32,000sqft (3,000m2) without ice[1] 209.5ft (63.9m) total floor length with south risers extended* 234ft (71m) total floor space with south risers folded* 130ft (40m) total width* 70ft (21m) width seating* * (no ice)
Cadence Bank Arena, formerly Tupelo Coliseum, BancorpSouth Center and BancorpSouth Arena is a 10,000-seat multi-purpose arena, near downtown Tupelo, Mississippi, named for the locally based Cadence Bank, a large multi-state commercial banking company.
The $16 million, 32,000sqft (3,000m2) facility was built in 1993, and is one of the more modern arenas serving a small market in the mid-south. Its lot was previously occupied by a shopping mall called Downtown Mall. When the mall closed in 1990 the arena was retrofitted from the old building.[2][3]
The arena also seats 8,000 for sports events, ranging from basketball to rodeos.
The arena has also hosted the Harlem Globetrotters on several occasions. One Memphis Pharaohs (Arena Football League) home game was held there in 1996.
The arena can be scaled down to 4,500 for theater-style concerts. The arena is also used for trade shows and conventions (33,800sqft[3,140m2]) of exhibit space plus 5,000sqft (460m2) of meeting space).
On November 14, 2008, the arena hosted the Mississippi State Bulldogs club hockey team in a game against the Loyola University New Orleans club in the arena's first venture into ice hockey since the T-Rex left in 2001.
On November 21, 2010, the BancorpSouth Arena hosted a college basketball game featuring the Memphis Tigers and the LSU Tigers.
On December 14, 2024, Cadence Bank Arena hosted a matchup between McNeese State and Mississippi State, two teams that later made appearances in the NCAA tournament.
