center
Location in the United States
Former namesOrlando Events Center (planning/construction)
Address400 West Church Street
LocationOrlando, Florida, United States
Coordinates28°32′21″N 81°23′1″W / 28.53917°N 81.38361°W / 28.53917; -81.38361Coordinates: 28°32′21″N 81°23′1″W / 28.53917°N 81.38361°W / 28.53917; -81.38361
Public transit Church Street Station
20, 36, 40
Grapefruit Line
OwnerCity of Orlando
OperatorOrlando Venues
Capacity18,846 (NBA)
17,030 (center stage concert)
16,486 (end stage concert)
20,000 (NCAA basketball)
17,192 (arena football)
17,353 (ice hockey)
Construction
Broke groundJuly 25, 2008
OpenedOctober 1, 2010
Construction costUS$480 million
(US$604 million in 2021 dollars[1])
ArchitectPopulous (formerly HOK Sport)[2]
Chand Tarneja Windows
C.T. Hsu + Associates
Baker Barrios Architects, Inc.
Project managerTurner Construction[3]
Structural engineerWalter P. Moore
Services engineerSmith Seckman Reid, Inc.
General contractorHunt Construction
Rey Group
R.L. Burns
HZ Construction
Albu & Associates[3]
Tenants
Orlando Magic (NBA) (2010–present)
Orlando Predators (AFL) (2011–2013, 2015–2016)
Orlando Solar Bears (ECHL) (2012–present)
Orlando Predators (NAL) (2019–present)
WWE ThunderDome (pro wrestling) (2020)

Amway Center hosted the 2012 NBA All-Star Game and the 2015 ECHL All-Star Game. It also hosted some games of the round of 64 and round of 32 of the NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament in 2014 and 2017.[5] On January 14, 2013, the Arena Football League's Board of Directors voted to award ArenaBowl XXVI to Orlando in the summer of 2013.[6]

The arena has also hosted several local graduations, as well as professional wrestling events by the professional wrestling promotion WWE, notably the 2016 Royal Rumble pay-per-view. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the promotion took a long-term residency at the Amway Center from August 21–December 7, 2020. During this residency, WWE aired its shows from a behind closed doors set called the WWE ThunderDome. The promotion relocated to Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg, Florida due to the start of the 2020–21 ECHL and NBA seasons.

The road to approval

Prior to Downtown Master Plan 3, the Orlando Magic's ownership, led by billionaire Amway founder Richard DeVos and son-in-law Bob Vander Weide, had been pressing the City of Orlando for a new arena for nearly ten years. Amway Arena was built in 1989, prior to the recent era of technologically advanced entertainment arenas. With the rush to build new venues in the NBA (and sports in general), it quickly became one of the oldest arenas in the league.

On September 29, 2006, after years of on-and-off negotiations, Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer, Orange County Mayor Richard Crotty, and the Orlando Magic announced an agreement on a new arena in downtown Orlando, located at the southwest corner of Church Street and Hughey Avenue. The arena itself cost around $380 million, with an additional $100 million for land and infrastructure, for a total cost of $480 million (as of March 8, 2011 the arena was expected to be within $10 million of the estimated cost[7]). It is part of a $1.05-billion plan to redo the Orlando Centroplex with a new arena, a new $375-million performing arts center, and a $175-million expansion of the Citrus Bowl. When it was announced in the media on September 29, it was referred to as the "Triple Crown for Downtown".

As part of Amway's naming rights to the old Amway Arena, the company received right of first refusal for naming rights to the new venue,[8] and exercised those rights, announcing a $40-million naming deal to name the venue the Amway Center on August 3, 2009.[9]

Financing

 
Amway Center in its basketball-venue arrangement after hosting its first NBA regular season game

The details of the agreement were finalized on December 22, 2006. In the agreement, the City of Orlando will take ownership of the new arena, while the Magic will control the planning and construction of the facility so long as contracting procedures are done in the same public manner as governments advertise contracts. In addition, the city will be paid a part of naming rights and corporate suite sales, a share estimated to be worth $1.75 million the first year of the arena's opening. The Magic will receive all proceeds from ticket sales for Magic games, while the city will receive all proceeds from ticket sales to all other events.[10] The Orlando Magic will contribute at least $50 million in cash up-front, pick up any cost overruns, and pay rent of $1 million per year for 30 years. The City of Orlando will pay for the land and infrastructure. The remaining money will come from bonds which will be paid off by part of the Orange County Tourist Development Tax, collected as a surcharge on hotel stays, which was raised to 6% in 2006. The Magic will guarantee $100 million of these bonds.

The Orlando City Council approved several operating agreements connected with the arena plans on May 22, 2007.[11] The City Council approved the plan officially, 6–1, on July 23.[12] The Venue plan received final approval by the Orange County Board of County Commissioners, 5–2, in late evening of July 26 after a long day of public hearings.[13] Amendments were made by the County Commission which were approved on August 6 by the City Council, 6–1, sealing the deal once and for all. On December 1, 2007, the City and the Magic came to an agreement on nearly $8.5 million in compensation to three owners of the land where the arena is planned to be built. An eminent domain hearing confirmed the agreement and finalized the sale.[14]

Design

 
Amway Center main entrance at the opening game of 2010–11 regular season Orlando Magic

Populous (formerly HOK Sport) was named the Architect of Record on August 3, 2007, with Smith Seckman Reid and Walter P Moore Engineers and Consultants as planning partners.[15]

California-based art curator Sports and the Arts assembled the Amway Center Art Collection. The collection includes more than 340 works of art, including about 200 museum-quality photographs. Fourteen of the 21 artists housed in the collection represent Central Florida. The Amway Center Art Collection includes over 140 pieces of fine art paintings and mixed media originals, over 200 photographs, and graphic wall treatments highlighting both the Orlando Magic and the spirit of Orlando and Central Florida.

Responsive to a challenging 876,000 SF program, the design intention of the Amway Events Center was to mediate its disparate context of elevated highways, central business district and low-rise housing. The simple, planar form of precast, aluminum and glass presents a timeless civic quality. The solidity of the precast and aluminum skin is punctured in carefully considered locations with expansive areas of glass including a crystalline entry lobby facing historic Church Street, blurring the boundary of inside and outside.

The elevated I-4 freeway bordering the east side of the site posed a distinct challenge, threatening to disconnect the arena both physically and psychologically from the downtown core. In response, the corner of the arena is anchored by a diaphanous feature tower bathed in color changing LED lighting that reveals the color and pageantry of sporting and entertainment activities within while marking the facility within the flat topography of downtown Orlando. This tower is both architectural and occupied – housing the Orlando Magic Team Store, hospitality space, Big Storm Brewing Company – an onsite brewery connected to the atrium, and the "Sky Lounge" or " One 80" rooftop Sky Bar. The latter two are exterior spaces that take full advantage of the warm Orlando climate, commanding views to the plaza below and the greater community beyond. Further city connection is achieved via a 40’ × 60’ LED video feature that addresses downtown from an elevated façade position above the highway.

Amway Center is one of the most technologically advanced venues in the world. Inside the building, a unique centerhung installation, manufactured by Daktronics of Brookings, South Dakota, is the tallest in any NBA venue.[16] It maximizes creative programming options by using high resolution, 6mm-pixel technology on each of the 18 displays, including two digital ring displays and four tapered corners. Additional displays include approximately 2,100 feet (640 m) of digital ribbon boards, the largest of which is a 360-degree 1,100 feet (340 m) display surrounding the entire seating bowl. These displays have the ability to display exciting motion graphics and real time content, such as in-game statistics, out-of-town scores, and closed captioning information.[17] Outside the building, a large display utilizes more than 5,000 Daktronics ProPixel LED sticks, each a meter long, which make up a 46 feet (14 m) by 53 feet (16 m) video display. This display will reach millions of motorists traveling by the Amway Center on Interstate 4.[17]

Comparison to Amway Arena

Amway Center has an assortment of mid-level luxury seats and club seating, located below the upper bowl.[18] This contrasts Amway Arena's design as its luxury boxes are above all seats and suspended from the ceiling. The arena's design was unveiled at Amway Arena on December 10, 2007, with an official press release the next day.[19] The floor of Amway Center is designed with arena football in mind, as it features more retractable sections that will permit squared end zone corners, a feature previously not possible for Orlando Predators games.

Arena Comparison[20][19]
Characteristic Amway Center Amway Arena
Capacity
Ice hockey
Arena football
NBA
NCAA basketball
End stage concert
Center stage concert

17,353
17,192
18,846
20,000
16,486
17,030

15,948
15,924
17,461
17,283
12,592
18,039
Square footage 875,000[21] 367,000
Suites[22] 32 Founders Suites
28 Presidents Suites
68 Loge Boxes
2 Legends Suites(161 seats in each suite)
14 MVP Tables
4 Silver Suites
6 IOA Hardwood Suites
2 All-Star Decks
1 Southwest Flight Deck
1 Kia Deck
3 Club Hospitality Rooms
26 Skyboxes (suspended from ceiling)
Club seats 1,428 0
Concourses 5 concourses, average 35' width 1 concourse, average 20' width
Public restrooms 18 men's, 19 women's 4 men's, 4 women's
Retail stores 3 0 (4 fixed stands)
Concession points of sale 1:150 spectators 1:215 spectators

Construction of Amway Center

Complete Construction Project[23]

Grand opening

 
Magic owner Rich DeVos speaking to fans before the first Magic home game in the new arena. (Notice the parquet flooring; only the Boston Celtics currently utilize the same kind of flooring.)
 
Amway Center's first NBA regular season game tip-off with the Magic hosting the Wizards

The official ribbon cutting ceremony and dedication took place on September 29, 2010, at 10:01 AM. The general public was invited to enter the building where Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer gave his annual State of Downtown address. The first ticketed event was a Vicente Fernández concert on October 8. The Orlando Magic hosted their first preseason game at Amway Center on October 10 against the New Orleans Hornets when they won by a historic margin of 54 points, while the 2010–11 regular season home opener took place on October 28 against the Washington Wizards.

Concerts and notable events

Florida musicians who have performed at the Amway Center include Shinedown in 2010, NKOTBSB (with Orlando's Backstreet Boys) in '11, Rick Ross in '11, Jimmy Buffett in '12, the late Tom Petty in '12, Pitbull in '12 at the NBA All-Star Game, Enrique Iglesias in '17, Florida Georgia Line in '17, and Ariana Grande in '15, '17, and '19, Backstreet Boys again in '19, and Luis Fonsi in '21.

Professional wrestling

 
Amway Center during the April 4, 2017 broadcast of WWE 205 Live.

On January 24, 2016, WWE hosted its pay-per-view event Royal Rumble at the Amway Center.[25]

From April 1–4, 2017, Amway Center hosted multiple WWE shows as part of the festivities for WrestleMania 33 at Camping World Stadium, including NXT TakeOver: Orlando on the Saturday before the event, and the post-WrestleMania broadcasts of Raw and SmackDown.[26][27]

From August 21 to December 7, 2020, WWE produced Raw, SmackDown, and their associated pay-per-views at the arena as part of a bio-secure bubble called the WWE ThunderDome. The programs and events had been broadcast from the WWE Performance Center in Orlando since mid-March due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States; as with the Performance Center broadcasts, these programs were produced behind closed doors with no in-person spectators, but featured a larger-scale in-arena production in comparison to the Performance Center (promoted as being at a similar caliber to WWE pay-per-views), a virtual audience (similar to the nearby NBA bubble), and other lighting and pyrotechnic effects.[28][29] Under the arrangement, five pay-per-views were hosted in the arena, including SummerSlam, Payback, Clash of Champions, Hell in a Cell, and Survivor Series. WWE relocated the ThunderDome to Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg on December 11 due to the start of the 2020–21 ECHL and NBA seasons.[30]

Mixed martial arts

It hosted UFC on Fox: Werdum vs. Browne on April 19, 2014,[31] UFC on Fox: dos Anjos vs. Cowboy 2 on December 19, 2015,[32] UFC on Fox: Emmett vs. Stephens on February 24, 2018[33] and UFC on ESPN: Thompson vs. Holland on December 3, 2022.[34]

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External links

  • Official site

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For its predecessor see Amway Arena Amway Center is an indoor arena located in Downtown Orlando Florida The arena is home to the Orlando Magic of the NBA the Orlando Solar Bears of the ECHL 4 and the Orlando Predators of the National Arena League Amway CenterAmway Center in 2010Amway CenterLocation in FloridaShow map of FloridaAmway CenterLocation in the United StatesShow map of the United StatesFormer namesOrlando Events Center planning construction Address400 West Church StreetLocationOrlando Florida United StatesCoordinates28 32 21 N 81 23 1 W 28 53917 N 81 38361 W 28 53917 81 38361 Coordinates 28 32 21 N 81 23 1 W 28 53917 N 81 38361 W 28 53917 81 38361Public transitChurch Street Station 20 36 40 Grapefruit LineOwnerCity of OrlandoOperatorOrlando VenuesCapacity18 846 NBA 17 030 center stage concert 16 486 end stage concert 20 000 NCAA basketball 17 192 arena football 17 353 ice hockey ConstructionBroke groundJuly 25 2008OpenedOctober 1 2010Construction costUS 480 million US 604 million in 2021 dollars 1 ArchitectPopulous formerly HOK Sport 2 Chand Tarneja WindowsC T Hsu AssociatesBaker Barrios Architects Inc Project managerTurner Construction 3 Structural engineerWalter P MooreServices engineerSmith Seckman Reid Inc General contractorHunt ConstructionRey GroupR L BurnsHZ ConstructionAlbu amp Associates 3 TenantsOrlando Magic NBA 2010 present Orlando Predators AFL 2011 2013 2015 2016 Orlando Solar Bears ECHL 2012 present Orlando Predators NAL 2019 present WWE ThunderDome pro wrestling 2020 Amway Center hosted the 2012 NBA All Star Game and the 2015 ECHL All Star Game It also hosted some games of the round of 64 and round of 32 of the NCAA Division I Men s Basketball Tournament in 2014 and 2017 5 On January 14 2013 the Arena Football League s Board of Directors voted to award ArenaBowl XXVI to Orlando in the summer of 2013 6 The arena has also hosted several local graduations as well as professional wrestling events by the professional wrestling promotion WWE notably the 2016 Royal Rumble pay per view Due to the COVID 19 pandemic the promotion took a long term residency at the Amway Center from August 21 December 7 2020 During this residency WWE aired its shows from a behind closed doors set called the WWE ThunderDome The promotion relocated to Tropicana Field in St Petersburg Florida due to the start of the 2020 21 ECHL and NBA seasons Contents 1 The road to approval 1 1 Financing 2 Design 2 1 Comparison to Amway Arena 2 2 Construction of Amway Center 3 Grand opening 4 Concerts and notable events 4 1 Professional wrestling 4 2 Mixed martial arts 5 References 6 External linksThe road to approval EditPrior to Downtown Master Plan 3 the Orlando Magic s ownership led by billionaire Amway founder Richard DeVos and son in law Bob Vander Weide had been pressing the City of Orlando for a new arena for nearly ten years Amway Arena was built in 1989 prior to the recent era of technologically advanced entertainment arenas With the rush to build new venues in the NBA and sports in general it quickly became one of the oldest arenas in the league On September 29 2006 after years of on and off negotiations Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer Orange County Mayor Richard Crotty and the Orlando Magic announced an agreement on a new arena in downtown Orlando located at the southwest corner of Church Street and Hughey Avenue The arena itself cost around 380 million with an additional 100 million for land and infrastructure for a total cost of 480 million as of March 8 2011 the arena was expected to be within 10 million of the estimated cost 7 It is part of a 1 05 billion plan to redo the Orlando Centroplex with a new arena a new 375 million performing arts center and a 175 million expansion of the Citrus Bowl When it was announced in the media on September 29 it was referred to as the Triple Crown for Downtown As part of Amway s naming rights to the old Amway Arena the company received right of first refusal for naming rights to the new venue 8 and exercised those rights announcing a 40 million naming deal to name the venue the Amway Center on August 3 2009 9 Financing Edit Amway Center in its basketball venue arrangement after hosting its first NBA regular season game The details of the agreement were finalized on December 22 2006 In the agreement the City of Orlando will take ownership of the new arena while the Magic will control the planning and construction of the facility so long as contracting procedures are done in the same public manner as governments advertise contracts In addition the city will be paid a part of naming rights and corporate suite sales a share estimated to be worth 1 75 million the first year of the arena s opening The Magic will receive all proceeds from ticket sales for Magic games while the city will receive all proceeds from ticket sales to all other events 10 The Orlando Magic will contribute at least 50 million in cash up front pick up any cost overruns and pay rent of 1 million per year for 30 years The City of Orlando will pay for the land and infrastructure The remaining money will come from bonds which will be paid off by part of the Orange County Tourist Development Tax collected as a surcharge on hotel stays which was raised to 6 in 2006 The Magic will guarantee 100 million of these bonds The Orlando City Council approved several operating agreements connected with the arena plans on May 22 2007 11 The City Council approved the plan officially 6 1 on July 23 12 The Venue plan received final approval by the Orange County Board of County Commissioners 5 2 in late evening of July 26 after a long day of public hearings 13 Amendments were made by the County Commission which were approved on August 6 by the City Council 6 1 sealing the deal once and for all On December 1 2007 the City and the Magic came to an agreement on nearly 8 5 million in compensation to three owners of the land where the arena is planned to be built An eminent domain hearing confirmed the agreement and finalized the sale 14 Design Edit Amway Center main entrance at the opening game of 2010 11 regular season Orlando Magic Populous formerly HOK Sport was named the Architect of Record on August 3 2007 with Smith Seckman Reid and Walter P Moore Engineers and Consultants as planning partners 15 California based art curator Sports and the Arts assembled the Amway Center Art Collection The collection includes more than 340 works of art including about 200 museum quality photographs Fourteen of the 21 artists housed in the collection represent Central Florida The Amway Center Art Collection includes over 140 pieces of fine art paintings and mixed media originals over 200 photographs and graphic wall treatments highlighting both the Orlando Magic and the spirit of Orlando and Central Florida Responsive to a challenging 876 000 SF program the design intention of the Amway Events Center was to mediate its disparate context of elevated highways central business district and low rise housing The simple planar form of precast aluminum and glass presents a timeless civic quality The solidity of the precast and aluminum skin is punctured in carefully considered locations with expansive areas of glass including a crystalline entry lobby facing historic Church Street blurring the boundary of inside and outside The elevated I 4 freeway bordering the east side of the site posed a distinct challenge threatening to disconnect the arena both physically and psychologically from the downtown core In response the corner of the arena is anchored by a diaphanous feature tower bathed in color changing LED lighting that reveals the color and pageantry of sporting and entertainment activities within while marking the facility within the flat topography of downtown Orlando This tower is both architectural and occupied housing the Orlando Magic Team Store hospitality space Big Storm Brewing Company an onsite brewery connected to the atrium and the Sky Lounge or One 80 rooftop Sky Bar The latter two are exterior spaces that take full advantage of the warm Orlando climate commanding views to the plaza below and the greater community beyond Further city connection is achieved via a 40 60 LED video feature that addresses downtown from an elevated facade position above the highway Amway Center is one of the most technologically advanced venues in the world Inside the building a unique centerhung installation manufactured by Daktronics of Brookings South Dakota is the tallest in any NBA venue 16 It maximizes creative programming options by using high resolution 6mm pixel technology on each of the 18 displays including two digital ring displays and four tapered corners Additional displays include approximately 2 100 feet 640 m of digital ribbon boards the largest of which is a 360 degree 1 100 feet 340 m display surrounding the entire seating bowl These displays have the ability to display exciting motion graphics and real time content such as in game statistics out of town scores and closed captioning information 17 Outside the building a large display utilizes more than 5 000 Daktronics ProPixel LED sticks each a meter long which make up a 46 feet 14 m by 53 feet 16 m video display This display will reach millions of motorists traveling by the Amway Center on Interstate 4 17 Comparison to Amway Arena Edit Amway Center has an assortment of mid level luxury seats and club seating located below the upper bowl 18 This contrasts Amway Arena s design as its luxury boxes are above all seats and suspended from the ceiling The arena s design was unveiled at Amway Arena on December 10 2007 with an official press release the next day 19 The floor of Amway Center is designed with arena football in mind as it features more retractable sections that will permit squared end zone corners a feature previously not possible for Orlando Predators games Arena Comparison 20 19 Characteristic Amway Center Amway ArenaCapacityIce hockeyArena footballNBANCAA basketballEnd stage concertCenter stage concert 17 35317 19218 84620 00016 48617 030 15 94815 92417 46117 28312 59218 039Square footage 875 000 21 367 000Suites 22 32 Founders Suites28 Presidents Suites68 Loge Boxes2 Legends Suites 161 seats in each suite 14 MVP Tables4 Silver Suites6 IOA Hardwood Suites2 All Star Decks1 Southwest Flight Deck1 Kia Deck3 Club Hospitality Rooms 26 Skyboxes suspended from ceiling Club seats 1 428 0Concourses 5 concourses average 35 width 1 concourse average 20 widthPublic restrooms 18 men s 19 women s 4 men s 4 women sRetail stores 3 0 4 fixed stands Concession points of sale 1 150 spectators 1 215 spectatorsConstruction of Amway Center Edit August 2 2009 August 24 2009 January 8 2010Complete Construction Project 23 Grand opening Edit Magic owner Rich DeVos speaking to fans before the first Magic home game in the new arena Notice the parquet flooring only the Boston Celtics currently utilize the same kind of flooring Amway Center s first NBA regular season game tip off with the Magic hosting the Wizards The official ribbon cutting ceremony and dedication took place on September 29 2010 at 10 01 AM The general public was invited to enter the building where Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer gave his annual State of Downtown address The first ticketed event was a Vicente Fernandez concert on October 8 The Orlando Magic hosted their first preseason game at Amway Center on October 10 against the New Orleans Hornets when they won by a historic margin of 54 points while the 2010 11 regular season home opener took place on October 28 against the Washington Wizards Concerts and notable events EditThis section needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Amway Center news newspapers books scholar JSTOR May 2020 Learn how and when to remove this template message Shakira The Sun Comes Out World Tour 28 September 2010 Vicente Fernandez October 8 2010 with Edith Marquez The Eagles October 26 2010 and November 23 2013 with JD amp The Straight Shot Chayanne November 20 2010 The Johann Strauss Orchestra December 11 2010 with Bela Mavrak and March 7 2013 The Trans Siberian Orchestra December 12 2010 2 shows December 11 2011 2 shows December 16 2012 2 shows November 30 2013 2 shows and December 14 2014 2 shows The Gaither Homecoming December 18 2010 Barry Manilow January 20 2011 and January 18 2014 Celtic Woman February 5 2011 Brad Paisley amp The Drama Kings February 24 2011 with Darius Rucker and Jerrod Niemann and January 25 2014 with Chris Young and Danielle Bradbery Lil Wayne April 6 2011 with Rick Ross Nicki Minaj Travis Barker and Mix Master Mike Ricky Martin April 8 2011 Lady Gaga April 15 2011 with Semi Precious Weapons and May 9 2019 Usher April 28 2011 with Akon Dev and The Cataracs and December 12 2014 with August Alsina and DJ Cassidy Tim McGraw May 1 2011 with Luke Bryan and The Band Perry Bon Jovi May 15 2011 Taylor Swift June 11 2011 with NEEDTOBREATHE and Frankie Ballard and April 11 12 2013 with Ed Sheeran and Brett Eldredge WMMO 98 9 s Concert Series June 12 and October 8 2011 Ruben Blades June 17 2011 with Gilberto Santa Rosa Mana July 9 2011 Sade July 17 2011 with John Legend Britney Spears July 20 2011 with Nicki Minaj Nervo and Jessie amp The Toy Boys NKOTBSB July 22 2011 with Matthew Morrison and Midnight Red American Idol Live July 24 2011 August 2 2012 and August 1 2013 Marc Anthony September 18 2011 August 5 2012 with Chayanne and Marco Antonio Solis August 25 2013 and October 5 2014 Marco Antonio Solis September 25 2011 with Ana Gabriel Sugarland October 20 2011 with Sara Bareilles Enrique Iglesias October 21 2011 with Pitbull and Prince Royce and October 28 2014 with Pitbull and J Balvin Guns N Roses October 28 2011 with Buckcherry Josh Groban October 29 2011 and November 9 2013 with Judith Hill Jason Aldean January 22 2012 with Luke Bryan and Lauren Alaina Jimmy Buffett amp The Coral Reefer Band February 4 2012 George Strait amp The Ace in the Hole Band February 11 2012 with Martina McBride Andrea Bocelli February 12 2012 Michael Jackson The Immortal February 28 29 2012 Romeo Santos March 2 2012 March 28 2013 and May 30 2014 Elton John March 10 2012 and March 7 2015 The Red Hot Chili Peppers March 31 2012 with Santigold Van Halen April 14 2012 with Kool amp the Gang Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers May 3 2012 with Regina Spektor Nickelback May 4 2012 with Bush Seether and My Darkest Days Roger Waters amp The Bleeding Heart Band June 16 2012 LMFAO June 23 2012 with The Far East Movement Sidney Samson and Natalia Kills One Direction June 30 2012 with Olly Murs and Manika The Fresh Music Festival July 3 2012 Rod Stewart August 3 2012 with Stevie Nicks Big Time Rush August 28 2012 with Cody Simpson and Rachel Crow The Zac Brown Band October 27 2012 with Levi Lowrey The Who November 3 2012 with Vintage Trouble Carrie Underwood December 21 2012 with Hunter Hayes Justin Bieber January 25 2013 with Carly Rae Jepsen and Cody Simpson Luke Bryan January 26 2013 with Thompson Square and Florida Georgia Line and February 19 and 21 2015 with Randy Houser and Dustin Lynch P nk February 24 2013 with The Hives Muse February 25 2013 with Dead Sara Three Days Grace March 9 2013 with Shinedown and P O D Maroon 5 March 30 2013 with The Neon Trees and Owl City Rush April 28 2013 Paul McCartney May 18 19 2013 New Kids on the Block June 21 2013 with Boyz II Men and 98 Degrees Carlos Vives July 12 2013 KISS August 16 2013 with LEOGUN Bruno Mars amp The Hooligans August 27 2013 with Fitz and the Tantrums Il Volo September 22 2013 with Nikki Yanofsky Sarah Brightman October 8 2013 Avenged Sevenfold October 16 2013 with The Deftones and Ghost B C Michael Buble October 30 2013 with Naturally 7 Nine Inch Nails October 31 2013 with Gary Numan John Mayer December 9 2013 with Phillip Phillips The Fresh Beat Band December 15 2013 Justin Timberlake December 19 2013 Paul Simon March 16 2014 with Sting Miley Cyrus March 24 2014 with Icona Pop and Sky Ferreira Cher May 16 2014 with Cyndi Lauper Blake Shelton August 30 2014 with Neal McCoy The Band Perry and Dan Shay The Super Freestyle Explosion Concert September 12 2014 Demi Lovato September 15 2014 with Christina Perri and MKTO Varekai September 17 21 2014 James Taylor November 18 2014 The Black Keys December 17 2014 with St Vincent Billy Joel New Year s Eve Concert December 31 2014 with Rufus Wainwright amp Brian Johnson 24 Linkin Park January 15 2015 with Rise Against and Of Mice amp Men Juan Gabriel February 15 2015 Fleetwood Mac March 23 2015 Ariana Grande March 26 2015 with Rixton and Cashmere Cat Janet Jackson September 23 2015 and April 19 2023 with Ludacris Selena Gomez June 10 2016 with DNCE and Bea Miller Twenty One Pilots July 1 2016 with Mutemath and Chef Special Demi Lovato and Nick Jonas July 2 2016 Maroon 5 September 9 2016 with Tove Lo and R City Sia October 30 2016 Nostalgic For The Present Tour Panic at the Disco April 14 2017 with MisterWives and Saint Motel Ariana Grande April 15 2017 with Victoria Monet and Little Mix Red Hot Chili Peppers April 26 2017 with Babymetal and Jack Irons J Cole August 15 2017 Shawn Mendes July 28 2017 with Charlie Puth Ed Sheeran August 31 2017 with James Blunt Mumford amp Sons September 21 2017 with Hiss Golden Messenger Bruno Mars October 14 2017 with Jorja Smith Tim McGraw and Faith Hill October 21 2017 with LoCash Halsey October 22 2017 with PartyNextDoor and Charli XCX Imagine Dragons November 10 2017 with Grouplove and K Flay Jay Z November 11 2017 with Vic Mensa Enrique Iglesias and Pitbull November 14 2017 Katy Perry December 17 2017 with Purity Ring Miranda Lambert January 19 2018 with Jon Pardi Lana Del Rey February 2 2018 with Kali Uchis Dead amp Company February 27 2018 Romeo Santos March 13 2018 Pink April 24 2018 with Kidcutup Sam Smith July 11 2018 Shakira August 14 2018 Monster Jam August 18 2018 Travis Scott March 15 2019 President Donald Trump Hosted a major campaign rally on June 18 2019 officially announcing his 2020 re election campaign JoJo Siwa July 10 2019 Jonas Brothers August 9 and November 16 2019 Ariana Grande November 25 2019 with Social House Billie Eilish March 10 2020 with Jessie Reyez Harry Styles October 7 2021 with Jenny Lewis Dua Lipa February 11 2022 Future Nostalgia Tour Tyler The Creator March 18 2022 Bad Bunny March 29 2022 For King amp Country December 10 2022 Trans Siberian Orchestra December 17 2022 TobyMac February 3 2023 Hits Deep Tour with Crowder Cochren and Co Tasha Layton Jon Reddick TerrianFlorida musicians who have performed at the Amway Center include Shinedown in 2010 NKOTBSB with Orlando s Backstreet Boys in 11 Rick Ross in 11 Jimmy Buffett in 12 the late Tom Petty in 12 Pitbull in 12 at the NBA All Star Game Enrique Iglesias in 17 Florida Georgia Line in 17 and Ariana Grande in 15 17 and 19 Backstreet Boys again in 19 and Luis Fonsi in 21 Professional wrestling Edit Amway Center during the April 4 2017 broadcast of WWE 205 Live On January 24 2016 WWE hosted its pay per view event Royal Rumble at the Amway Center 25 From April 1 4 2017 Amway Center hosted multiple WWE shows as part of the festivities for WrestleMania 33 at Camping World Stadium including NXT TakeOver Orlando on the Saturday before the event and the post WrestleMania broadcasts of Raw and SmackDown 26 27 From August 21 to December 7 2020 WWE produced Raw SmackDown and their associated pay per views at the arena as part of a bio secure bubble called the WWE ThunderDome The programs and events had been broadcast from the WWE Performance Center in Orlando since mid March due to the COVID 19 pandemic in the United States as with the Performance Center broadcasts these programs were produced behind closed doors with no in person spectators but featured a larger scale in arena production in comparison to the Performance Center promoted as being at a similar caliber to WWE pay per views a virtual audience similar to the nearby NBA bubble and other lighting and pyrotechnic effects 28 29 Under the arrangement five pay per views were hosted in the arena including SummerSlam Payback Clash of Champions Hell in a Cell and Survivor Series WWE relocated the ThunderDome to Tropicana Field in St Petersburg on December 11 due to the start of the 2020 21 ECHL and NBA seasons 30 Mixed martial arts Edit It hosted UFC on Fox Werdum vs Browne on April 19 2014 31 UFC on Fox dos Anjos vs Cowboy 2 on December 19 2015 32 UFC on Fox Emmett vs Stephens on February 24 2018 33 and UFC on ESPN Thompson vs Holland on December 3 2022 34 References Edit 1634 1699 McCusker J J 1997 How Much Is That in Real Money A Historical Price Index for Use as a Deflator of Money Values in the Economy of the United States Addenda et Corrigenda PDF American Antiquarian Society 1700 1799 McCusker J J 1992 How Much Is That in Real Money A Historical Price Index for Use as a Deflator of Money Values 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