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Landers Center
	Landers Center Location within Mississippi Landers Center Location within the United States
Former names	DeSoto Civic Center (2000–2011)
Address	4560 Venture Drive
Location	Southaven, Mississippi
Owner	DeSoto County
Operator	DeSoto County Convention & Visitors Bureau
Capacity	In-the-Round: 10,045; End-Stage 180: 7,888; Boxing/wrestling: 10,000; Basketball: 9,000; Football, hockey, ice show, rodeo/circus: 8,500
Field size	Maximum Floor Dimensions: 250’ L x 140’ W; Maximum Floor Area: 35,000 sq. ft.; Ice Floor Dimensions: 200’ L x 85’ W
Construction
Broke ground	April 24, 1998
Opened	September 16, 2000
Construction cost	$35 million; ($61.9 million in 2023 dollars)
Architect	Johnson Bailey Henderson McNeel Architects
General contractor	Carothers Construction Inc.
Tenants
	Memphis Houn'Dawgs (ABA) (2000–2001); Memphis Xplorers (af2) (2001–2006); Mississippi RiverKings (CHL/SPHL) (2007–2018); Memphis Hustle (NBAGL) (2017–present); Memphis Americans (NISL) (2021–2023)
Website
	http://landerscenter.com/

The Landers Center is an 8,400-seat multi-purpose arena in Southaven, Mississippi. It is home to the Memphis Hustle of the NBA G League, a minor league basketball team affiliated with the Memphis Grizzlies.^[4]

History

The center was built in 2000. On January 4, 2012, Memphis-based Landers Auto Group purchased the naming rights. The name was changed to the Landers Center.^[5] Several now-defunct teams have called the arena home. These teams include the Memphis Xplorers of the AF2, the Memphis Houn'Dawgs of the American Basketball Association, and the Mississippi RiverKings (previously called the Memphis RiverKings) of the Central Hockey League and Southern Professional Hockey League. Current sports tenants include the Memphis Hustle of the NBA G League and the new Memphis Americans of the new National Indoor Soccer League.^[6]

The center houses a 17,000 square foot convention center and 400 seat performing arts center. It is used as a concert venue, boxing arena, and for ice shows and circuses. Since 2009, the Mid-South Fair has been held at the Landers Center. Formerly, the fair was held in midtown Memphis at the Fairgrounds.

American recording artist Kelly Clarkson performed in the arena on February 9, 2019, during her Meaning of Life Tour to a sold-out crowd of over 7,000 patrons and grossed over $400,000.^[7] This was her first show in the state of Mississippi in over seven years since her Stronger Tour in 2012.

During the 2021–22 NBA G League season, the Landers Center served as one of the temporary home arenas for the Capitanes de Ciudad de México during their inaugural season at the NBA G League despite also being temporarily stationed at Fort Worth, Texas at the time due to the long-term effects of the COVID-19 pandemic.^[8]^[9]

Bluegrass star Billy Strings and his band performed in the arena on 4/13/2023.