First Interstate Bank Center is a 4,000-permanent seat indoor

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located in

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, as part of the

Deschutes County Deschutes County ( ) is one of the 36 counties in the U.S. state of Oregon. As of the 2020 census, the population was 198,253. The county seat is Bend. The county was created in 1916 out of part of Crook County and was named for the Deschu ...

Expo Center. It is named for a regional bank which purchased

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to the arena's name. Originally, it was called the Bank of the Cascades Center, but that bank's acquisition by

First Interstate BancSystem First Interstate BancSystem, Inc. is a financial holding company headquartered in Billings, Montana. It is the parent company of First Interstate Bank, a community bank with locations throughout 14 states within the Western and Midwestern Uni ...

caused the change to the current name. Other seating capacities include 5,000 for

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and up to 7,800 for

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. It can also accommodate

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, indoor football (primarily the current Oregon Lightning AF1 team),

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and

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. There is over 40,000 square feet of space on the arena floor with an additional 28,250 square feet on the arena concourse. Concession stands are placed on each end of the arena and ticket booths are located on each entrance.

Three Sisters

Also located at the Deschutes County Expo Center is a conference center known as the Three Sisters. These three buildings have 33,736 square feet of total space. The largest is the Middle Sister, at 14,904 square feet, used for

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, conferences and trade shows. It can accommodate 1,568 for smaller concerts. The other two buildings each have 9,416 square feet of space. A 5,000-square-foot kitchen is attached to all.

High Desert Activity Center

High Desert Activity Center is a 12,684-square-foot exhibit hall used primarily for trade shows.

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Deschutes County Expo Center
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