Amway Arena
Amway Arena (originally known as Orlando Arena and later TD Waterhouse Centre) was an indoor arena located in Orlando, Florida. It was part of the Orlando Centroplex, a sports and entertainment complex located in Downtown Orlando. The arena was the former home of the Orlando Magic of the NBA and the Orlando Titans of the NLL. It was also the home of the Orlando Solar Bears of the International Hockey League, and the Orlando Predators of the Arena Football League. It also hosted many other minor league sports teams, as well as various concerts and other events such as the PlayStation Pro event on the Dew Action Sports Tour and the Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey Circus annually.
For its successor formerly known as Amway Center, see Kia Center.Former names
Orlando Arena (1989–99)
TD Waterhouse Centre (1999–2006)
600 West Amelia Street
Orlando, Florida 32801–1107
Orlando Venues
Basketball:
15,077 (1989–1991)
15,151 (1991–1993)
15,291 (1993–1994)
16,010 (1994–1995)
17,248 (1995–2002)
17,283 (2002–2006)
17,451 (2006–2007)
17,519 (2007–2008)
17,461 (2008–2010)
Professional wrestling: 18,432
Arena football: 15,924
Ice hockey: 15,948
Circus: 15,788
Ice skating: 16,882
Concerts:
17,740 (end stage)
18,039 (center stage)
American Sign & Indicator, now Trans-Lux; later Daktronics
January 5, 1987[1]
January 29, 1989
September 30, 2010
March 25, 2012
US$110 million
($270 million in 2023 dollars[2])
Lloyd Jones Philpot Associates
Cambridge Seven Associates
The Amway Arena closed in 2010 and was demolished in 2012.