Bancorpsouth Arena (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. BancorpSouth Arena, formerly Tupelo Coliseum, and BancorpSouth Center, until December 2006, is a 10,000-seat multi-purpose arena, near downtown Tupelo, Mississippi, named for the locally-based BancorpSouth, a large multi-state commercial banking company. It was the home of the Tupelo FireAnts indoor football and the Tupelo T-Rex ice hockey teams. As of 2007, the venue is home to the Mississippi MudCats American Indoor Football League team. The $16 million, 32,000 square foot facility was built in 1993, and is one of the more modern arenas, serving a small market in the Mid-south. The arena also seats 8,000 for sports events, ranging from basketball to rodeos to wrestling - serving as a venue for WCW Uncensored in 1995 and 1996, as well as for WCW Spring Stampede 1997. Also one tapping of WWE Smackdown , and numerous of House Shows hosted by WWE.