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Kurt Warner, who played three seasons with the Iowa Barnstormers from 1995 to 1997 and was inducted into the Arena Football Hall of Fame in 2011, is the first player with substantial arena football experience to make the Pro Football Hall of Fame, as well as the first to be inducted into both halls. Warner was inducted into the Pro Football ...
2300 Arena is a multipurpose indoor arena in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, used primarily for professional wrestling, boxing, mixed martial arts, and concert events. Originally known as Viking Hall , the venue has since been named XPW Arena , New Alhambra Sports & Entertainment Center , New Alhambra Arena , The Arena and Asylum Arena .
The Arena Football League (AFL) was a professional arena football league in the United States. It was founded in 1986, but played its first official games in the 1987 season, making it the third longest-running professional football league in North America after the Canadian Football League (CFL) and the National Football League (NFL) until the AFL closed in 2019.
The Classic FM Hall of Fame is an annual compilation of the 300 most popular classical works as polled by listeners of Classic FM through a public vote. [1] With more than 200,000 voters, each choosing their three favourites in order of preference, Classic FM claim their Hall of Fame is the world's most comprehensive poll of classical music tastes.
The Hall of Fame was established in 2002 following the death of former Extreme Championship Wrestling star Rocco Rock, who suffered a fatal heart attack while traveling to 2300 Arena for a match with Pro-Pain Pro Wrestling. [1] Banners commemorating the inductees are on permanent display inside 2300 Arena. [2]
The arena is now named after restaurant magnate, Houston Rockets owner and UH alum Tilman Fertitta, who donated $20 million toward the complete renovation of the arena in 2016. [5] The court is named for Hall of Fame and former Cougars coach Guy V. Lewis. Like many arenas of its kind, the seating bowl of Fertitta Center is dug into the ground ...
Capacity is 5,200 in the arena, and up to 600 in the McKinley Room. The facility has over the years hosted concerts, professional wrestling cards, political rallies, family shows, and features a number of annual Pro Football Hall of Fame festival events, the arena played host to Superstars on September 9, 1995, and Raw 's New Fall Season ...
Sir Elton John's first performance at the arena was on August 24, 1984. Other bands such as AC/DC, Van Halen, Metallica, Kiss, and Aerosmith performed in 1986. On November 14, 1987, comedian Eddie Murphy performed at the arena. On January 25, 1992, Guns N' Roses performed at the arena during their Use Your Illusion Tour. It was the largest ...