The XL Center, formerly known as the Hartford Civic Center, is a multi-purpose arena and convention center located in downtown Hartford, Connecticut, United States. It is owned by the City of Hartford and operated by Anschutz Entertainment Group (AEG) under contract with the Connecticut Development Authority (CDA). In December 2007, the Center was renamed when the arena's naming rights were sold to XL Capital insurance company in a 6-year agreement. The arena is ranked the 28th largest among college basketball arenas. Opened in 1974 as the Hartford Civic Center and originally located adjacent to a shopping mall (Civic Center Mall, which was demolished in 2004), it consists of two facilities: the Veterans Memorial Coliseum and the Exhibition Center.
On March 21, 2007, the CDA selected the Northland/Anschutz Entertainment Group proposal. It was revealed that Northland will assume total responsibility for the building paying for any and all losses, and will keep any profits. In 2012, put the contract out to bid with hopes of combining the operations with Rentschler Field. In February 2013, Global Spectrum of Philadelphia, was chosen to take over both the XL Center and Rentschler Field with Ovations Food Services taking over all food and beverage operations.
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- WWF House Show - January 1, 1985.
- WWF house Show - January 21, 1985.
- WWF House Show - February 17, 1985.
- WWF House Show - September 8, 1985.
- WWF House Show - March 16, 1986.
- WWF House Show - April 19, 1986.
- WWF House Show - June 19, 1986.
- Wrestling Challenge - September 7, 1986
- Wrestling Challenge - September 14, 1986
- Wrestling Challenge - September 21, 1986
- Saturday Night's Main Event IX - January 3, 1987
- WWF House Show - May 23, 1987.
- WWF House Show - July 9, 1987.
- WWF House Show - October 2, 1987.
- WWF House Show - November 22, 1987.
- WWF House Show - January 18, 1988.
- WWF House Show - March 16, 1988.
- WWF House Show - May 14, 1988.
- Wrestling Challenge - September 11, 1988
- Wrestling Challenge - September 17, 1988
- Wrestling Challenge - September 24, 1988
- WWF House Show - November 25, 1988.
- WWF House Show - December 31, 1988.
- WWF House Show - March 19, 1989.
- WWF House Show - June 22, 1989.
- WWF House Show - October 1, 1989.
- WWF House show - February 10, 1990.
- WWF House Show - May 17, 1990.
- WWF House Show - July 1, 1990.
- WWF House Show - July 29, 1990.
- Survivor Series - November 22, 1990
- WWF House Show - January 20, 1991.
- WrestleMania XI - April 2, 1995
- RAW - June 9, 1997
- Nitro - August 17, 1998
- RAW - April 26, 1999
- RAW - September 6, 1999
- No Way Out - February 27, 2000
- SmackDown - June 29, 2000
- RAW - October 23, 2000
- SmackDown - May 10, 2001
- RAW - May 6, 2002
- SmackDown - November 21, 2002
- SmackDown - October 9, 2003
- Vengeance - July 11, 2004
- RAW - December 28, 2009
- RAW - June 11, 2012
- RAW - June 3, 2013
- Superstars - June 7, 2013
- RAW - June 30, 2014
- Superstars - July 3, 2014
- Main Event - January 27, 2015
- SmackDown - January 29, 2015
- RAW - April 25, 2016
- Superstars - April 28, 2016
- RAW - October 31, 2016
- Superstars - November 3, 2016
- RAW - April 16, 2018
- Main Event - April 18, 2018
- Money in the Bank - May 19, 2019
- RAW - December 30, 2019
- Main Event - January 1, 2020
- SmackDown - November 19, 2021
- RAW - May 9, 2022
- Main Event - May 12, 2022
- SmackDown - November 18, 2022
- RAW - June 5, 2023
- Main Event - June 8, 2023
- AEW Collision - July 29, 2023