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Current · NHL
Lenovo Center
Home of the Carolina Hurricanes
Raleigh, NC
Still to visit
Teams
Carolina Hurricanes
NHL · hockey
1999–present
Also known as PNC Arena · RBC Center · Entertainment & Sports Arena
Stadium facts
- Capacity
- 18,547
- Hockey from 2026. The page lists 18,680 for 2007–2023 and 18,700 for 2023–2025. Basketball is listed at 19,367 from 2026.Source for capacity
- Record attendance
- 20,052
- Concert, January 28, 2019. Hockey: 19,513 on May 14, 2022. Basketball: 19,722 on January 11, 2015.Source for record attendance
- Opened
- October 29, 1999
- The Hurricanes hosted the New Jersey Devils on opening night. Ground broken July 22, 1997.Source for opened
Names and sponsors
Raleigh Entertainment and Sports Arena
1999–2002
The page also shortens this to Entertainment and Sports Arena.
SourceRBC Center
2002–2012
Sponsor: RBC
SourcePNC Arena
2012–2024
Sponsor: PNC
SourceLenovo Center
2024–present
No dollar terms for these naming deals were taken from the page.
Source- Source
The Loudest House in the NHL
Nickname
- Source
The Lenny
Nickname
Timeline
1999
2001
2002
2006
2019
2022
2026
October 29, 1999
Hurricanes open against the Devils
Raleigh's first NHL game was October 29, 1999, when the Hurricanes hosted the New Jersey Devils on the building's opening night. The arena opened that year at a cost of $158 million. The page does not give the score of that game.
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