Rushmore Plaza Civic Center Arena Seating chart

Located within Rapid City South Dakota, Rushmore Plaza Civic Center Arena is the prime events venue within the surrounding regions. It attracts and caters the patrons of live entertainment from all over South Dakota, as it happens to be the largest events venue in that region. Rushmore Plaza Civic Center comprises of an exhibition center that is stretched across 150,000 sq. ft. of land, along with a multipurpose arena that hosts sporting and various other sorts of live events year in and year out.

The Civic Center opened its doors for audience back in 1977 with a grand opening concert by Elvis Presley in the same year. Ever since then, Civic Center has been the hub of live entertainment in South Dakota with massive expansion taking place in 2008. Each year, the venue offers a long list of exciting events and this year isn't expected to be any different. So if you see any of your favorite events coming your way at the civic center, be a part of it with Rushmore Plaza Civic Center Arena tickets.

Previously the Rushmore Plaza Civic Center Arena has hosted numerous high profile events. It also regularly hosts some of the largest events in the region such as the Black Hill Stock Show and Rodeo, the Black Hills Homebuilders and the Lakota Nations Invitational. In addition to all these, during the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally, it also stages the showcase of numerous motorcycles. Presently, Central Hockey League's Rapid City Rush calls it their home ground; and previously Continental Basketball Association's Rapid City Thrillers played their home games at the arena.

Quite recently, it has been announced that the Rushmore Plaza Civic Center Arena will be undergoing yet another expansion in near future that would cost around $120 Million. This cost will be incurred to make an addition of a new facility rather than the expansion of Don Barnett Arena. By making new facility rather than expanding the previously constructed arena, will make the civic center to compete with other state of the art convention centers. The new arena will be used to the host live music concerts and also house the ice hockey team.

Being the largest events venue in South Dakota, Rushmore Plaza Civic Center Arena has the most exciting lineup of events each year. This year it will be staging the Broadway hits like Stomp, the Fantasticks, Godspell, Cirque Dreams Holidaze and many more. It will also be hosting numerous community events, sporting events and other live events like Black Hills Powwow, Sesame Street Live Elmo Makes Music, Victory Fighting Championship, and PRS World Finals. If you wish to catch any of the upcoming events in your city that are headed your way, then you can do so with Rushmore Plaza Civic Center Arena tickets.