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Paycom Center (previously Ford Center, Oklahoma City Arena and Chesapeake Energy Arena) is a multi-purpose arena, located in downtown Oklahoma City.

It is the home of the NBA's Oklahoma City Thunder. The arena also served as home for the CHL's Oklahoma City Blazers, until the team folded in July 2009, as well as the Oklahoma City Yard Dawgz arena football team, which relocated to the Cox Convention Center. Of special note, it served as the temporary home for the NBA's New Orleans/Oklahoma City Hornets, during the 2005–06 and 2006–07 seasons.

It also plays host to major concerts, family and social events, conventions, ice shows, civic events and sporting events from local universities and high schools.

It has hosted many WWE events such as Raw, SmackDown, and Unforgiven 2005. A record-setting Raw was held in the arena on June 30, 2008 with 11,560 fans on hand. This was the most WWE tickets sold in Oklahoma in WWE history. Raw came to the Chesapeake Energy Arena on September 25, 2006 and March 1, 2010 with Cheech & Chong appearing as the evening's guest hosts. During the show on September 25, 2006, the opening of the show suffered a blackout, but lights were restored shortly after the night began. The March 1 show was the first-ever WWE sell out of the Chesapeake Energy Arena with 14,708 fans on hand. Also on October 1, 2010, WWE came back to the Chesapeake Energy Arena to do the first live SmackDown on Syfy. WWE returned in March 2011 to do a Raw house show. WWE came back to do a live Raw SuperShow on October 10, 2011. WWE returned for a Raw SuperShow on February 6, 2012.

Pay-Per-Views[]

Date Event Attendance
September 18, 2005 Unforgiven 8,000

Television Programs[]

Date Event
December 23, 2002 RAW
December 29, 2002 Heat
April 29, 2004 SmackDown
May 1, 2004 Velocity
January 24, 2005 RAW
September 18, 2005 Heat
September 25, 2006 RAW
September 29, 2006 Heat
June 30, 2008 RAW
March 1, 2010 RAW
October 1, 2010 SmackDown
October 10, 2011 RAW
February 6, 2012 RAW
October 1, 2012 RAW
February 27, 2013 Main Event
March 1, 2013 SmackDown
March 23, 2013 Saturday Morning Slam
December 2, 2013 RAW
December 6, 2013 Superstars
December 2, 2014 Main Event
December 5, 2014 SmackDown
July 27, 2015 RAW
July 30, 2015 Superstars
June 6, 2016 RAW
June 9, 2016 Superstars
January 21, 2019 RAW
January 23, 2019 Main Event
January 6, 2020 RAW
January 8, 2020 Main Event
August 30, 2021 RAW
September 2, 2021 Main Event
February 4, 2022 SmackDown
October 17, 2022 RAW
October 20, 2022 Main Event
October 16, 2023 RAW
October 19, 2023 Main Event

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