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Lakefront Arena

Lakefront Arena is a arena in Louisiana, United States that opened in 1983. Its recorded capacity is 8,933.

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Lakefront Arena
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Key facts

Lakefront Arena is a arena in Louisiana, United States that opened in 1983. Its recorded capacity is 8,933. It is owned by LSU New Orleans. It is operated by LSU New Orleans. The venue does not currently carry a sponsor name. It has been known by 3 names in total, including University of New Orleans Lakefront Arena, Senator Nat G. Kiefer University of New Orleans Lakefront Arena. Current tenants are LSU New Orleans Privateers women's basketball, LSU New Orleans Privateers men's basketball, 2012–13 New Orleans Privateers men's basketball team, 2013–14 New Orleans Privateers men's basketball team, 2013–14 New Orleans Privateers women's basketball team, 2014–15 New Orleans Privateers men's basketball team, 2014–15 New Orleans Privateers women's basketball team, 2015–16 New Orleans Privateers men's basketball team, 2015–16 New Orleans Privateers women's basketball team, 2016–17 New Orleans Privateers men's basketball team.

Location
Louisiana, United States
Type
Arena
Capacity
8,933
Opened
1983
Status
Active
Current owner
LSU New Orleans
Naming rights
No current sponsor name
Name changes
1
Location of Lakefront Arena
Lakefront Arena

Lakefront Arena is at latitude 30.03, longitude -90.050556, in Louisiana, United States. The marker is drawn from the recorded coordinates. The building outline appears here once OpenStreetMap footprint geometry is available for this venue.

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Recorded location of Lakefront Arena
FieldValue
Latitude30.03
Longitude-90.050556
CityLouisiana
RegionLouisiana
CountryUnited States
OpenStreetMap objectNot recorded
Footprint geometryNot yet exported by the pipeline

Naming rights

Naming history of Lakefront Arena
198320052026University of New Orleans Lakefront Arena (1983 to 1987)Senator Nat G. Kiefer University of New Orleans Lakefront Arena (1987 to 2026)

Lakefront Arena has carried 2 recorded names. University of New Orleans Lakefront Arena (no sponsor) ran 1983 to 1987. Senator Nat G. Kiefer University of New Orleans Lakefront Arena (no sponsor) ran 1987 to 2026. The average tenure of a name here is 21.5 years.

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Every recorded name of Lakefront Arena, with sponsor, dates and source
NameSponsorPeriodDeal valueTermConfidenceSource
University of New Orleans Lakefront ArenaNone1983 to 1987Not publishedNot publishedWikipedia infoboxSource
Senator Nat G. Kiefer University of New Orleans Lakefront ArenaNone1987 to 2026Not publishedNot publishedWikipedia infoboxSource

Ownership and operation

Owners and operators of Lakefront Arena, past and present
RoleOrganizationPeriodStatusConfidenceSource
OwnerLSU New OrleansPresentCurrentWikipedia infoboxSource
OperatorLSU New OrleansPresentCurrentWikipedia infoboxSource

Tenants

Tenants of Lakefront Arena and the competitions they play in
TenantCompetitionsPeriodStatusSource
LSU New Orleans Privateers women's basketballNot mappedPresentCurrentSource
LSU New Orleans Privateers men's basketballNot mappedPresentCurrentSource
2012–13 New Orleans Privateers men's basketball teamNot mappedPresentCurrentSource
2013–14 New Orleans Privateers men's basketball teamNot mappedPresentCurrentSource
2013–14 New Orleans Privateers women's basketball teamNot mappedPresentCurrentSource
2014–15 New Orleans Privateers men's basketball teamNot mappedPresentCurrentSource
2014–15 New Orleans Privateers women's basketball teamNot mappedPresentCurrentSource
2015–16 New Orleans Privateers men's basketball teamNot mappedPresentCurrentSource
2015–16 New Orleans Privateers women's basketball teamNot mappedPresentCurrentSource
2016–17 New Orleans Privateers men's basketball teamNot mappedPresentCurrentSource

Recorded changes

29 changes to this venue have been recorded by the monthly pipeline runs.

Change log for Lakefront Arena
DateTableFieldFromToMonth
22 October 2026venue_names(created)not setSenator Nat G. Kiefer University of New Orleans Lakefront Arena2026-10
22 October 2026venue_names(created)not setUniversity of New Orleans Lakefront Arena2026-10
22 October 2026venue_rolesconfidencewikidatawikipedia_infobox2026-10
22 October 2026venue_rolessource_urlhttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6478725https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lakefront_Arena2026-10
22 October 2026venue_rolessource_id132026-10
22 October 2026venue_rolesconfidencewikidatawikipedia_infobox2026-10
22 October 2026venue_rolessource_urlhttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6478725https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lakefront_Arena2026-10
22 October 2026venue_rolessource_id132026-10
22 October 2026venue_rolesconfidencewikidatawikipedia_infobox2026-10
22 October 2026venue_rolessource_urlhttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6478725https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lakefront_Arena2026-10
22 October 2026venue_rolessource_id132026-10
22 October 2026venue_rolesconfidencewikidatawikipedia_infobox2026-10
22 October 2026venue_rolessource_urlhttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6478725https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lakefront_Arena2026-10
22 October 2026venue_rolessource_id132026-10
22 October 2026venuesopened_yearnot set19832026-10
22 October 2026venueswikipedia_revidnot set13722124772026-10
22 October 2026venueswikipedia_titleLakefront_ArenaLakefront Arena2026-10
22 October 2026venue_roles(created)not set551502026-10
22 October 2026venue_roles(created)not set551492026-10
22 October 2026venue_roles(created)not set551482026-10
22 October 2026venue_roles(created)not set551472026-10
22 October 2026venue_roles(created)not set551462026-10
22 October 2026venue_roles(created)not set551452026-10
22 October 2026venue_roles(created)not set551442026-10
22 October 2026venue_roles(created)not set551432026-10
22 October 2026venue_roles(created)not set551422026-10
22 October 2026venue_roles(created)not set551412026-10
22 October 2026venue_roles(created)not set551402026-10
22 October 2026venue_roles(created)not set551392026-10

Sources and licenses

Every ownership, naming and sponsorship row on this page carries the URL it was derived from. The site as a whole is built from these sources:

Row-level sources used for this venue:

Wikipedia article: Lakefront Arena (revision 1372212477). Wikidata item: Q6478725.

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