# Gainbridge Fieldhouse

Gainbridge Fieldhouse is an indoor arena located in downtown Indianapolis, Indiana, United States. It opened in November 1999 to replace Market Square Arena. The arena is the home of the Indiana Pacers of the National Basketball Association (NBA) and the Indiana Fever of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). It also hosts college basketball games (including the annual Big Ten Conference tournaments), indoor concerts, and ice hockey.
The arena was originally named Conseco Fieldhouse, as the naming rights to the venue were sold to Conseco, a financial services organization based in nearby Carmel. In May 2010, the company renamed itself CNO Financial Group, but the fieldhouse retained the Conseco name. In December 2011, CNO Financial Group changed the name of the fieldhouse to Bankers Life Fieldhouse, after one of its subsidiaries, Bankers Life and Casualty. CNO decided not to renew its naming sponsorship after it expired on June 30, 2019. On September 27, 2021, the fieldhouse announced that Indianapolis-based financial platform Gainbridge would be the new naming partner for the fieldhouse in a multi-year partnership.
In April 2019, the Marion County Capital Improvement Board approved a major renovation project for the fieldhouse. The $360 million project will include a new outdoor entry plaza, new indoor gathering areas, and various interior enhancements. The Pacers committed to remaining in Indianapolis for at least 25 more years as part of the renovation agreement. Construction will take place in two phases, with the fieldhouse having planned to host the 2021 NBA All-Star Game in between the phases, which was later canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Almost all of the construction work took place during the Pacers offseasons. The project displaced the Fever for all of the 2020 and 2021 WNBA seasons, as well as part of the 2022 season; for 2022, the Fever played the first section of the schedule at Gainbridge Fieldhouse, but after the NBA season ended, the Fever played games at Indiana Farmers Coliseum.
The arena was built to evoke an Indiana high school and college field house. As such, unlike most other North American sports arenas, it was designed primarily for basketball. The arena can accommodate an NHL-sized rink, but the ice hockey seating capacity is reduced to 12,300 in an asymmetrical configuration.

## Events

The first NBA game held at Conseco Fieldhouse was on November 6, 1999, when the Indiana Pacers played their regular-season home opener against the Boston Celtics. Later that same season, the Pacers made it to the 2000 NBA Finals against the Los Angeles Lakers. Games 3, 4, and 5 of that championship series were held at Conseco Fieldhouse, but the Pacers ended up losing that season's title four games to two.
In 2000, the fieldhouse was also the site for the 2000 Ray Miron President's Cup finals, with two games of the series being played there. The Indianapolis Ice won the series against the now-defunct Columbus Cottonmouths 4 games to 3.
Several games of the 2002 FIBA World Championship were played at Conseco Fieldhouse, including the semifinals and the final.
In 2009, Conseco Fieldhouse was the site for the 2009 WNBA Finals. The Indiana Fever took on the Phoenix Mercury for games 3 and 4 of that series but ended up losing the series. Three years later, the Fever hosted the 2012 WNBA Finals for games 3 and 4 and beat the Minnesota Lynx.
Additionally, the Indiana Firebirds of the Arena Football League played at the fieldhouse from 2001 to 2004 and the Indianapolis Ice of the Central Hockey League also played at the fieldhouse from 1999 to 2004. The venue also hosted select games for the Indiana Ice of the United States Hockey League.
From 2002 to 2007, the fieldhouse served as the site of the Big Ten Conference men's basketball tournament in even-numbered years, while the tournament was held at the United Center in Chicago in odd-numbered years. In 2008, the tournament was moved to Conseco Fieldhouse exclusively for five years, through 2012. The arena is also a frequent site of the Big Ten women's basketball tournament. 2012 marked the 12th time in 13 years that the tournament had been held at the fieldhouse. On June 5, 2011, the Big Ten Conference announced that beginning in 2013, the location of both of the conference basketball tournaments for the following four years would be alternated between the Chicago area and Indianapolis. Bankers Life Fieldhouse would again be the site for both men's and women's events in 2014 and 2016. The 2011 NCAA Women's Final Four was also held at the fieldhouse on April 3 and April 5 of 2011. For basketball, the venue seats 17,923 (18,345 from 1999 to 2006, 18,165 from 2006 to 2016).
From 2011 to 2021, the fieldhouse hosted the Crossroads Classic, an annual event that included the Butler Bulldogs, Indiana Hoosiers, Notre Dame Fighting Irish, and Purdue Boilermakers men's basketball teams.
The Professional Bull Riders brought its Built Ford Tough Series bull riding tour, now known as the Unleash the Beast Series, to the fieldhouse for the first time in January 2011. It was their second visit to Indianapolis; they first visited Indianapolis during the 2004 season when they held a BFTS event at the RCA Dome.
Gainbridge Fieldhouse is one of many concert venues in the city of Indianapolis. On March 11, 2019, Metallica set a new attendance record at the venue with 18,274 fans at the venue. The previous record was held by Billy Joel (16,594).
In December 2017, during a press conference the Indiana Pacers announced that the arena would host the 2021 NBA All-Star Game. In late 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic and other conflicts surrounding the 2021 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament which was also being held in Indianapolis the same year the NBA announced the city would host the 2024 NBA All-Star Game instead of the 2021 game.

### NCAA tournament

Gainbridge Fieldhouse hosted first and second-round games of the 2017, 2022, and 2024 men's NCAA tournaments. The arena also hosted first, second, and regional semifinal (Sweet 16) round games of the 2021 men's tournament.

### High school sports

In addition to professional events, the arena also hosts the IHSAA state finals in wrestling as well as both girls and boys basketball. It also occasionally hosts other high school tournaments as well.

## Concerts

List of concerts and events at the arena :
| Date | Main performer(s) | Tour / Concert name | Opening act(s) |
| November 10, 1999 | Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band | Reunion Tour | — |
| December 9, 1999 | Kid Rock | Between The Legs Tour | Powerman 5000 |
| March 10, 2000 | Backstreet Boys | Into the Millennium Tour | — |
| March 11, 2000 | Backstreet Boys | Into the Millennium Tour | — |
| April 15, 2000 | Elton John | Medusa Tour | — |
| June 30, 2000 | Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg, Ice Cube, Eminem | Up in Smoke Tour | |
| July 5, 2000 | Ricky Martin | Livin' la Vida Loca Tour | Jessica Simpson |
| August 27, 2000 | AC/DC | Stiff Upper Lip World Tour | Slash's Snakepit |
| September 9, 2000 | KISS | Kiss Farewell Tour | Ted Nugent Skid Row |
| September 22, 2000 | Tim McGraw & Faith Hill | Soul2Soul Tour | — |
| October 25, 2000 | NSYNC | No Strings Attached Tour | Meredith Edwards |
| October 26, 2000 | NSYNC | No Strings Attached Tour | Meredith Edwards |
| May 10, 2001 | U2 | Elevation Tour | PJ Harvey |
| October 18, 2001 | Janet Jackson | All For You Tour | 112 |
| March 22, 2002 | Kid Rock | Cocky Tour | Tenacious D |
| June 21, 2002 | Britney Spears | Dream Within a Dream Tour | — |
| November 7, 2002 | American Idol | American Idols Live! Tour 2002 | — |
| December 17, 2002 | Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band | The Rising Tour | — |
| March 4, 2003 | Elton John & Billy Joel | Face to Face 2003 | — |
| April 17, 2003 | Avril Lavigne | Try to Shut Me Up Tour | Simple Plan, Gob |
| July 12, 2003 | American Idol | American Idols Live! Tour 2003 | — |
| August 31, 2003 | Justin Timberlake & Christina Aguilera | The Justified & Stripped Tour | The Black Eyed Peas |
| October 21, 2003 | Shania Twain | Up! Tour | James Otto |
| March 30, 2004 | Beyoncé, Alicia Keys, Missy Elliot | Verizon Ladies First Tour | Tamia |
| April 12, 2004 | Prince | Musicology Live 2004ever | — |
| August 1, 2004 | American Idol | American Idols Live! Tour 2004 | — |
| August 19, 2004 | Metallica | Madly in Anger with the World Tour | Godsmack |
| September 12, 2005 | Green Day | American Idiot World Tour | Jimmy Eat World |
| July 12, 2006 | Tim McGraw & Faith Hill | Soul2Soul II Tour | — |
| July 15, 2006 | Mary J. Blige | The Breakthrough Experience Tour | Letoya Luckett, Jaheim |
| March 6, 2007 | The Who | Endless Wire Tour | The Tragically Hip |
| October 14, 2007 | Van Halen | 2007 North American Tour | Ky-Mani Marley |
| November 6, 2007 | Celtic Woman | A New Journey Tour | — |
| December 9, 2007 | Miley Cyrus | Best of Both Worlds Tour | Jonas Brothers |
| February 8, 2008 | Reba McEntire & Kelly Clarkson | 2 Worlds 2 Voices Tour | Melissa Peterman |
| March 20, 2008 | Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band | Magic Tour | — |
| July 22, 2008 | American Idol | American Idols Live! Tour 2008 | — |
| November 3, 2008 | AC/DC | Black Ice World Tour | The Answer |
| March 22, 2009 | Eagles | Long Road Out of Eden Tour | — |
| May 19, 2009 | Elton John & Billy Joel | Face to Face 2009 | — |
| September 5, 2009 | American Idol | American Idols Live! Tour 2009 | — |
| November 16, 2009 | Miley Cyrus | Wonder World Tour | Metro Station |
| April 9, 2010 | Carrie Underwood | Play On Tour | Lady Antebellum |
| June 29, 2010 | Michael Bublé | Crazy Love Tour | Naturally 7 |
| August 12, 2010 | Justin Bieber | My World Tour | — |
| August 31, 2010 | American Idol | American Idols Live! Tour 2010 | — |
| October 12, 2010 | Eagles | Long Road Out of Eden Tour | Dixie Chicks |
| July 12, 2011 | Josh Groban | Straight to You Tour | ELEW |
| July 26, 2011 | New Kids on the Block & Backstreet Boys | NKOTBSB Tour | Matthew Morrison |
| August 18, 2011 | Maroon 5 & Train | 2011 Summer Tour | Nikki Jean |
| August 22, 2011 | Britney Spears | Femme Fatale Tour | DJ Pauly D, Destinee & Paris |
| September 14, 2011 | Katy Perry | California Dreams Tour | Janelle Monáe, DJ Skeet Skeet |
| February 22, 2012 | Van Halen | A Different Kind of Truth Tour | — |
| November 24, 2012 | Carrie Underwood | Blown Away Tour | Hunter Hayes |
| June 21, 2013 | Mary J. Blige & D'Angelo | The Liberation Tour | Bridget Kelly |
| July 10, 2013 | Justin Bieber | Believe Tour | Hot Chelle Rae, Mike Posner |
| July 14, 2013 | Paul McCartney | Out There | — |
| August 19, 2013 | Bruno Mars | The Moonshine Jungle Tour | Fitz and the Tantrums |
| September 15, 2013 | Michael Bublé | To Be Loved Tour | Naturally 7 |
| October 18, 2013 | Eagles | History of the Eagles – Live in Concert | — |
| November 19, 2013 | Selena Gomez | Stars Dance Tour | Emblem3, Christina Grimmie, James David |
| November 21, 2013 | P!nk | The Truth About Love Tour | The Kin |
| December 9, 2013 | Drake | Would You Like a Tour? | Miguel |
| December 11, 2013 | Justin Timberlake | The 20/20 Experience World Tour | DJ Freestyle Steve |
| March 30, 2014 | Demi Lovato | The Neon Lights Tour | Fifth Harmony, Cher Lloyd, Collins Key |
| April 11, 2014 | Cher | Dressed to Kill Tour | Pat Benatar, Neil Giraldo |
| February 28, 2015 | Maroon 5 | Maroon V Tour | Magic!, Rozzi Crane |
| May 31, 2015 | New Kids on the Block, TLC, Nelly | The Main Event | — |
| June 19, 2015 | Kevin Hart | What Now? Tour | — |
| July 13, 2015 | Shania Twain | Rock This Country Tour | Gavin DeGraw |
| August 20, 2015 | Mötley Crüe | The Final Tour | Alice Cooper, The Cringe |
| September 16, 2015 | Taylor Swift | The 1989 World Tour | Vance Joy |
| June 20, 2016 | Coldplay | A Head Full of Dreams Tour | Alessia Cara, Foxes |
| June 25, 2016 | Justin Bieber | Purpose World Tour | Post Malone, Moxie Raia |
| July 20, 2016 | Coldplay | A Head Full of Dreams Tour | Alessia Cara, Foxes |
| July 31, 2016 | Twenty One Pilots | Emotional Roadshow World Tour | Mutemath, Chef'Special |
| August 3, 2016 | Demi Lovato & Nick Jonas | Future Now Tour | Mike Posner |
| August 25, 2016 | Kanye West | Saint Pablo Tour | — |
| October 4, 2016 | Carrie Underwood | Storyteller Tour: Stories in the Round | Easton Corbin, The Swon Brothers |
| March 11, 2017 | Ariana Grande | Dangerous Woman Tour | Victoria Monét Bia |
| March 22, 2017 | Bon Jovi | This House Is Not for Sale Tour | Shiny Penny |
| March 29, 2017 | Stevie Nicks | 24 Karat Gold Tour | The Pretenders |
| April 29, 2017 | Tim McGraw & Faith Hill | Soul2Soul: The World Tour | Seth Ennis |
| May 18, 2017 | Red Hot Chili Peppers | The Getaway World Tour | IRONTOM, Jack Irons |
| June 18, 2017 | New Kids on the Block, Boyz II Men, Paula Abdul | Total Package Tour | — |
| August 13, 2017 | Bruno Mars | 24K Magic World Tour | Camila Cabello |
| September 8, 2017 | Ed Sheeran | ÷ Tour | Joshua Radin |
| October 5, 2017 | Garth Brooks & Trisha Yearwood | The Garth Brooks World Tour | — |
| October 6, 2017 | Garth Brooks & Trisha Yearwood | The Garth Brooks World Tour | — |
| October 7, 2017 (2 shows) | Garth Brooks & Trisha Yearwood | The Garth Brooks World Tour | — |
| October 8, 2017 | Garth Brooks & Trisha Yearwood | The Garth Brooks World Tour | — |
| November 5, 2017 | Lady Gaga | Joanne World Tour | — |
| November 26, 2017 | Janet Jackson | State of the World Tour | — |
| December 9, 2017 | Katy Perry | Witness: The Tour | Purity Ring |
| March 17, 2018 | P!nk | Beautiful Trauma World Tour | KidCutUp |
| June 27, 2018 | Harry Styles | Harry Styles: Live on Tour | Kacey Musgraves |
| July 13, 2018 | Panic! at the Disco | Pray for the Wicked Tour | ARIZONA, Hayley Kiyoko |
| September 20, 2018 | Maroon 5 | Red Pill Blues Tour | Julia Michaels |
| October 7, 2018 | Fall Out Boy | Mania Tour | Machine Gun Kelly, State Champs |
| February 14, 2019 | Cher | Here We Go Again Tour | Nile Rodgers, Chic |
| February 20, 2019 | Travis Scott | Astroworld – Wish You Were Here Tour | Sheck Wes |
| March 11, 2019 | Metallica | WorldWired Tour | Jim Breuer |
| March 22, 2019 | Kelly Clarkson | Meaning of Life Tour | Kelsea Ballerini, Brynn Cartelli |
| March 25, 2019 | Mumford & Sons | Delta Tour | Cat Power |
| April 2, 2019 | Justin Timberlake | The Man of the Woods Tour | — |
| April 30, 2019 | P!nk | Beautiful Trauma World Tour | Julia Michaels, KidCutUp |
| June 16, 2019 | Carrie Underwood | Cry Pretty Tour 360 | Maddie & Tae, Runaway June |
| June 28, 2019 | Twenty One Pilots | The Bandito Tour | Bear Hands |
| June 29, 2019 | Ariana Grande | Sweetener World Tour | Normani, Social House |
| September 6, 2019 | JoJo Siwa | D.R.E.A.M. The Tour | — |
| September 10, 2019 | Backstreet Boys | DNA World Tour | — |
| September 11, 2019 | Cardi B | 2019 Unnamed Arena Tour | Saweetie, Kevin Gates |
| September 13, 2019 | Jonas Brothers | Happiness Begins Tour | Bebe Rexha, Jordan McGraw |
| October 4, 2019 | for KING & COUNTRY | Burn the Ships Tour | — |
| November 7, 2019 | The Chainsmokers | World War Joy Tour | — |
| December 3, 2019 | Celine Dion | Courage World Tour | — |
| January 18, 2020 | Winter Jam Tour Spectacular | Winter Jam Tour Spectacular | — |
| February 9, 2020 | Post Malone | Runaway Tour | Swae Lee, Tyla Yaweh |
| February 18, 2020 | The Lumineers | III: The World Tour | Mt. Joy, J.S. Ondara |
| February 23, 2020 | Martin Lawrence | Lit AF Tour | Rickey Smiley, Tommy Davidson, Jay Pharaoh, DeRay Davis, Michael Blackson, Bruce Bruce |
| February 28, 2020 | Justin Moore & Tracy Lawrence | Late Nights and Longnecks Tour | — |
| March 1, 2020 | Omarion & Bow Wow | The Millennium Tour | Ashanti, Soulja Boy, Ying Yang Twins, Pretty Ricky, Lloyd |
| October 1, 2021 | Dan + Shay | The (Arena) Tour | The Band Camino, Ingrid Andress |
| January 6, 2022 | Kane Brown | Blessed & Free Tour | Chase Rice, Restless Road |
| February 5, 2022 | Eric Church | Gather Again Tour | Joanna Cotten |
| February 17, 2022 | Chris Tomlin & Hillsong United | Tomlin United Tour | Pat Barrett |
| February 21, 2022 | Imagine Dragons | Mercury Tour | Grandson |
| February 22, 2022 | MercyMe | Inhale (Exhale) Tour | Micah Tyler |
| March 22, 2022 | Eagles | Hotel California 2020 Tour | — |
| April 1, 2022 | Elton John | Farewell Yellow Brick Road | — |
| April 7, 2022 | Maxwell | The Night Tour | Anthony Hamilton, Joe |
| April 19, 2022 | Bon Jovi | Bon Jovi 2022 Tour | — |
| April 21, 2022 | Justin Bieber | Justice World Tour | Jaden Smith, Eddie Benjamin, TEO |
| May 5, 2022 | Journey | Freedom Tour | Toto |
| May 12, 2022 | New Kids on the Block | Mixtape Tour | Salt-N-Pepa, Rick Astley, En Vogue |
| October 2, 2022 | Post Malone | Twelve Carat Tour | Zack Bia |
| October 18, 2022 | Lizzo | The Special Tour | Latto |
| October 30, 2022 | Christian Nodal | Forajido Tour | - |
| November 5, 2022 | Reba McEntire | Reba: Live in Concert | Terri Clark |
| November 7, 2022 | Carrie Underwood | Denim & Rhinestones Tour | Jimmie Allen |
| December 7, 2022 | Andrea Bocelli | 2022 Andrea Bocelli Concert Tour | - |
| December 11, 2022 | Trans-Siberian Orchestra | 2022 Winter Tour | - |
| December 15, 2022 | For King & Country | A Drummer Boy Christmas Tour | - |
| March 19, 2023 | TobyMac | Hits Deep Tour 2023 | Crowder Cochren & Co. Tasha Layton Jon Reddick Terrian |
| August 22, 2023 | Jonas Brothers | Five Albums. One Night. The World Tour | Lawrence |
| September 13, 2023 | Dave Chappelle | 2023 Fall Tour | — |
| October 6, 2023 | Luis Miguel | Luis Miguel Tour 2023–24 | |
| October 29, 2023 | Aerosmith | Peace Out: The Farewell Tour | The Black Crowes |
| June 23, 2024 | Janet Jackson | Together Again | Nelly |
| August 2, 2024 | Blink-182 | One More Time Tour | Pierce the Veil |

## Wrestling

WWE has hosted many shows such as Raw and SmackDown.
WCW has hosted the PPV event Sin (2001).
It also hosted many PPV events such as The Great American Bash (2006), SummerSlam (2008), Survivor Series (2012), and Clash of Champions (2016), and most recently Fastlane on October 7, 2023.
The fieldhouse is notable for being the location of many landmark moments for the professional wrestling group The Shield, who debuted on November 18, 2012, at Survivor Series, broke up on the June 2, 2014 episode of WWE Raw and reunited on the October 9, 2017 episode of WWE Raw.

## Auto racing

In 2015, the fieldhouse hosted the Indy Invitational, with midget car racing and outlaw kart racing held on a dirt track erected on the arena floor.

## Arena football

The fieldhouse was home to the Indiana Firebirds of the Arena Football League from 2001 to 2004 after moving from Albany, New York.

## Awards and recognitions

In 2005 and 2006, Conseco Fieldhouse was ranked the No. 1 venue in the NBA according to the Sports Business Journal/Sports Business Daily Reader Survey. In 2006 The Ultimate Sports Road Trip reaffirmed Conseco Fieldhouse as the best venue in all 4 of the major sports leagues. "The Ultimate Sports Road Trip has recently concluded a re-scoring and re-evaluation of all 122 franchises in the four major sports, based on our personal visits to each of the teams in a journey that began in 1998. Based on our criteria, Conseco Fieldhouse has again withstood scrutiny to be named the "best of the best" in the four major sports. Everything about Conseco Fieldhouse is top notch, a sparkling venue in a sparkling city," said Farrell and Kulyk.
In October 2004, the fieldhouse hosted the 2004 FINA Short Course World Swimming Championships. A 25-meter 300,000-gallon competition pool and 174,000-gallon warm-up pool were temporarily installed. A total of 71,659 tickets were sold for the four-day event. On the evening of Saturday, October 11, 2004, the crowd set a record for the largest attendance at a U.S. Swimming event outside of the Olympics with 11,488 people.
In 2022, sportswriter Bill Simmons called Gainbridge Fieldhouse "incredible", saying "the only arena I've ever been in NBA-wise, where I honestly felt like it felt different was the Indiana one, because they built it for basketball only." He further elaborated by saying "it feels like the fans are on top of the court. The corners come way out toward the baseline. That's still my favorite. All these other ones feel like variations [of the same thing]."

## Scoreboard

In 2012, a giant state-of-the-art scoreboard was added to Bankers Life Fieldhouse. The scoreboard features twin 1080p high definition (HD) video screens, each measuring 50 feet (15 m) long – extending nearly foul line to foul line – by 21 feet (6.4 m) high. In addition to the HD screens running the length of the court, the innovative rectangular scoreboard design is capped by a 25 ft × 14 ft (7.6 m × 4.3 m) full 1080p HD video screen facing each baseline. The result of the design is a greatly improved visual experience from nearly every seat in the building. Additionally, a new sound system was installed.

## Seating capacity

| Years | Capacity |
| 1999–2006 | 18,345 |
| 2006–2016 | 18,165 |
| 2016-2021 | 17,923 |
| 2021–present | 17,294 |