December 6, 2023

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Acrisure Arena is identify of new Palm Springs place hockey, amusement arena

Oak Perspective Group chief executive Tim Leiweke has been touting the beneath-building arena in the Coachella Valley as a recreation-changer for athletics and entertainment in the area. 

Now that arena has an formal identify.

Acrisure, a Michigan-based fintech insurance policies organization, has purchased naming rights for the facility in a 10-yr offer declared Wednesday afternoon, providing Leiweke and OVG with a strategic ally in that formidable eyesight for the valley. 

Found alongside Interstate 10 in the vicinity of Palm Desert, Acrisure Arena is the $300 million facility set to open up by the stop of the calendar year. 

This is the to start with stadium or arena sponsorship for Acrisure.

“We are very pleased to announce our naming rights settlement with Acrisure,” stated Leiweke, whose firm has partnered with Stay Nation and the Seattle Kraken to construct the arena with private funding. “Acrisure Arena will be the crown jewel of the total Coachella Valley and a significant desired destination for the greatest artists, live shows, and sporting functions in the planet.”

Oak View Group chief executive Tim Leiweke unveils the name of Acrisure Arena at the Classic Club in Palm Desert, Calif., on Wednesday, Jan. 26, 2022.

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The Coachella Valley Firebirds, the American Hockey League affiliate of the NHL’s Seattle Kraken, will play at Acrisure Arena. All around 40 home hockey video games, more than 40 concerts and 150 other situations, from qualified and higher education sporting activities to family members displays, are anticipated to fill the somewhere around 11,500-seat venue yr-round.