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CURE Insurance Arena

Former names	Sovereign Bank Arena (1999–2009) Sun National Bank Center (2009–2017)
Location	81 Hamilton Avenue Trenton, NJ 08611 USA
Public transit	River Line at Hamilton Avenue
Owner	Mercer County Improvement Authority
Operator	Global Spectrum
Capacity	Ice hockey: 7,605 Basketball: 8,600 Concerts: 8,500
Construction
Broke ground	December 2, 1997
Opened	October 6, 1999
Construction cost	$53 million ($93.1 million in 2022 dollars )
Architect	Sink Combs Dethlefs Vitetta Group
Structural engineer	Geiger Engineers
Services engineer	French & Parrello Associates, P.A.
General contractor	Gilbane Building Company
Tenants
Trenton Titans/Devils (ECHL) (1999–2013) Trenton Shooting Stars (IBL) (1999–2001) Trenton Lightning (IPFL) (2001) Trenton Steel (SIFL) (2011) New Jersey Rascals (PLL) (2012) Trenton Freedom (PIFL) (2014–2015) Jersey Flight (NAL) (2018–present)

The CURE Insurance Arena is a $53-million, 10,500-seat arena in Trenton, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. It hosts events including shows, sporting events and concerts.

The arena seats 7,605 for hockey and other ice events, 8,600 for basketball and up to 10,500 for concerts, family shows, and other events which makes it the largest arena in Central New Jersey. The arena is located next to, and served by, the Hamilton Avenue station on NJ Transit's River Line and New Jersey Route 129.

It is managed by Philadelphia-based Spectra, a subsidiary of Comcast Spectacor.

History and events

The arena opened as Sovereign Bank Arena on October 6, 1999, with a World Wrestling Entertainment event. On November 13, 2009, Sun National Bank signed a naming-rights deal for seven years for $2.1 million. Since the arena opened, it has hosted over 1200 events with over 4 million guests attending and has sold out shows by Bruce Springsteen, World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE), Shania Twain, Keith Urban, Cher, Elton John, Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus, Britney Spears and Justin Bieber. Musical events have dwindled in the 2010s.

CURE Insurance Arena hosted the last regular season games of the premier 2018 JBA season.

Men's college basketball

The 2000 and 2001 Northeast Conference men's basketball tournaments were held there, as was the 2003 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference men's basketball tournament.

Women's college basketball

In 2006, the arena hosted the first and second rounds of the NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Tournament. In 2009, the arena hosted the Trenton Regional of the NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Tournament where the University of Connecticut went to the Women's Final Four.