The BankAtlantic Center (formerly known as the Broward County Civic Arena, the National Car Rental Center and the Office Depot Center) is an indoor arena located in Sunrise a suburb west of Fort Lauderdale, Florida. The arena is accessible off of the Sawgrass Expressway at the Oakland Park Boulevard exit.

The arena is home to the Florida Panthers of the NHL and the now-defunct Florida Pit Bulls of the ABA. The arena was completed in 1998 at a cost of States dollar|$" target="_blank" >^*212 million, almost entirely publicly financed. The building seats 19,250 for ice hockey, 20,737 for basketball, between 15,207 and 21,371 for end-stage concerts, and 22,457 for center-stage concerts, boxing and wrestling such as Bash at the Beach '99, Armageddon '99 and Armageddon 2002. The arena features 70 suites and 2,300 club seats.

The building can also be used for trade shows (offering 17,000 square feet of arena floor space) and other events including circuses and ice shows. It is the Miami-Fort Lauderdale site of many major arena concert tours.

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