Building Information
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Seating
| Configuration | Capacity |
|---|---|
| Basketball |
10,041 |
| Full Arena Concert* | 10,000 |
| Front of Stage Concert* | 7,354 |
| Theater Set | 2,800 |
| Indoor Festival | 5,000 |
*Curtain available for reduced capacity configurations
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Parking
450 parking spots located on the South side of the building
2,000 parking spots within a 5 minute walk
2,000 additional parking spots within a 10 minute walk
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Exhibit / Meeting Floor Square Footage
| Dimensions | Reception | Banquet | Exhibition | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arena Floor | 160’ x 113’ (18,080 sq ft) | 1,500 | 800 | 104 Booths |
| John Counts Room | 82’ x 44’ (3,608 sq ft) | 350 | 184 | |
| Globe Grand Lobby | 45’ x 94’ (4,230 sq ft) | 500 | 180 | |
| Room 1102 | 25’ x 32’ (800 sq ft) | 40 | 40 | |
| Room 1106 | 25’ x 32’ (800 sq ft) | 40 | 40 | |
| Room 1101 | 34’ x 57 (1,710 sq ft) | Tiered levels with 173 fixed desks | ||
| Concourse | Available for exhibitions. Please contact the event coordinator for details. | |||
Maximum room capacities are determined by room set up.
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Show Power
| Stage Left |
1600 amp. |
| Stage Right | 600 amp. |
| 400 amp. | |
| 1,300 amp. | |
| 200 amp. | |
| Exterior-Load in Ramp | 200 amp. (2) |
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Rigging
| Open grid-floor to steel | 63'8" |
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Back Stage / Hospitality
Available for meetings, banquets, conventions & exhibitions
- In-House Catering
- Four Dressing Rooms
- One Training Room
- Two Locker Rooms
- One Production Office
- VIP Room(John Counts Room) – capacity of 184 buffet style. The JCR has a private restroom and entrance. Partition available for artist hospitality. This room can be separated into two rooms, 44' x 50' and 44' x 32'.
- Two Classrooms – 25’x32’ (each)
- One Classroom fully carpeted, theater-style seating for 173 (34' x 57')
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Equipment / Arena Amenities
- 60’ X 40’ Stage Height 4 – 6 feet
- Twelve 4’ x 6’ x 12" risers
- 25 pcs. crowd barricades
- 80’ Stage barricade
- Clark Forklift – electric, 2 Ton Capacity
- 1400 Clairon Chairs
- 2 camera areas at midlevel, 2 at upper level
- 4 spotlights (Xenon's Super Trooper 2,000 watts, 2 HMI-portable)
- Mackie Mixing Console SR 32.4
- Assisted Listening System
- Portable basketball floor
- A/V equipment
- Computerized curtaining system
- Stage curtaining system
- Handicap Accessible
- ATM on South Concourse
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Special Equipment
- Theatrical Curtain Rear Traveler 30’x60’
- Legs (2) 30’x30’
- Valance 25’x80’
- Lighting – 36 Source4Pars
- Video System Scoreboard (8 side – 4 with video)
- 24 Concourse Monitors
- PA System Bose Corporation Equipment (14,000 watts of power)
- Sound Control Room
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Loading Docks and Tunnels
- 2 Doors at the loading dock 12’x14’ and 8’x10’
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Marquees, Message Centers & Readerboard
- Highly visible Marquee on south side of the building.
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Ticketing
- 16 event ticket windows
- 2 Daily Operation Ticket Windows
- Paciolan Ticketing System
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Mitchell Center Facts
- Total square footage is 208,300
- Total number of bricks used is 328, 215
- Total number of concrete blocks is 159, 842
- Total days of construction to build the Mitchell Center was 1,245 days from approximately May 1996 to October 1999.
- The Mitchell Center is named for Arlene and Mayer Mitchell and Abe Mitchell who contributed to its construction.
- First event was the 1999 USA Spring Commencement. The building was 85% complete at the time.
- First non-USA event was June 24-25, 1999. The Alabama Sports Festival
- First Concert was the performance of Gran Torino on September 19, 1999