Orleans Arena

Notable events

• On July 12, 2003, Ricardo Mayorga retained The Ring welterweight championship with a majority decision over Vernon Forrest, and Zab Judah defeated Demarcus Corley on the undercard.
• The first Las Vegas Wranglers game at the Orleans Arena was on October 10, 2003, in which a crowd of 2,817 saw the Wranglers defeat the Bakersfield Condors, 4–2, in an exhibition game.
• The Stanley Cup visited Orleans Arena on November 25, 2005.
• In November 2006, the arena began hosting the Las Vegas Invitational, a pre-season college basketball tournament. It was the first event of its kind to be held at a venue connected to a casino with a sports book, the Las Vegas Invitational on November 22–26, 2006. The West Coast Conference has held its basketball tournaments for men and women at the venue since 2009, the first Division I conference tournament to do so at that type of venue. The Western Athletic Conference has held its men's and women's tournaments at Orleans Arena since 2011.
• In 2007, the Las Vegas Gladiators of the Arena Football League moved to the arena from the Thomas & Mack Center. The move failed to increase community interest and the team moved to Cleveland, Ohio, in 2008.
• From February 26–28, 2009, the NIAA State Basketball Championship was held at the Orleans Arena. All classifications attended and played at this venue.
• On November 26, 2011, the UNLV men's basketball team upset No. 1 ranked North Carolina at the arena.
• On February 5, 2012, the arena played host to the LFL Lingerie Bowl IX. Los Angeles defeated Philadelphia 28–6.
• Between July and October 2015 Global Force Wrestling taped the pilot episodes of its planned TV series GFW Amped at the arena.
• On July 26, 2018, the Orleans Arena hosted the penultimate regular season games for the 2018 JBA season. At 5:00 P.M., the Seattle Ballers blew out the Chicago Ballers 134–110, while the Los Angeles Ballers and the Houston Ballers recorded a high-scoring match at 7:30 P.M. soon afterward, with Los Angeles winning 169–153.