The Central Bank Center (formerly known as Lexington Center) is an entertainment, convention and sports complex located on an site in downtown

Lexington, Kentucky Lexington is a Consolidated city-county, consolidated city coterminous with and the county seat of Fayette County, Kentucky, United States. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census the city's population was 322,570, making it the List of ...

. It features a convention center, the Hyatt Regency Hotel, and

Rupp Arena Rupp Arena at Central Bank Center is an arena located in downtown Lexington, Kentucky, United States. Since its opening in 1976, it has been the centerpiece of Central Bank Center (formerly Lexington Center), a convention and shopping facility ...

. It opened in 1976. On January 27, 2020, it was announced that Lexington Center's overall

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were sold to Central Bank, a local community bank, by the Lexington Center Corporation and JMI Sports, which handles the multimedia rights for both the LCC and the University of Kentucky. The Rupp name will continue to receive primacy in the fourteen-year agreement for the arena portion of the complex, and be known as "Rupp Arena at Central Bank Center".

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, which at its opening in 1976 was the world's largest indoor arena, originally held 24,000. For much of the next 40-plus years, it remained the largest (by capacity) in the U.S. built specifically for basketball. During the 2019 basketball offseason, the capacity was reduced to 20,545 when nearly half of the original upper-level bleachers were replaced with chairback seating. * The 1,000-seat Lexington Opera House, located at the corner of Broadway and Short Streets. * A 366-room Hyatt Regency Hotel. * A convention center. * of meeting rooms and ballrooms. * Triangle Park

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Official websiteOfficial website of Rupp ArenaOfficial website of the Lexington Opera HouseOfficial website of Triangle Park
Convention centers in Kentucky Commercial buildings in Lexington, Kentucky Tourist attractions in Lexington, Kentucky Event venues established in 1976 {{Kentucky-struct-stub

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