Intrust Bank Arena

Intrust Bank Arena is a 15,004-seat multi-purpose <a href="/facts/Arena/0hbRheNs">arena</a> in <a href="/facts/Wichita%2c_Kansas/5LkemgL9">Wichita, Kansas</a>, United States. It is located on the northeast corner of Emporia and Waterman streets in <a href="/facts/Downtown_Wichita/NT82xubf">downtown Wichita</a>. It is owned by the government of <a href="/facts/Sedgwick_County%2c_Kansas/cbwyTyL9">Sedgwick County</a> and operated by <a href="/facts/ASM_Global/JPGgjSsA">ASM Global</a>. The arena features 22 suites, 2 party suites, and over 300 premium seats. The arena is the second largest indoor arena in the state of <a href="/facts/Kansas/koenIXmE">Kansas</a>, behind <a href="/facts/Allen_Fieldhouse/PUJv1Vf3">Allen Fieldhouse</a> at <a href="/facts/University_of_Kansas/619CXHmz">KU</a>, which seats 16,300. Locally, it has more seating than <a href="/facts/Charles_Koch_Arena/ERHBhClG">Charles Koch Arena</a> at <a href="/facts/Wichita_State_University/CF34d6F0">WSU</a>, which seats 10,506.
It is home to <a href="/facts/Wichita_Thunder/7PUQCzBc">Wichita Thunder</a> (ice hockey team) and previously to <a href="/facts/Wichita_Force/9yNk89AD">Wichita Force</a> (indoor football team). The <a href="/facts/Wichita_State_Shockers/bTk324mH">Wichita State Shockers</a> <a href="/facts/Wichita_State_Shockers_men%2527s_basketball/5zfl9Cqq">men's basketball team</a> uses the arena as an alternate site for games that attract more fans than can be accommodated at its on-campus <a href="/facts/Charles_Koch_Arena/ERHBhClG">Charles Koch Arena</a>.
Intrust Bank Arena hosted first and second-round games for the <a href="/facts/NCAA_Division_I_women%2527s_basketball_tournament/upy71273">NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament</a> in <a href="/facts/2011_NCAA_Division_I_women%2527s_basketball_tournament/n2HPNAtE">2011</a> and the <a href="/facts/NCAA_Division_I_men%2527s_basketball_tournament/2eVbMk4E">NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament</a> in <a href="/facts/2018_NCAA_Division_I_men%2527s_basketball_tournament/fJlXvzY5">2018</a>, Sweet 16 and Elite 8 games in the <a href="/facts/2022_NCAA_Division_I_women%2527s_basketball_tournament/zfgG61PE">2022 women's tournament</a>, and 1st and 2nd-round games of the <a href="/facts/2025_NCAA_Division_I_men%2527s_basketball_tournament/5DDv9LAF">men's tournament in 2025</a>. The arena was scheduled to host the <a href="/facts/2021_NCAA_Division_I_men%2527s_basketball_tournament/Prs80jS6">2021 tournament</a>, until the NCAA announced all games would be held at the state of Indiana due to the <a href="/facts/COVID-19_pandemic/0xTsh7Ut">COVID-19 pandemic</a>. On <a href="/facts/2019_in_UFC/3ssK3k4B">March 19, 2019</a>, Intrust Bank Arena hosted the first ever <a href="/facts/Ultimate_Fighting_Championship/HDmhfp8N">UFC</a> event held in Kansas.

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Intrust Bank Arena