:Sioux Falls Arena

{{Short description|Multi-purpose arena in Sioux Falls, South Dakota}}

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{{Infobox venue

| stadium_name = Sioux Falls Arena

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| image = 250px

| location = 1201 North West Avenue
Sioux Falls, South Dakota 57104

| broke_ground = 1959

| built =

| opened = 1961

| renovated =

| closed =

| demolished =

| owner = City of Sioux Falls

| operator = ASM Global

| surface = Multi-surface

| construction_cost = $1,480,000{{cite book |title=Democracy and Quality Education|last=Reuter|first=George S.|author2=Reuter, Helen H. |year=1965|publisher=Paddock Publications for Educational Research Association of the U.S.A.}}
(${{formatprice|{{Inflation|US|1480000|1961}}}} in {{Inflation-year|US}} dollars{{inflation-fn|US}})

| architect = Spitznagel and Associates{{cite web |url=http://history.sd.gov/Preservation/OtherServices/SDPost-WWIIArchitecture.pdf|title=Post-World War II Architecture in South Dakota|author=Michelle L. Dennis|date=2007|work=Preservation|publisher=State of South Dakota|access-date=November 22, 2011}}

| tenants = Sioux Falls Skyforce (CBA/IBL/NBA D-League) (1989–2013)
Sioux Falls Stampede (USHL) (1999–2014)
Sioux Falls Storm (NIFL/UIF/IFL) (2001–2014)
Augustana Vikings (NSIC) (2014–present)

| seating_capacity = Basketball: 6,113
Hockey: 4,760

}}

Sioux Falls Arena is a 7,500-seat multi-purpose arena located in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. The facility was built in 1961.{{cite news |first=Matt |last=Zimmer |newspaper=Argus Leader |location=Sioux Falls, SD |publisher=Gannett Company |title=Sharing home game dates was new for the Stampede and Skyforce — the crowds still came |url=http://www.argusleader.com/story/sports/2014/04/20/sunday-spotlight-sharing-home-game-dates-new-stampede-skyforce-crowds-still-came/7930613/ |date=April 20, 2014 |access-date=April 25, 2014}} It seats 6,113 for basketball games and 4,760 for indoor football and hockey.{{cite web |url=http://www.siouxfallscvb.com/sfArena.cfm |title=Sioux Falls, South Dakota - Convention & Visitors Bureau |access-date=2010-01-27 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010707081204/http://www.siouxfallscvb.com/sfarena.cfm |archive-date=2001-07-07 }}

It was the home of the Sioux Falls Skyforce basketball team (1989–2013), the Sioux Falls Storm indoor football team, and the Sioux Falls Stampede ice hockey team, as well as a variety of state high school championship events.

The Sioux Falls Arena hosted the men's and women's Summit League Basketball Championship from 2009 until the opening of the Denny Sanford PREMIER Center in 2014.

Beginning in the fall of 2014, the Arena has been the home of Augustana University Vikings men's and women's basketball games.

Elvis Presley performed one of his final concerts here on June 22, 1977.

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