American Airlines Arena - Notable Events Hosted

Notable Events Hosted

• The AmericanAirlines Arena as well as the American Airlines Center, hosted the NBA Finals in 2006 and 2011, in which the Miami Heat played the Dallas Mavericks. Because of this, the series were nicknamed by some as the American Airlines series.
• The arena was once again the host of the 2012 NBA Finals (along with the Chesapeake Energy Arena in Oklahoma City) when the Heat played the Oklahoma City Thunder, winning the NBA Championship in five games.
• The arena was the setting for the highly publicized MTV Video Music Awards, both in 2004 and 2005. Both events brought millions of dollars into the Miami-Dade County economy.
• The arena hosted WCW Uncensored 2000, WWE's Royal Rumble event on January 29, 2006, Survivor Series on November 18, 2007, and Survivor Series on November 21, 2010. It's also hosted WWE Raw on January 1, 2007, and WWE SmackDown/ECW on April 1, 2008. WWE returned to the arena on July 14, 2009 for Smackdown/ECW,and WWE SmackDown/ECW on December 18, 2009. It also held the June 7, 2010 Raw, and the May 2, 2011 Raw which celebrated The Rock birthday. WWE returned to the arena on March 31, 2012 for the WWE Hall of Fame class of 2012 Induction Ceremony and on April 2, 2012 for a RAW supershow, the day after Wrestlemania XXVIII which took place at Sun Life Stadium.
• The AmericanAirlines Arena also hosted the first UFC event in the state of Florida, UFC 42: Sudden Impact, on April 25, 2003.
• In November 2002, Cher's Living Proof: The Farewell Tour performed at AmericanAirlines Arena for an NBC special which aired in April 2003, winning an Emmy.
• On March 28, 2004, Britney Spears performed to a sold out show as part of The Onyx Hotel Tour. The show was broadcast live over the world.
• The 2004 VMAs and 2005 VMAs were held there. Celebrities entered by yacht rather than by limousine.
• On December 4 and 5, 2007, the Argentine rock band Soda Stereo performed at the AmericanAirlines Arena as part of his farewell tour Me Verás Volver, being this tour a sellout in Argentina and the Americas. It was six (6) sold out shows in the famous Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti.
• The arena was host to For Darfur benefit concert, which was the Miami stop for Kanye West Glow in the Dark Tour, on May 6, 2008.
• Celine Dion performed her Taking Chances Tour at the arena on January 23, 2009 and set an attendance record making it the largest crowd in the arena's history.
• Britney Spears performed as part of her The Circus Starring Britney Spears Tour at the arena on March 7, 2009. She set an attendance record with a sold-out crowd of 18,644, beating out Celine Dion who previously gathered a 17,725 crowd. It is noted as the largest concert attendance in the arena's history as of 2009. She also performed at the arena as part of her Femme Fatale Tour.
• Ivete Sangalo: The Brazilian pop star sold out "AAA" on August 28, 2010 in your world tour.
• Phish has performed New Year's Eve 2 times at AAA including runs in 2003 and 2009, a total of 8 concerts.
• The cast of Mexican hit TV series Two Faces Of Love beat out Britney Spears selling out a crowd of 18,693 making this the largest concert attendance in the arena's history as of 2010.
• Punk rock band Green Day performed at the arena on August 4, 2009 as part of their 21st Century Breakdown World Tour.
• Canadian pop artist Justin Bieber performed to a sold out show on December 18, 2010 as part of his My World Tour. The Canadian singer will be returning to the arena for performances on January 26 and 27, 2013 as part of his Believe Tour.
• British rock band Coldplay played at the arena for the first time on June 29, 2012 as part of their Mylo Xyloto Tour.
• Latin musicians Marc Anthony, Chayanne, and Marco Antonio Solís kicked-off their GIGANT3S Tour with back-to-back shows at the arena.
• Mexican rock band Maná has performed at the arena a total of six times.
• British-Irish boy band One Direction will play at the arena for the first time on June 14, 2013.
• Lady Gaga performed as part of her The Monster Ball Tour to a sold-out crowd of 14,695 on April 13, 2011 and will perform here as part of her The Born This Way Ball Tour on March 16, 2013.
• American pop-superstar Madonna is scheduled to perform in this venue on November 19 and 20, 2012 as part of her MDNA Tour. The shows will be filmed for the DVD.