| The HSBC Arena is a sports and entertainment venue | | | | group, had purchased the naming rights. In 1999, as part |
| located in downtown Buffalo, New York, USA. This | | | | of HSBC's worldwide corporate rebranding, the arena's |
| state-of-the-art venue was designed with live | | | | name was changed to The HSBC Arena, when the |
| entertainment in mind. It is home to the Buffalo Sabres | | | | US bank's name became HSBC Bank USA N.A.. This |
| hockey team and the Buffalo Bandits lacrosse team. | | | | name change coincided with the playing of the first |
| The arena also hosts concerts and is used regularly | | | | college basketball tournament game in the arena's |
| for college basketball games, including opening-round | | | | history. It has been occasionally referred to by Buffalo |
| games of the NCAA basketball tournament and Metro | | | | residents as The Marina (a portmanteau of Marine |
| Atlantic Athletic Conference men's basketball | | | | Midland Arena), Fort Knox (a reference to the Sabres |
| tournaments (1997, 1999, 2001, 2005). It recently has | | | | original owners Seymour and Northrup Knox) or "The |
| been used for wrestling as well, hosting Fully Loaded | | | | Bank" (a reference to HSBC Bank). The press box in |
| 1999, WCW Fall Brawl 2000, and the 2005 WWE | | | | the arena is named after former Sabres broadcaster |
| Great American Bash. It is also the former home of | | | | and Hockey Hall of Fame member Ted Darling. |
| the Buffalo Destroyers, Buffalo Blizzard and Buffalo | | | | The arena has 18,690 seating arrangements for |
| Wings. It additionally was the host of the 2003 NCAA | | | | sporting events. However, the total number of seats |
| Frozen Four. | | | | and number of Spectators would increase if the arena |
| The HSBC Arena opened on September 21, 1996, | | | | is being used for a concert, basketball game, or similar |
| replacing the Buffalo Memorial Auditorium. Its original | | | | event as standing space on the arena's floor. The |
| name was the Crossroads Arena; however, this was | | | | Special Events station of the Buffalo Metro Rail |
| changed to Marine Midland Arena before the first | | | | successfully manage both the sporting events and |
| game had even been played there. The Marine | | | | concerts at the arena. |
| Midland Bank, which was part of the HSBC banking | | | | |