Arena Monterrey

Arena Monterrey
La Arena
	Arena Monterrey Location within Mexico
Location	Ave. Madero #2500 Oriente, Colonia Obrera ; Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico C.P. 64800
Coordinates	25°40′51.03″N 100°17′17.64″W / 25.6808417°N 100.2882333°W
Owner	Publimax México and TV Azteca
Operator	Zignia Live
Capacity	17,599
Construction
Broke ground	January 1994; 30 years ago
Opened	November 27, 2003; 20 years ago
Construction cost	US$$55 million
Main contractors	Maiz Mier Group
Tenants
	Fuerza Regia (LNBP) (2003–2008) ; Monterrey La Raza (MISL/NISL) (2007–2010) ; Monterrey Fury (MISL) (2003–2005) ; Monterrey Flash (MASL) (2013–2015, 2017–present) ; Monterrey Steel (NAL) (2017) ; Monterrey Kings (AF1 (2025-future)
Website
	www.arenamonterrey.com

Arena Monterrey is an indoor arena in Monterrey, Mexico. It is primarily used for shows, concerts and indoor sports like indoor soccer, arena football and basketball. It used to be the home arena of the Monterrey Fury indoor soccer team and the Fuerza Regia, a professional basketball team in the Liga Nacional de Baloncesto Profesional; the Monterrey La Raza, a team in the NISL; and the Monterrey Steel, an indoor American football team in the National Arena League.

The Arena Monterrey is owned by Publimax S.A. de C.V. (TV Azteca Northeast), part of the Avalanz Group, who owns 80% and by TV Azteca who owns 20%. The arena is 45,000 m² (480,000 square feet) in size.

History

The project of the arena started in 1989 when the Asociación para el Fomento de Deporte y Recreación A.C, led by the businessmen Jorge Lankenau and Hernan Garza presented the project to the then president Carlos Salinas. The project gained support from the Government of the State of Nuevo León who gave the land for the arena to be constructed within the limits of Fundidora Park.

The arena was originally planned to begin construction in May 1992, and finished by 1993, but the construction actually started in January 1994, and was planned to be finished by 1996. However, due to the 1994 economic crisis in Mexico, in May 1995 the project suffered a slowdown in the construction industry and finally came to a complete halt by 1996, due to the lack of economic resources.

In April 2001, the Government of the State of Nuevo León invited 11 groups of investors to discuss the possibilities of restarting the construction of the arena. On June 1, 2001, the government announced that there were only five groups of investors willing to take over the debt and finish up the project and 2 weeks later, Publimax S.A. de C.V. was announced winner of the contest because it was the group with the most money eager to invest in the project (US$50 million). Before the construction was restarted, Hernán Garza accused the government of illegally revoking the concession that was given to him to build and finish the project. The government revoked the concession because of the halt of the project in 1995, but Garza alleged that the economic crisis obliged him to stop it for some time. This, among other problems such as the government delay in giving full control of the arena and Publimax rejecting any investment until control was fully given (which happened in July 2002), caused the project to restart by the end of 2002 with an estimated finish date by the first trimester of 2004.

However, by the last trimester of 2003, the project was almost completed and the first event in the arena took place on Thursday November 27, 2003, with a concert performed by Mexican singer-songwriter Juan Gabriel.

Events

International summits

Press Center for the Monterrey Special Summit of the Americas – January 2004

Sports events

First WNBA game outside the United States: Detroit Shock vs San Antonio Silver Stars – May 2004
Pre-season NBA Games: Denver Nuggets vs Golden State Warriors – October 2006 and Philadelphia 76ers vs Phoenix Suns – October 2009.
In 2004, World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) made its debut in Mexico with WWE RAW: Wrestlemania XX Revenge Tour in Monterrey.
The first WWE Raw house show took place on April 3, 2004; after the huge success by the Mexican fans, Raw returned on November of that same year. The SmackDown brand debuted in January 2006 with a sellout.
In October 2008, SmackDown made its return, and ECW its Arena Monterrey debut, with the Survivor Series Live Tour with two dates; October 16 and 17.
Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) also had a house show in November 2006. In December 2007 TNA was supposed to have another house show in Arena Monterrey, but for some reason it was cancelled.
Lucha Libre AAA World Wide (AAA) held the Héroes Inmortales III event on September 26, 2009, and the Héroes Inmortales pay-per-view on October 9, 2011, at the arena.
8th Shito-Ryu Karate-Do World Championships were held October 17–23, 2015, at the arena.^[1]
Monterrey Steel National Arena League football in 2017.
Monterrey Kings coming to Arena Football One in 2025.

Concerts

List of Concerts

Juan Gabriel – November 27, 2003, November 20–22, 2008 and November 27–28, 2014
Luis Miguel – February 20–23, 2004, March 2–5, 2006, February 19–22, 2009 and March 1–2, 2012
Thalía – May 1, 2004
KISS – August 14–15, 2004, with Poison and October 1, 2012, with Mötley Crüe and The Treatment
The Cure – September 2, 2004
Yes – September 22, 2004, with Dream Theater and May 28, 2011, with Asia
The Backstreet Boys – October 19, 2004, March 12, 2008, March 9, 2009, March 18, 2011 and February 24-25, 2020
Green Day – December 3, 2004
Yanni – December 4, 2004, July 1 and October 13, 2009, January 26, 2011 and March 22, 2012
Duran Duran – February 23, 2005
The Beastie Boys – March 5, 2005
America – March 16, 2005, with The Little River Band
Asia – April 28, 2005
Kumbia Kings – April 30, 2005
La Academia's Fourth Generation Finale – July 3, 2005
Tiziano Ferro – July 23, 2005
The Eagles – November 4, 2005
Ricky Martin – November 17, 2005, March 30–31 and September 15–16, 2007 and May 21–23 and November 4, 2011
Def Leppard – November 19, 2005 and September 6, 2012, with Poison and Lita Ford
Mötley Crüe – March 22, 2006 and October 7, 2008
The Buena Vista Social Club – March 23, 2006
The Black Eyed Peas – April 5, 2006
Mägo de Oz – April 27, 2006, May 5, 2007, with WarCry and U.D.O., June 1, 2008, April 22, 2010 and April 9 and December 16, 2011
Depeche Mode – May 7, 2006, with She Wants Revenge and October 6, 2009
Hilary Duff – May 16, 2006 and January 12, 2008
Alejandra Guzmán – July 27, 2006, November 18, 2008 and February 13, 2010
Poison – September 2, 2006, with Cinderella and June 1, 2011, with Warrant and FireHouse
Kenny G – November 12, 2006
Meat Loaf & His Neverland Express – November 15, 2006
The Pet Shop Boys – November 16, 2006 and September 29, 2009
Morrissey – November 18, 2006, with Kristeen Young and December 5, 2011
Journey – November 21, 2006 and April 13, 2011, with Night Ranger and The Sweet
INXS – November 23, 2006
Joaquín Sabina – November 29, 2006, April 29, 2010 and November 12, 2012
Andrea Bocelli – December 6, 2006, with Ailyn Pérez
The Killers – December 12, 2006, with Roulette and División Minúscula, November 3, 2009 and April 9–10, 2013
Moderatto – January 26, 2007, January 29, 2009 and June 14, 2011
Zoé – January 31, 2007
Michael Bolton – February 21, 2007
Placebo – March 14, 2007, with The Satin Dolls
Julio Iglesias – March 16, 2007 and September 22, 2008
Álex Ubago – March 18, 2007
Il Divo – March 19, 2007, June 18, 2009 and April 30–May 1, 2014
Tributo Al Más Grande – March 23, 2007
Delirium – April 27–30, 2007
Pepe Aguilar – May 9, 2007
Emmanuel – May 18, 2007 and November 15, 2008
Guns N' Roses – June 2, 2007, with The Volture and October 23, 2011
The Beach Boys – June 7, 2007
Alice Cooper – June 15, 2007
Beyoncé – July 11, 2007 and September 24, 2013
Gwen Stefani – July 13, 2007, with Plastilina Mosh
Erasure – July 19, 2007
Scorpions – August 17, 2007, September 21, 2008, September 4, 2010 and September 5, 2012, with Avalanch
Lola...Érase una vez – August 31, 2007
Heaven & Hell – September 1, 2007, with Down
Manzarek–Krieger – October 3, 2007, with Mark Farner
Ricardo Montaner – October 4, 2007, October 23–24, 2008 and March 19, 2015
Daddy Yankee – October 12, 2007
Incubus – October 17, 2007, with The Bravery and November 27, 2013
Joan Manuel Serrat – October 19, 2007, with Joaquín Sabina and October 23, 2012, with Joaquín Sabina
Franco De Vita – October 26, 2007, with Molotov and February 1, 2014
Daft Punk – November 2, 2007, with Lenny Kravitz and Telefunka
Evanescence – November 7, 2007, with Julien-K and January 26, 2012
Kenny Rogers – November 10, 2007
The Police – November 27–28, 2007, with Fiction Plane
Billy Joel – December 9, 2007
Paul van Dyk – January 19, 2008
Toto – February 5, 2008
Maná – February 7–8 and May 8, 2008 and October 21–22, 2011
Deep Purple – February 14, 2008 and February 24, 2011
Jesús Adrián Romero – February 16, 2008, with Marcela Gándara, December 4, 2009, April 24, 2010 and November 17, 2012
PXNDX – February 17, 2008 and December 6, 2009
Iron Maiden – February 22, 2008
Bob Dylan – February 29, 2008
Café Tacuba – March 28, 2008 and June 19, 2009
Rod Stewart – April 1, 2008 and August 19, 2012
KoЯn – April 11, 2008, with The Black Label Society
The Smashing Pumpkins – April 16, 2008 and September 23, 2012
John Digweed – April 19, 2008
Groove Armada – April 24, 2008
Enrique Iglesias – April 26, 2008 and March 25, 2009
Creedence Clearwater Revisited – May 28, 2008
Ennio Morricone – May 29, 2008
Sin Bandera – May 31, 2008
Roberto Carlos – June 13, 2008 and May 15, 2010
Menudo – June 18, 2008
Alizée – June 25, 2008
The Orchestra – June 28, 2008
Muse – July 16, 2008, with Sexy Marvin and October 9, 2013, with The Ruse
Disney on Ice – August 7–10, 2008
The Human League – August 13, 2008
Lupita D'Alessio – August 15, 2008 and May 8, 2010
Wisin & Yandel – August 30, 2008
Simple Plan – October 2, 2008, with Tólidos
Amanda Miguel & Diego Verdaguer – October 3, 2008
Gloria Trevi – October 4, 2008, October 16, 2009, October 27, 2012, with Los Auténticos Decadentes and January 31, 2015
Joan Sebastian – October 11, 2008 and October 10, 2009
Kanye West – October 18, 2008, with Rihanna, Lupe Fiasco, N.E.R.D and DJ Craze
Drake Bell – October 19, 2008 and June 18, 2010
The Stone Temple Pilots – October 21, 2008, with Nine Inch Nails and November 28, 2010, with The Volture
Judas Priest – October 27, 2008, with Testament
Maldita Vecindad – October 31, 2008, with Panteón Rococó
Juanes – November 1, 2008
Maroon 5 – November 2, 2008, with Los Claxons and August 14, 2012, with Javier Colon
Sarah Brightman – November 4, 2008, October 11, 2009 and November 7, 2013
Miguel Bosé – November 13, 2008
Gondwana – November 22, 2008, with Antidoping and Ganja
Oasis – November 29, 2008, with The Secret Machines
Hi-5 – November 30, 2008
New Kids on the Block – December 4, 2008, with Lady Gaga and June 26, 2012
Intocable – December 5–6, 2008 and December 4–6, 2014
Tiësto – December 12, 2008
Celine Dion – December 13, 2008
Rihanna – January 22, 2009, with María José
Alejandro Fernández – January 23–24 and May 7–8, 2009 and July 9 and October 15, 2010
Chicago – February 11, 2009, January 13, 2011, February 26, 2013 and March 7, 2015
Ha*Ash – February 13, 2009
Alanis Morissette – February 18, 2009
Keane – February 28, 2009, with Mike Sierra and August 29, 2012
Hombres G – March 7 and December 2, 2009, with Enanitos Verdes, December 4, 2010 and November 7, 2012
Enrique Bunbury – March 20, 2009
Santana – March 26, 2009, March 9, 2012 and March 21, 2015
Peter Gabriel – March 31, 2009, with Travis
Los Fabulosos Cadillacs – April 16, 2009
The Rasmus – April 25, 2009
Calle 13 – May 15, 2009, with Los Concorde
The MTY Summer Fest – May 29, 2009
Ricardo Arjona – June 26–27 and July 17, 2009 and March 20, 2012
La 5ª Estación – July 24, 2009
The Jonas Brothers – July 31, 2009, with Demi Lovato and Jordin Sparks
Testament – September 12, 2009
Marc Anthony – September 23, 2009
Laura Pausini – October 12, 2009, February 10, 2012, November 18, 2014, August 10, 2016, and July 31, 2018
Kings of Leon – October 24, 2009, with The Features
Gloria Estefan – November 1, 2009
The Coca–Cola Zero Festival – November 11–13, 2009
Paulina Rubio – November 18, 2009 and April 28, 2012
The Arena Rock Fest – December 17, 2009
The Yeah Yeah Yeahs – January 23, 2010, with Le Butcherettes
The Cranberries – February 18 and September 24–25, 2010
Yuridia – February 26, 2010
Pitbull – February 27, 2010
REO Speedwagon – March 4, 2010, with Styx
Alejandro Sanz – March 6–7, 2010
Nelly Furtado – March 15, 2010
Franz Ferdinand – April 7, 2010
Diana Krall – April 11, 2010
Magnet – April 17, 2010
Tokio Hotel – April 30, 2010
Eros Ramazzotti – May 7, 2010 and October 20, 2016
Creed – May 30, 2010
Jenni Rivera – July 24, 2010^[2] and December 8, 2012 (This was her final live performance, she died in a plane crash the following morning.)
OV7 – October 22, 2010, April 2, 2011 and October 10, 2014
Paul Oakenfold – October 28–29, 2010
Ana Gabriel – October 30, 2010
The Corona Music Fest – March 3, 2011 and June 2, 2012
Mikel Erentxun – May 13, 2011, with La Unión and Nacho Vega
Kylie Minogue – May 16, 2011
Camila – July 29, 2011
Michael Bublé – August 18, 2011, with Naturally 7 and August 6–7, 2014
Katy Perry – September 5, 2011, with DJ Skeet Skeet and Natalia Kills and October 14–15, 2014, with Becky G
Tears for Fears – September 21, 2011
Justin Bieber – September 30, 2011, with Cobra Starship
The Johann Strauss Orchestra – October 16, 2011
Jamiroquai – February 27, 2012 and February 28, 2013
Il Volo – April 21, 2012
James – April 25, 2012
Demi Lovato – May 3, 2012 and May 17, 2014
The MTV World Stage Show – September 12, 2012 (Linkin Park) and October 3, 2013
Bryan Adams – October 18, 2012
Jenni Rivera - December 8, 2012
3 Doors Down & Daughtry – March 9, 2013, with Aranda
Garbage – April 16, 2013
Big Time Rush – August 15, 2013, with Victoria Justice and February 13, 2014
The Classic Rock Event – September 7, 2013
The xx – October 11, 2013
La Arrolladora Banda El Limón – November 9, 2013
Roger Hodgson – November 10, 2013
The Indio Alter RockFest – January 11, 2014
Romeo Santos – March 7, 2014 and February 11, 2015
Avril Lavigne – May 13, 2014
Bruno Mars & The Hooligans – September 5–6, 2014
Los Plebes del Rancho de Ariel Camacho with Christian Nodal – November 25, 2016
Miley Cyrus – September 16–17, 2014
Linkin Park – June 25, 2015
Super Junior – July 3, 2016
Mariah Carey – November 9, 2016
Sarah Brightman – December 5, 2016
Fifth Harmony with Becky G – October 11, 2017
J Balvin – November 1, 2017
Intocable – November 30 – December 2, 2017
WWE Live – December 3, 2017
Carlos Rivera – December 8, 2017
Maluma – December 13, 2017
Reik – February 2, 2018
Katy Perry – May 8–9, 2018
Sam Smith – July 25, 2018
Roger Waters – December 9, 2018
Twenty One Pilots – May 1, 2019
Karol G – June 9, 2022
Harry Styles – November 22, 2022

Others

Nuestra Belleza Mexico 2008 – September 2008

References

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^ "LC Editorial Weekly Bucket". gettyimages.com. 27 July 2010. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 26 April 2018.

External links

Official website (in Spanish)

[1] ttps://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=10207017046456470&id=1589052252&comment_id=10207021803695398&ref=m_notif¬if_t=feed_comment_reply&actorid=1169131848 Archived 2018-04-26 at the Wayback Machine ^{[user-generated source]}

[2] "LC Editorial Weekly Bucket". gettyimages.com. 27 July 2010. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 26 April 2018.

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Construction
La Arena


Arena Monterrey Location within Mexico
Location	Ave. Madero #2500 Oriente, Colonia Obrera Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico C.P. 64800
Coordinates	25°40′51.03″N 100°17′17.64″W / 25.6808417°N 100.2882333°W / 25.6808417; -100.2882333
Owner	Publimax México and TV Azteca
Operator	Zignia Live
Capacity	17,599
Broke ground	January 1994; 30 years ago (1994-01)
Opened	November 27, 2003; 20 years ago (2003-11-27)
Construction cost	US$$55 million
Main contractors	Maiz Mier Group
Tenants
Fuerza Regia (LNBP) (2003–2008) Monterrey La Raza (MISL/NISL) (2007–2010) Monterrey Fury (MISL) (2003–2005) Monterrey Flash (MASL) (2013–2015, 2017–present) Monterrey Steel (NAL) (2017) Monterrey Kings (AF1 (2025-future)
Website
www.arenamonterrey.com