Jake Wood, Century Link Center

The CenturyLink arena was opened in 2000 and is a 270,000 square foot venue with a 14,000 seat capacity that employees 250 people both part and full time.

There are several Business2Business Solutions that provide both an experience and exposure including 16 luxury Suites that seat 12-16 at a cost of $35-50k per year.

Centertainer Memberships provide 8 tickets presale availability and 2 parking passes for each event at a cost of $895 annually and a Corporate Centertainer Memberships that allow for 20 presale tickets and 1 parking pass for each even at a cost of $1500 annually.

There are available meeting rooms, Group sales & Group Party packages appropriate for office outing, family outings and multi-client gifts.

There are several great opportunities for your business to advertise at the CenturyLink with Large scale banners, fascia branding, column wraps, ticket advertising, digital advertising and special events sponsorship opportunities. So far in 2014 there have been 95K people through the doors and they expect to exceed last year’s attendance numbers!

The Management company “SMG” was founded in 1977 and they manage stadiums, arenas, convention centers, theatre/performing arts centers and equestrian and recreational centers. SMG manages 10 venue’s in Louisiana the largest being the Superdome in New Orleans; locally SMG manages the CenturyLink Center, Shreveport Convention center and the Shreveport Municipal Auditorium. The CenturyLink is always striving to keep their facility up to date and they have recently updated the monitors around the facility from “tube” TV’s to Flat Screen TV’s as well as keeping the facility well maintained. The CenturyLink Center is currently ranked #8 in the world in 10-15k seat arenas.