Intrust Bank Arena, Sports venue in downtown Wichita, United States
Intrust Bank Arena is a 15,004-seat multi-purpose arena at the northeast corner of Emporia and Waterman streets in downtown Wichita. Its broad curved facade has a pale stone base with wide horizontal panels, a tall grid of rectangular glass windows in thin metal frames, and a brown band at the top; the INTRUST Bank Arena sign and glass doors under a dark canopy marked "ENTRANCE A" sit on the right of the base. Inside are 22 suites, 2 party suites and over 300 premium seats.
Sedgwick County voters approved the downtown arena 52–48% on November 9, 2004, at a projected cost of $183,625,241, to replace the Kansas Coliseum (opened 1977, closed 2010). Governor Kathleen Sebelius signed the tax bill on April 4, 2005, authorizing a 1% sales tax from July 1, 2005 for 30 months. In January 2008 the county approved a 25-year, $8.75 million naming deal with Wichita-based Intrust Bank. The arena opened January 2, 2010; Brad Paisley gave the first concert a week later.
The arena's name comes from Wichita-based Intrust Bank, which paid $8.75 million in 2008 for 25 years of naming rights; Cessna bought the adjacent plaza's name and Spirit AeroSystems a concourse. Besides Wichita Thunder hockey, it has hosted PBR bull riding, Cirque du Soleil, WWE and the Harlem Globetrotters.
The arena sits at the northeast corner of Emporia and Waterman streets in downtown Wichita. The photograph shows the main doors under a dark canopy marked "ENTRANCE A", on the pale stone base to the left of the bank sign. The building is owned by Sedgwick County, so entry points are run by the county and its operator.
Metallica drew 15,690 fans to a sold-out show on March 4, 2019, the arena's all-time attendance record for a single concert. The building was known as Sedgwick County Arena during planning and replaced the Kansas Coliseum, which opened in 1977 and closed in 2010.
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