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Lee's Family Forum is a multi-purpose indoor arena in Henderson, Nevada. Built on the site of the former Henderson Pavilion, it is the home of the Henderson Silver Knights of the American Hockey League, the Vegas Knight Hawks of the Indoor Football League, the Vegas Thrill of the Pro Volleyball Federation, the home of the Las Vegas Desert Dogs[3] of the National Lacrosse League, and the former home of the NBA G League Ignite of the NBA G League.[4] The City of Henderson is the building owner with the National Hockey League's Vegas Golden Knights as its operator.[5]
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 The arena as seen in 2022 | |
  Lee's Family Forum Location within Nevada  Lee's Family Forum Location within the United States | |
| Former names | Henderson Event Center (planning/construction) The Dollar Loan Center (2020-2024) |
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| Address | 200 S Green Valley Pkwy |
| Location | Henderson, Nevada |
| Coordinates | 36.018977°N 115.081632°W |
| Owner | City of Henderson |
| Operator | Black Knight Sports and Entertainment |
| Capacity | 5,567[1] |
| Construction | |
| Opened | March 8, 2022 [2] |
| Construction cost | $70 million |
| Architect |
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| Structural engineer | Walter P Moore |
| General contractor | Whiting-Turner |
| Tenants | |
| Henderson Silver Knights (AHL) (2022–present) Vegas Knight Hawks (IFL) (2022–present) NBA G League Ignite (NBAGL) (2022–2024) Vegas Thrill (PVF) (2024–present) Las Vegas Desert Dogs (NLL) (2024–present) | |
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| Venue Website | |
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The Forum seats 5,567 for hockey and football.[6] Initially called the Henderson Event Center, on March 30, 2021, the Golden Knights and Silver Knights announced a naming rights partnership with Dollar Loan Center, a Las Vegas-based short-term loan company, for the arena to be called The Dollar Loan Center.[7] The name of the arena was disambiguated with the article "The" to differentiate it from the company.[8]
The arena was constructed primarily to serve as the home of the Henderson Silver Knights of the American Hockey League. The Vegas Golden Knights purchased the AHL franchise known as the San Antonio Rampage on February 6, 2020, from Spurs Sports & Entertainment. The sale of the team and its relocation to the Las Vegas suburb of Henderson was approved by the AHL Board of Governors on February 28, 2020.[9] The first Silver Knights game played at the arena was on April 2, 2022.[10]
In May 2021, the Indoor Football League (IFL) announced that Bill Foley, owner of the National Hockey League's Vegas Golden Knights, had purchased an IFL franchise to compete at The Dollar Loan Center.[11] On August 23, 2021, Foley announced that the team would be known as the Vegas Knight Hawks and that Mike Davis would be the franchise's general manager and head coach.[12] On May 10, 2022, it was announced that the IFL National Championship game would be played at The Dollar Loan Center for the 2022–2024 seasons.[13]
The Big West Conference announced on June 24, 2021, that the men's and women's basketball championships would be held at The Dollar Loan Center starting in 2022 – the tournament was the first ticketed event held at the arena.[14]
Since 2022, the Ball Dawgs Classic (known as the Vegas 4 in its inaugural year), has been played at what was then known as The Dollar Loan Center.[15]
On April 1, 2024, DLC let the naming rights expire, which was purchased by the owners of Lee's Discount Liquor to be named as Lee's Family Forum, in honor of the founders, Hae Un Lee and Kenny Lee.[16]
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