PNC Arena
PNC Arena (originally Raleigh Entertainment & Sports Arena and formerly the RBC Center) is an indoor arena located in Raleigh, North Carolina. The arena seats 18,700 for ice hockey and 19,500 for basketball, including 61 suites, 13 luxury boxes and 2,000 club seats. The building has three concourses and a 300-seat restaurant.
Loudest House in the NHL | |
PNC Arena in 2013 | |
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| Former names | Raleigh Entertainment & Sports Arena (1999–2002) RBC Center (2002–2012) |
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| Address | 1400 Edwards Mill Road |
| Location | Raleigh, North Carolina |
| Coordinates | 35°48′12″N 78°43′19″W |
| Public transit | |
| Parking | 14,000+ |
| Owner | Centennial Authority |
| Operator | Hurricanes Holdings, LLC |
| Capacity | Ice hockey: 18,700 Basketball: 19,500 Concerts: 21,000 |
| Record attendance | Ice hockey: 19,513 May 14, 2022 Carolina Hurricanes vs. Boston Bruins Basketball: 19,722 January 11, 2015 NC State vs. Duke Concert: 20,052 January 28, 2019 Metallica |
| Field size | 700,000 sq ft (65,000 m2) |
| Surface | Multi-surface |
| Scoreboard | 4,000 sq ft (370 m2) |
| Construction | |
| Broke ground | July 22, 1997 |
| Opened | October 29, 1999 |
| Renovated | 2003, 2008–09, 2016, 2018-19, 2022 |
| Construction cost | $158 million ($278 million in 2022, adjusted for inflation.) |
| Architect | Odell Associates, Inc. |
| Project manager | McDevitt Street Bovis, Inc. |
| Structural engineer | Geiger Engineers |
| General contractor | Hensel Phelps Construction Co. |
| Tenants | |
| Carolina Hurricanes (NHL) (1999–present) NC State Wolfpack (ACC) (1999–present) Carolina Cobras (AFL) (2000–2002) NCAA March Madness (2004, 2008, 2014, 2016, 2025) | |
| Website | |
| http://www.pncarena.com/ | |
PNC Arena is home to the Carolina Hurricanes of the National Hockey League and the NC State Wolfpack men's basketball team of NCAA Division I. The arena neighbors Carter–Finley Stadium, home of Wolfpack Football; the North Carolina State Fairgrounds and Dorton Arena (on the Fairgrounds). The arena also hosted the Carolina Cobras of the Arena Football League from 2000 to 2002. It is the fourth-largest arena in the ACC (after the JMA Wireless Dome, KFC Yum! Center and the Dean Smith Center) and the eighth-largest arena in the NCAA.
The arena opened in 1999 at an estimated construction cost of $158 million. Taxpayers covered half of the construction cost while the team paid the other half. In 2023, the Hurricanes signed an agreement with local government to lease the arena for 20 years in exchange for $300 million in public subsidies for renovations to the arena. As part of the deal, Hurricanes billionaire owner Tom Dundon said he would develop surrounding vacant land into an $800 million mixed-use development.