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The Long Beach Convention and Entertainment Center is a Convention Center located in Long Beach, California . It was built on the site of the Long Beach Municipal Auditorium beginning in 1962 . The primary venues of the complex include: LONG BEACH ARENA The Long Beach Arena was the first building to be completed in the complex. Capacities are as follows: 11,200 for Hockey , 13,609 for Basketball , and either 4,550, 9,200 or 13,500 for Concerts depending on the setup. It was home to the former Long Beach Ice Dogs team, which played professional Ice Hockey in the ECHL . The Ice Dogs ceased operations of the team in 2007. The Arena has hosted various entertainment and professional and college sporting events, most notably the Volleyball events of the 1984 Summer Olympic Games . It is also noted as a top venue for Hip-hop music concerts, although entertainers such as Frank Sinatra , Slayer , Iron Maiden and Led Zeppelin have also headlined here. For trade shows, the arena features 46,000 square feet (4300 m&2) of space, with an additional 19,000 square feet (1800 m&2) of space in the lobby and 29,000 square feet (2700 m&2) in the concourse. Hanging from the arena's 77 foot (23 m) high ceiling is a center-hung scoreboard with four White Way "Mega Color" Animation Screens. There is an 11 by 15 foot SACO Smartvision LED Wall located on the South end of the arena. Along the exterior wall of the drum-shaped Arena is "Planet Ocean", one of environmental artist Wyland's Whaling Walls , which was dedicated on July 9 , 1992 . At 116,000 square feet (11,000 m&2), it is the world's largest Mural (according to the Guinness Book Of Records ). The mural depicts migratory Gray Whale s and other Aquatic Life that can be found in the waters off Long Beach. Long Beach Arena was the site of the first National Hockey League game involving an expansion team, as the Los Angeles Kings and the Philadelphia Flyers , both expansion teams, played on October 14 , 1967 . The Kings won, 4-2. The arena was also the site of the Big West Conference men's basketball tournament from 1989 to 1993 . EXHIBITION HALLS Three exhibition halls feature a total 224,000 square feet (21,000 m&2) of space. Separately or combined, the exhibition halls can seat up to 14,899 for events. THEATERS There are two theaters: the 3,051 seat Terrace Theater and the adjoining 825 seat Center Theater MEETING ROOMS There are two ballrooms: the 20,456 square foot (1900 m&2) Grand Ballroom (seating up to 2,100) and the 13,200 square foot (1300 m&2) Promenade Ballroom (seating up to 1,400) plus 34 meeting rooms totalling 82,823 square feet (7695 m&2). LIVE CONCERT ALBUMS AND VIDEOS The Long Beach Arena has been used to record part or all of several live concert albums and videos, including:
Singer Bruce Dickinson orders the crowd, "SCREAM FOR ME LONG BEACH"
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