The Bismarck Event Center (formerly Bismarck Civic Center) is a 10,100-seat multi-purpose facility located in
Bismarck, North Dakota
Bismarck (; from 1872 to 1873: Edwinton) is the List of capitals in the United States, capital city of the U.S. state of North Dakota and the county seat, seat of Burleigh County, North Dakota, Burleigh County. It is the state's List of cities i ...
. It was known as the Bismarck Civic Center until September 2014.
Ritterbush Brothers received an Award of Merit for the design from AIA North Dakota in 1970.
["Celebrating over 50 Years of Great Design. A complete listing of AIA North Dakota award winners from 1963 - 2019," AIA North Dakota, 2019.]
The land was purchased from the Wachter family of Bismarck, who also donated land for parking lots adjacent to the civic center. The Wachters then developed the adjacent
Kirkwood Mall on their land south of the arena.
It was the home of the
Dakota Wizards of the
Continental Basketball Association
The Continental Basketball Association (CBA), originally known as the Eastern Pennsylvania Basketball League, and later as the Eastern Professional Basketball League and the Eastern Basketball Association, was a men's professional basketball m ...
and
NBA Development League
The NBA G League, or simply the G League, is a professional basketball league in North America that serves as the developmental league of the National Basketball Association (NBA). The league comprises 31 teams; as of the 2024–25 season, ...
. It also hosted the
2002 Ford World Men's Curling Championship. For several years, the
Professional Bull Riders
The Professional Bull Riders, Inc. (PBR) is an international professional bull riding organization headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas, United States. It is the largest bull riding league in the world, sanctioning hundreds of events every yea ...
(PBR) has hosted a Touring Pro Division (minor-league division, formerly known as the Challenger Tour) event at the Civic Center; in 2004, it was voted as the top PBR Challenger Tour venue.
In 2017, the event center became the home to a new professional
indoor football team in
Champions Indoor Football called the
Bismarck Bucks.
The Bucks joined the
Indoor Football League
The Indoor Football League (IFL) is a Professional gridiron football, professional indoor American football league in the United States. The league comprises 14 teams, divided equally between the Eastern Conference (EC) and Western Conference ...
for the 2019 season.
References
External links
Bismarck Civic Center website
Convention centers in North Dakota
Sports venues in North Dakota
Dakota Wizards
Buildings and structures in Bismarck, North Dakota
Tourist attractions in Bismarck, North Dakota
Rodeo venues in the United States
Basketball venues in North Dakota
Indoor arenas in North Dakota
1969 establishments in North Dakota
Sports venues completed in 1969
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