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| Address | 3799 Las Vegas Boulevard |
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| Location | Paradise, Nevada, U.S. |
| Public transit | Las Vegas Monorail at MGM Grand |
| Owner | MGM Resorts International |
| Capacity | 15,020 - permanent seating 17,000 - with bleachers[1] |
| Construction | |
| Broke ground | October 7, 1991 |
| Opened | December 31, 1993 |
| Renovated | 1997, 2000 |
| Construction cost | $28.4 million |
| Architect | Veldon Simpson-Architect, Inc. |
| General contractor | Taylor International Corporation |
| Tenants | |
| Las Vegas Dustdevils (CISL) (1994) Las Vegas Sting (AFL) (1994) Frozen Fury (NHL) (1997–2015) | |
| Website | |
| Venue Website | |
The MGM Grand Garden Arena is a 17,000-seat multi-purpose arena within the MGM Grand resort, located on the Las Vegas Strip in Paradise, Nevada. The venue opened on December 31, 1993, with a concert by Barbra Streisand,[2][3][4] and subsequent concerts by Luther Vandross, Anita Mui and Janet Jackson.
Sporting events
MGM Grand Garden Arena, the Thomas & Mack Center and the Mandalay Bay Events Center were the main sports arenas in the Las Vegas Valley until 2016, when the MGM co-owned T-Mobile Arena opened.
Professional wrestling
From 1996 to 2000, it hosted World Championship Wrestling's Halloween Havoc events. The UWF television event Blackjack Brawl was held at the venue in 1994.
On May 25, 2019, it hosted All Elite Wrestling's inaugural event, Double or Nothing (2019).[5] Tickets for the event sold out in four minutes.[6] It was originally scheduled to host Double or Nothing (2020) on May 23, 2020, and the May 27 episode of AEW Dynamite, but was moved due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[7]
It hosted Money in the Bank on July 2, 2022, which was originally scheduled to be held at the larger Allegiant Stadium. This marked the first WWE pay-per-view to have taken place at the arena.[8]
Combat sports
The arena is well known for numerous professional boxing superfights, such as Evander Holyfield vs. Mike Tyson II, Oscar De La Hoya vs. Floyd Mayweather Jr., Oscar De La Hoya vs. Manny Pacquiao, Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Canelo Álvarez, Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Manny Pacquiao, Deontay Wilder vs. Tyson Fury II and Canelo Álvarez vs. Caleb Plant.
On September 7, 1996, the Bruce Seldon vs. Mike Tyson bout was held here; later that night, rapper Tupac Shakur (who attended the fight) was shot in a drive-by attack. He succumbed to his injuries six days later.[citation needed]
The arena held 42 Ultimate Fighting Championship mixed martial arts events, starting with UFC 34 in 2001 and ending with The Ultimate Fighter 23 Finale in 2016. UFC currently uses the T-Mobile Arena for major events.
On May 2, 2015, Floyd Mayweather Jr. defended his world title in a highly anticipated match against fellow superstar Manny Pacquiao. The fight continued to the 12th round and Mayweather retained his title.
Professional sports
In 1994, the Las Vegas Dustdevils, an indoor soccer team in the Continental Indoor Soccer League played one season at the arena. It also previously served through 2015 as the pre-season home for select Los Angeles Kings games against the Colorado Avalanche, Phoenix Coyotes and San Jose Sharks, known as Frozen Fury.[9] Two more games occurred at the new T-Mobile Arena before the launch of the NHL's newest team, the Vegas Golden Knights, who went on to play in the NHL's Stanley Cup Playoffs within their first season.
On October 24, 2014, it held an NBA preseason game between the Los Angeles Lakers and the Sacramento Kings.
College sports
During the 1990s, the arena served as the site for the WAC women's volleyball tournament.
On March 13, 2012, it was announced that the Pac-12 men's basketball tournament would take place at the arena from at least 2013 through 2016[10][11] and then to T-Mobile Arena in 2017 until 2020.
From 2014 to 2017, the MGM Grand Garden Arena hosted the Roman Main Event, then called The MGM Resorts Main Event, an 8-team college basketball tournament held during Monday and Wednesday of Thanksgiving week of NCAA Division I men's basketball season.
Starting in 2025, the arena will host some of the games from the College Basketball Crown.[12]
Bull riding
The Professional Bull Riders (PBR) held its annual World Finals event at the MGM Arena from 1994 to 1998 before moving to the Thomas & Mack Center in 1999 and then to T-Mobile Arena in 2016. The PBR later returned on June 11 and 12, 2021 for an Unleash the Beast Series event in its first visit to the MGM Arena since 1998.
Awards shows
Latin Grammy Awards
The MGM Grand Garden Arena has hosted the Latin Grammy Awards six times. The arena hosted the Latin Grammy Awards in 2014, 2015, and from 2017 to 2019. It was most recently held at the arena in 2021.
Grammy Awards
The arena hosted the 64th Annual Grammy Awards on April 3, 2022, marking the first time the Grammy Awards were held in Las Vegas.[13]
Academy of Country Music Awards
The venue was a consistent site for the Academy of Country Music Awards and has served as host twelve times since 2006, including 2018's event which was the first following the 2017 Las Vegas shooting, which occurred roughly 1 mile away.[14] The ceremony moved to Allegiant Stadium in 2022.
Other events
Phish Halloween
Improvisational jam band Phish has hosted several significant halloween concerts at the venue. On October 31, 2014, they performed Chilling, Thrilling Sounds of the Haunted House with original instrumental music to accompany the album as their "musical costume" for the second set of their Halloween night show at the venue. Following that performance, the band has made their interpretation of "Martian Monster" a regular part of their concert repertoire and have performed it at over 25 subsequent concerts. On October 31, 2016, the band covered David Bowie's The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars in its entirety as their musical costume for the evening. On October 31, 2018, the band performed a set of all-new original material that they promoted as a "cover" of í rokk by "Kasvot Växt", a fictional 1980s Scandinavian progressive rock band they had created. On October 31, 2021, they performed the album Get More Down by another fictional band of their creation, "Sci-Fi Soldier."
Concerts
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| Entertainment events at MGM Grand Garden Arena | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Nationalities | Artists | Events | Supporting Acts | Attendance | Box Office |
| 1994 | ||||||
| January 1 | United States | Barbra Streisand | Barbra. Live at the MGM[15] | — | 25,120 | $13,560,750 |
| February 12 | Hong Kong | Anita Mui | Anita Mui One Night Only | — | — | — |
| April 16 | United States | Janet Jackson | janet. World Tour[16] | — | — | — |
| October 14 | United Kingdom | The Rolling Stones | Voodoo Lounge Tour | Buddy Guy | 21,674 / 21,674 (100%) | $4,184,050 |
| October 15 | ||||||
| 1996 | ||||||
| August 2 | United States | Gloria Estefan | Evolution World Tour | — | — | — |
| November 2 | United States | Kiss | Alive/Worldwide Tour[17] | — | 13,030 / 13,030 (100%) | $587,330 |
| 1997 | ||||||
| May 10 | United States | Tina Turner | Wildest Dreams Tour | Cyndi Lauper | 13,267 / 13,267 (100%) | $448,485 |
| November 14 | Australia | The Bee Gees | One Night Only Tour | Celine Dion | — | |
| November 22 | United Kingdom | The Rolling Stones | Bridges to Babylon Tour | Jamiroquai | 12,750/ 12,750 (100%) | $2,925,800 |
| December 14 | United States | Aerosmith | Nine Lives Tour[18] | — | ||
| 1998 | ||||||
| February 14 | United Kingdom | Elton John | Big Picture Tour[19] | — | 14,126 / 14,126 | $1,425,200 |
| 1999 | ||||||
| April 16 | United Kingdom | The Rolling Stones | No Security Tour | Sugar Ray | 12,566 / 12,566 | $2,780,450 |
| September 25 | United Kingdom | Elton John | Medusa Tour[20] | — | 8,500 / 8,500 | $1,760,020 |
| 2000 | ||||||
| April 29 | United States | Tina Turner | Twenty Four Seven Tour | Lionel Richie Janice Robinson |
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| May 27 | United States | Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band | Reunion Tour | — | ||
| June 17 | United Kingdom | Roger Waters | In the Flesh Tour 2000 | |||
| July 1 | United States | All That | All That! Music and More Festival | Hoku, B*Witched, LFO and Blaque | — | |
| August 4 | United States | Britney Spears | Oops!... I Did It Again Tour | Mikaila Josh Keaton Aaron Carter A–Teens |
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| October 22 | United States | Pearl Jam | Binaural Tour | Supergrass | — | |
| November 18 | United States | Tina Turner | Twenty Four Seven Tour | Joe Cocker | — | |
| November 19 | ||||||
| 2001 | ||||||
| August 18 | United States | Aerosmith | Just Push Play Tour[21][22] | — | ||
| September 1 | United States | Madonna | Drowned World Tour | — | 29,587 / 29,587 | $6,503,950 |
| September 2 | ||||||
| November 17 | United States | Britney Spears | Dream Within a Dream Tour[citation needed] | O-Town Mpress |
24,638 / 24,638 | $1,561,214 |
| November 18 | ||||||
| 2002 | ||||||
| April 23 | United States | Green Day Blink-182 |
Pop Disaster Tour[23] | — | ||
| September 21 | Canada | Rush | Vapor Trails Tour | |||
| November 9 | United States | Aerosmith | Girls of Summer Tour[24][25] | Kid Rock Run DMC |
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| November 30 | United States | The Rolling Stones | Licks Tour | Lifehouse | — | |
| 2003 | ||||||
| February 8 | United Kingdom | The Rolling Stones | Licks Tour | Susan Tedeschi | — | |
| June 6 | United States | Pearl Jam | Riot Act Tour | Idlewild | — | |
| October 24 | United States | Aerosmith Kiss |
AeroKiss Tour[26] | — | 13,000 | — |
| October 25 | 10,000 | |||||
| 2004 | ||||||
| March 6 | United States | Britney Spears | The Onyx Hotel Tour[27] | Kelis Skye Sweetnam |
13,297 / 13,297 | $1,075,105 |
| May 29 | United States | Madonna | Re-Invention Tour | — | 28,341 / 28,341 | $7,005,548 |
| May 30 | ||||||
| 2005 | ||||||
| November 4 | Ireland | U2[28][circular reference] | Vertigo Tour[29] | Damian Marley | 31,863 / 31,863 | $3,864,843 |
| November 5 | ||||||
| November 18 | United Kingdom | The Rolling Stones | A Bigger Bang Tour | Jason Mraz | 13,898 / 13,898 (100%) | $4,053,289 |
| 2006 | ||||||
| February 18 | United States | Aerosmith | Rockin' the Joint Tour[30][31] | Lenny Kravitz | 13,199 / 13,199 | $1,726,263 |
| July 6 | United States | Pearl Jam | 2006 World Tour | — | ||
| May 27 | United States | Madonna | Zdroj:https://en.wikipedia.org?pojem=MGM_Grand_Garden_Arena||||