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Donald L. Tucker Center
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| Donald L. Tucker Center | |
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| Location | 505 W Pensacola St Tallahassee, Florida 32301 |
| Opened | November 29, 1981 (basketball) |
| Owner | Tallahassee-Leon Co. Civic Center Authority |
| Operator | Arena Network |
| Construction cost | $33.8 Million |
| Former names | Tallahassee-Leon County Civic Center (1981-2004) |
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| Florida State Seminoles (NCAA) (Men's and women's basketball) Tallahassee Tiger Sharks (ECHL) (1994-2001) Tallahassee Titans (WIFL) (2007 - present) seating_capacity = 12,100 |
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Donald L. Tucker Center is a 12,100 seat multi-purpose arena in Tallahassee, Florida. The arena opened in 1981 and was built at a cost of $33.8 million, financed by the city. It is home to the Florida State University Seminoles men's and women's basketball teams. Before they moved, it was also host to the Tallahassee Tiger Sharks ice hockey team of the ECHL. Other professional teams that called the center home included the Tallahassee Thunder of arenafootball2 and the Tallahassee Scorpions soccer team of the EISL. In 2007 it was home to the Tallahassee Titans of the American Indoor Football League. The team will continue to play at this venue though the team is leaving the AIFL to join the World Indoor Football League, a league consisting of teams exlusively in Florida and Georgia.
Formerly known as the Tallahassee-Leon County Civic Center, it was re-named, in accordance with a 2004 act of state legislation, in honor of Donald L. Tucker, a former Speaker of the Florida House of Representatives and Special Ambassador for the United States to the Dominican Republic.
As a concert venue, the Tucker Center can seat between 2,372 and 12,041. As a convention center, the Tucker Center can accommodate 18,900 square feet (1760 m²) in the main arena plus 35,000 square feet (3300 m²) at the adjoining exhibit hall, in addition to 16,000 square feet (1500 m²) of space at the meeting rooms. Concerts, sporting events, trade shows, Broadway shows, conventions, ice shows, circuses, and other events are held here annually.
Prior to the opening of the Tucker Center, Florida State's basketball teams played on-campus at Tully Gymnasium.
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| Alexander Memorial Coliseum (Georgia Tech) • BankUnited Center (Miami) • Cameron Indoor Stadium (Duke) • Carmichael Auditorium (North Carolina women) • Cassell Coliseum (Virginia Tech) • Comcast Center (Maryland) • Conte Forum (Boston College) • Dean Smith Center (North Carolina men) • Donald L. Tucker Center (Florida State) • Joel Coliseum (Wake Forest) • John Paul Jones Arena (Virginia) • Littlejohn Coliseum (Clemson) • RBC Center (NC State (men) • Reynolds Coliseum (NC State women) |
| Current arenas in the World Indoor Football League |
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| Columbus Civic Center | Donald L. Tucker Center | James Brown Arena | Ocean Center | Silver Spurs Arena |
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