CenturyLink Center, Multi-purpose arena in Bossier City, Louisiana, United States
The Brookshire Grocery Arena, known as the CenturyLink Center from 2011 to 2021, is a 14,000-seat multi-purpose indoor arena in Bossier City, Louisiana. It opened in 2000 and was partly financed with revenues from the city's three casinos. Its bowl of seating surrounds a flat floor that is reconfigured for hockey, basketball, concerts and circus performances.
The arena opened in November 2000 as a large events venue intended to serve the northwest Louisiana region. Since then it has carried several different names as sponsorship deals changed hands over the years.
The arena's name has changed with its sponsors: it opened as Bossier City Arena, later became CenturyTel Center and CenturyLink Center, and took the Brookshire Grocery Arena name in 2021 after the Tyler, Texas, grocery company bought the naming rights. The building was financed in part by revenue from three Bossier City casinos.
Arriving early is a good idea, especially for sold-out events, since parking fills up fast around the arena. Once inside, food and drink stands are spread across multiple concourses, so there is no need to walk far from your seat.
On September 29, 2023, the arena hosted the relaunch of Ringling Brothers & Barnum and Bailey Circus after a six-year hiatus. The show had been revived that year, and this stop came early in its return tour.
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