Smoothie King Center
Smoothie King Center is a stadium in New Orleans, United States that opened in 1999. Its recorded capacity is 17,971.
Key facts
Smoothie King Center is a stadium in New Orleans, United States that opened in 1999. Its recorded capacity is 17,971. It is owned by The Louisiana Stadium and Exposition District and Louisiana. It is operated by ASM Global and New Orleans Pelicans. The venue does not currently carry a sponsor name. It has been known by 2 names in total, including New Orleans Arena. Current tenants are New Orleans VooDoo, New Orleans Pelicans.
- Location
- New Orleans, United States
- Type
- Stadium
- Capacity
- 17,971
- Opened
- 1999
- Status
- Active
- Current owner
- The Louisiana Stadium and Exposition District, Louisiana
- Naming rights
- No current sponsor name
- Name changes
- 0
Smoothie King Center is at latitude 29.948889, longitude -90.081944, in New Orleans, United States. The marker is drawn from the recorded coordinates. The building outline appears here once OpenStreetMap footprint geometry is available for this venue.
Data table for this chart
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Latitude | 29.948889 |
| Longitude | -90.081944 |
| City | New Orleans |
| Region | New Orleans |
| Country | United States |
| OpenStreetMap object | Not recorded |
| Footprint geometry | Not yet exported by the pipeline |
Naming rights
Smoothie King Center has carried 1 recorded name. New Orleans Arena (no sponsor) ran 1999 to 2014. The average tenure of a name here is 15 years.
Data table for this chart
| Name | Sponsor | Period | Deal value | Term | Confidence | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Arena | None | 1999 to 2014 | Not published | Not published | Wikipedia infobox | Source |
Ownership and operation
| Role | Organization | Period | Status | Confidence | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Owner | Louisiana | 1999 to present | Current | Wikidata statement | Source |
| Owner | The Louisiana Stadium and Exposition District | Present | Current | Wikipedia infobox | Source |
| Operator | New Orleans Pelicans | 1999 to present | Current | Wikidata statement | Source |
| Operator | ASM Global | Present | Current | Wikipedia infobox | Source |
Tenants
| Tenant | Competitions | Period | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans VooDoo | National Basketball Association | Present | Current | Source |
| New Orleans Pelicans | National Basketball Association | 1999 to present | Current | Source |
Recorded changes
11 changes to this venue have been recorded by the monthly pipeline runs.
| Date | Table | Field | From | To | Month |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 September 2026 | venue_names | (created) | not set | New Orleans Arena | 2026-09 |
| 28 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 41956 | 2026-09 |
| 28 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 41955 | 2026-09 |
| 28 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 41954 | 2026-09 |
| 28 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 35844 | 2026-09 |
| 28 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 35843 | 2026-09 |
| 28 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 35842 | 2026-09 |
| 28 September 2026 | venues | capacity | 18500 | 17971 | 2026-09 |
| 28 September 2026 | venues | wikipedia_revid | not set | 1372800481 | 2026-09 |
| 28 September 2026 | venues | wikipedia_title | Smoothie_King_Center | Smoothie King Center | 2026-09 |
| 28 September 2026 | venue_competitions | (created) | not set | 193 | 2026-09 |
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:
- Wikidata: CC0 1.0. Data from Wikidata, released under CC0 1.0 Universal.
- OpenStreetMap: ODbL 1.0. © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the Open Database License (ODbL 1.0). See https://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright.
- Wikipedia: CC BY-SA 4.0. Text from Wikipedia, available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License.
Row-level sources used for this venue: