The Cabarrus Arena & Events Center is located in

Concord, North Carolina Concord ( ) is the most populous city in Cabarrus County, North Carolina, United States, and its county seat. The city had a population of 105,240 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. Concord is the second-most populous city in the Cha ...

, about 24 miles northeast of Charlotte. The complex consists of an arena, two event centers, two reception halls, and rooms designed for business meetings. The venue hosts various events including concerts, trade and consumer shows, local, regional, and national sporting events, and AKC-sanctioned dog shows. It is a popular site for regional and national cheer and dance competitions and serves as the venue for commencement ceremonies for all

Cabarrus County Schools Cabarrus County Schools is a local education agency headquartered in Concord, North Carolina. The system presides over the vast majority of Cabarrus County, North Carolina, the exception being an area of Kannapolis in the northern part of the c ...

high schools, three Union County high schools, and the Cabarrus County branch of Rowan-Cabarrus Community College. The arena was formerly home to the Carolina Thunder of the

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, the

Carolina Speed The Carolina Speed were a professional indoor football team that operated from 2007 to 2011 in Concord and Charlotte, North Carolina, at Bojangles' Coliseum in 2009 and 2011. From 2007 to 2009, the Speed were members of the American Indoor Footb ...

of the

American Indoor Football Association American Indoor Football (AIF) is a professional indoor football league, one of the several regional professional indoor football leagues in North America. The AIFL began as a regional league with six franchises on the East Coast of the United ...

, and the Carolina Force of

American Indoor Football American Indoor Football (AIF) is a professional Indoor American football, indoor football league, one of the several regional professional indoor football leagues in North America. The AIFL began as a regional league with six franchises on the ...

. The Cabarrus Arena hosted

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's biggest event, Bound for Glory, on October 4, 2015, as well as other events from Premiere Wrestling Xperience and Evolve Wrestling. Additionally, the Cabarrus Arena hosted

Ring of Honor Ring of Honor (ROH) is an American professional wrestling promotion based in Jacksonville, Florida. The promotion was founded by Rob Feinstein on February 23, 2002, and was operated by Cary Silkin from 2004 until 2011; the promotion was subs ...

Wrestling's events such as

Best in the World '16 Best in the World '16 was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by Ring of Honor (ROH). It took place in Cabarrus Arena in Concord, North Carolina on June 24, 2016. It was the seventh annual ROH Best in the World event. The ...

, Honor Reigns Supreme 2018,

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, Queen City Excellence, and the

Crockett Cup (2019) The Fourth Annual Jim Crockett Sr. Memorial Cup Tag Team Tournament, or more commonly the Crockett Cup (2019), was a professional wrestling tournament that took place on April 27, 2019, at the Cabarrus Arena in Concord, North Carolina. The eigh ...

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