Credit Union of Texas Event Center
{{short description|Indoor arena in Allen, Texas, US}}
{{citation style|date=March 2019}}
{{Infobox venue
| stadium_name = Credit Union of Texas Event Center (CUTXEC)
| logo_image = Credit Union of Texas Event Center logo.png
| logo_size =
| image =
| pushpin_map = Texas#USA
| pushpin_map_caption = Location within Texas##Location within the United States
| pushpin_relief = 1
| pushpin_label = Credit Union of Texas Event Center
| location = 200 East Stacy Road
Allen, Texas 75002
| coordinates = {{Coord|33.127344|-96.657629|format=dms|display=title,inline|region:US_type:landmark}}
| broke_ground = July 24, 2008{{cite news |title=Eventful B Beginnings|first=Zachary|last=Markovic|url=http://www.allenamerican.com/articles/2008/07/31/allen_american/news/13.txt|newspaper=Allen American|date=July 31, 2008|access-date=August 1, 2008}}
| opened = November 7, 2009{{cite news |title=McEntire and Venue Were in Perfect Tune|first=Joy|last=Tipping|url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=DM&p_theme=dm&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=12BE264FDBB51808&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM|newspaper=The Dallas Morning News|date=November 8, 2009|access-date=September 23, 2011}}
| owner = City of Allen
| operator = City of Allen
| construction_cost = $52.6 million
(${{formatprice|{{Inflation|US|52600000|2009}}}} in {{Inflation-year|US}} dollars{{inflation-fn|US}})
| architect = Sink Combs Dethlefs
| project_manager = International Coliseums Company
| structural engineer = Martin/Martin, Inc.
| services engineer = M-E Engineers, Inc.{{cite web |title=Allen Community Development Corporation Board Town Hall Meeting|url=http://media.swagit.com/agendas/03162009-37.pdf|publisher=City of Allen|date=March 16, 2009|access-date=January 7, 2013}}
| general_contractor = Hunt Construction Group{{cite news |title=Minor League Arenas|first=Theresa|last=Manahan|url=http://www.sportsbusinessdaily.com/Journal/Issues/2009/04/20090419/Building-For-The-Future/Minor-League-Arenas.aspx|work=SportsBusiness Journal|date=April 19, 2009|access-date=September 23, 2011}}
| main_contractors =
| tenants = Allen Americans (ECHL) (2009–present)
Dallas Sidekicks (MASL) (2012–2017, 2018–present)
Texas Revolution (IFL/CIF) (2013–2017)
| seating_capacity = Ice hockey: 6,275
Indoor soccer: 6,006
Up to 8,600 seats for concerts and special events
}}
The Credit Union of Texas Event Center (formerly Allen Event Center) is an American 6,275 fixed-seat multi-purpose indoor arena located in Allen, Texas, a northern suburb of Dallas. The arena opened in 2009 under the name Allen Event Center. Construction cost was $52.6 million ($63.5 million in 2020 dollars). The City of Allen sold the naming rights to the arena to the Credit Union of Texas in 2021 for a seven-year term at $325,000 per year.{{cite web |last1=City Council Agenda Communication |url=https://allen.novusagenda.com/AgendaPublic/CoverSheet.aspx?ItemID=9575&MeetingID=985 |title=CITY COUNCIL AGENDA COMMUNICATION |website=City of Allen, Texas |access-date=9 August 2021}}File:Jakov Novak - Allen Americans.jpg vs the Kansas City Mavericks at the Credit Union of Texas Event Center during the 2023 Kelly Cup Playoffs. ]]File:Allen Event Center - 23 February 2013.jpg match between the Dallas Sidekicks and the Texas Strikers.]]
The center hosts the home games of the ECHL's Allen Americans and the relaunched Dallas Sidekicks of the Major Arena Soccer League. The Miss Texas pageant relocated to the center for 2012 and 2013. It was formerly the home of Champions Indoor Football's Texas Revolution (also previously called the Allen Wranglers) until the team moved to Frisco, Texas, in 2017.
In 2019, the event center hosted the NCWA National Wrestling Championship.{{cite web|url=http://www.ncwanationals.org|publisher=ncwanationals.org|title=2019 NCWA National Wrestling Championship|access-date=2019-03-11}}
On April 27 and 29, 2019, the Dallas Fuel hosted the Overwatch League's first Homestand Weekend at the Allen Event Center.{{cite web |title=Bud Light Homestand Weekend - Dallas |url=https://www.alleneventcenter.com/Calendar.aspx?EID=1008 |website=AllenEventCenter.com |access-date=29 April 2019}} These matches were the first in league history to be played away from the Blizzard Arena in Burbank, California.
Premiere
The arena opened along with the entire "Village at Allen" power center on November 6, 2009. Reba McEntire played a concert that night to open the arena. Other events, including monster truck racing, appeared over the course of 2010.
References
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{{cite news |first=Joy |last=Tipping |newspaper=The Dallas Morning News |title=Allen Event Center, Reba McEntire Both Prove Themselves to be First-Rate Entertainment |url=http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/ent/stories/DN-reba_1108gd.State.Edition1.1e0c54b.html|date=November 7, 2009 |access-date=August 17, 2010}}
{{cite news |title=Miss Texas Will Don Crown in Allen Instead of Arlington|first=Patrick M.|last=Walker|url=http://www.star-telegram.com/2012/06/26/4061272/miss-texas-will-don-crown-in-allen.html|newspaper=Fort Worth Star-Telegram|date=June 26, 2012|access-date=July 6, 2012}}
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Bibliography
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- {{cite web|publisher=City of Allen|title=Allen Event Center|url=http://www.cityofallen.org/departments/engineering_traffic/capital_projects/allen_event.htm|access-date=August 17, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101008185534/http://cityofallen.org/departments/engineering_traffic/capital_projects/allen_event.htm|archive-date=2010-10-08|url-status=dead}}
- {{cite news|title=$50M Center Slated for City|first=Troy|last=Brakefield|first2=Maria|last2=Saldivar|url=http://www.courier-gazette.com/articles/2007/06/27/allen_american/news/00001news.txt|newspaper=Allen American|date=June 27, 2007|access-date=August 17, 2010}}
- {{cite news|title=Council Approves Plans for Arena; Proposed Center Will House Hockey team, Host Concerts|first=Ed|last=Housewright|url=http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/localnews/stories/DN-allenstadium_27met.ART0.State.Edition1.4319526.html|newspaper=The Dallas Morning News|date=June 28, 2007|access-date=August 17, 2010}}
- {{cite news|title=Event Center Plans Start to Take Shape|first=Troy|last=Brakefield|url=http://starlocalmedia.com/allenamerican/news/event-center-plans-start-to-take-shape/article_9366307b-ba90-5dc0-8ad8-7f7b2e1b6ef5.html|newspaper=Allen American|date=January 16, 2008|access-date=August 17, 2010}}
- {{cite news|title=Council Approves Money for Event Center|first=Zachary|last=Markovic|url=http://www.scntx.com/articles/2008/07/24/allen_american/news/18.txt|newspaper=Allen American|date=July 23, 2008|access-date=August 17, 2010|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130120053430/http://www.scntx.com/articles/2008/07/24/allen_american/news/18.txt|archive-date=2013-01-20|url-status=dead}}
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- {{cite news|first=Alex|last=Finkelstein|work=Real Estate Channel|title=Global Entertainment Unit Sells $1.25M License Fee for New Hockey Club in Texas|url=http://www.realestatechannel.com/us-markets/vacation-leisure-real-estate-1/global-entertainment-corp-central-hockey-league-richard-kozuback-allen-even-encore-facility-management-global-entertainment-marketing-systems-tx-city-council-667.php|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130208171856/http://www.realestatechannel.com/us-markets/vacation-leisure-real-estate-1/global-entertainment-corp-central-hockey-league-richard-kozuback-allen-even-encore-facility-management-global-entertainment-marketing-systems-tx-city-council-667.php|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 8, 2013|date=April 16, 2009|access-date=August 17, 2010}}
- {{cite news|title=All Systems Go for Event Center Opening|first=Kim|last=Nguyen|url=http://www.allenamerican.com/articles/2009/10/29/allen_american/news/04.txt|newspaper=Allen American|date=October 28, 2009|access-date=August 17, 2010}}
- {{cite news|title=Business leaders to Launch Hockey Team in Allen|url=http://www.bizjournals.com/dallas/stories/2008/09/08/daily45.html|work=Dallas Business Journal|date=September 11, 2008|access-date=August 17, 2010}}
- {{cite news|title=The Need for Smaller Arenas|first=Sheryl|last=Jean|url=http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/bus/industries/commrealestate/stories/DN-arena_cre21.State.Edition1.13b3108.html|newspaper=The Dallas Morning News|date=November 21, 2008|access-date=August 17, 2010}}
- {{cite news|title=Allen Nets Dallas Stars Minor League Hockey Affiliate|first=Ed|last=Housewright|url=http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/city/collin/allen/stories/041609dnmetallenhockey.da1f3995.html|newspaper=The Dallas Morning News|date=April 15, 2009|access-date=August 17, 2010}}
- {{cite news|title=Allen Event Center Enters Crowded Field of Venues|first=Jonathan|last=Betz|url=http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/ent/wfaa/stories/wfaa091103_cdh_allencenter.2834ee86d.html|newspaper=The Dallas Morning News|date=November 4, 2009|access-date=August 17, 2010}}
- {{cite news|title=Allen's $52.6M Event Center Opens|first=Steve|last=Brown|url=http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/city/collin/allen/stories/110509dnbusalleneventcenter.282a27b1b.html|newspaper=The Dallas Morning News|date=November 4, 2009|access-date=August 17, 2010}}
- {{cite news|title=There is No S in Allen Event Center|first=Kevin|last=Hageland|url=http://www.scntx.com/articles/2009/11/05/sports/sports_blogs/blogosaurus/059.txt|newspaper=Allen American|date=November 5, 2009|access-date=August 17, 2010}}
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- {{cite news |first=Dawn M. |last=Burkes |newspaper=The Dallas Morning News |title=Lil Wayne Keeps Crowd Enthralled at the Allen Event Center |url=http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/ent/wfaa/stories/DN-lilwayne_0109gd.ART.State.Edition1.4bd93dd.html |date=January 9, 2010 |access-date=August 17, 2010 }}
- {{cite news |first=Mike |last=Heika |newspaper=The Dallas Morning News |title=Allen Making Solid Bid for CHL Championship in First Season |url=http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/spt/hockey/minors/stories/042810dnspoallenhockey.3b2d79e.html |date=April 27, 2010 |access-date=August 17, 2010 }}
- {{cite news |first=Jim |last=Holland |newspaper=Rapid City Journal |title=Rush Vehicle May Have Been Targeted for Use in Failed ATM Theft |url=http://www.rapidcityjournal.com/news/article_36c8b946-5313-11df-859e-001cc4c03286.html |date=April 28, 2010 |access-date=August 17, 2010 }}
- {{cite news |first=Ed |last=Housewright |newspaper=The Dallas Morning News |title=Tom Thumb Texas Stampede Bucks American Airlines Center for Allen Event Center |url=http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/city/collin/allen/stories/051210dnmetrodeo.1b84d6cd.html |date=May 12, 2010 |access-date=August 17, 2010 }}
- {{cite news |first=Ed |last=Housewright |newspaper=The Dallas Morning News |title=Management Company Pulls Out of Allen Event Center |url=http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/city/collin/allen/stories/DN-allenart_13met.ART.State.Edition1.3558cbf.html |date=August 13, 2010 |access-date=August 17, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100816003139/http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/city/collin/allen/stories/DN-allenart_13met.ART.State.Edition1.3558cbf.html |archive-date=August 16, 2010 |url-status=live }}
- {{cite news |first=Steve |last=Stoller |publisher=WFAA-TV |title=City Leaders: Allen Event Center Not Generating Enough Events |url=http://www.wfaa.com/home/City-leaders-say-Allen-Event-Center-not-generating-enough-events-100812944.html |date=August 16, 2010 |access-date=August 17, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100818031152/http://www.wfaa.com/home/City-leaders-say-Allen-Event-Center-not-generating-enough-events-100812944.html |archive-date=August 18, 2010 |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all }}
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External links
- [https://www.cutxeventcenter.com/ Credit Union of Texas Event Center website]
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