The Sydney Kings are an Australian professional men's basketball team competing in the National Basketball League (NBL).
 The team is based in Sydney, New South Wales.
 The Kings were formed from a merger between the West Sydney Westars and the Sydney Supersonics in 1988.
 They were the first team to win three consecutive championships in the NBL and currently sit fifth behind the Adelaide 36ers, Melbourne United, New Zealand Breakers (four each), and Perth Wildcats (seven) for championships won.
 The Kings play their home games at the Qudos Bank Arena in Sydney Olympic Park, New South Wales.
 Since the Kings moved to the SEC in 1990, the venue has been known as "The Kingdome" during Kings' home games.
The Adelaide Adrenaline are a semi-professional ice hockey team based Adelaide, South Australia.
 They are members of the Australian Ice Hockey League (AIHL).
 The team plays its home games at the Ice Arena, located in the suburb of Thebarton.
 The team were founded in 2008 as the Adelaide A's to replace the Adelaide Avalanche who had folded mid-season.
 They changed their to the Adrenaline the following season.
 The Adrenaline's best result in the regular season was in the 2012 season where they finished second in their conference and second overall.
 The team have qualified for the playoffs on four occasions, winning the Goodall Cup in 2009 and finishing runners-up in 2010.
The Red Deer Vipers are a Junior "B" Ice Hockey team based in Red Deer, Alberta, Canada.
 They are members of the North Division of the Heritage Junior B Hockey League (HJHL).
 They played their home games at Red Deer Arena until 2016 when it was torn down to be rebuilt.
 They will play their home games at Red Deer's Collicutt Centre on an interim basis.
 In 2018-19, the Vipers will return to downtown Red Deer to play in the new Servus Arena (fmrly Red Deer Arena).
Viejas Arena at Aztec Bowl (formerly named Cox Arena), located on the San Diego State University (SDSU) campus in San Diego, California, is the home of the San Diego State Aztecs men's basketball and women's basketball teams.
 Viejas Arena opened its doors to the campus and community in July 1997 and seats 12,414 for basketball and up to 12,845 for concerts.
 The facility also hosts SDSU's commencement ceremonies.
 Previously, the Aztecs played at Peterson Gymnasium also on the SDSU campus.
 However, the men's basketball team played most of their home games at the San Diego Sports Arena prior to Viejas Arena's construction.
The Cleveland Cavaliers, also known as the Cavs, are an American professional basketball team based in Cleveland, Ohio.
 The Cavs compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the league's Eastern Conference Central Division.
 The team began play as an expansion team in 1970, along with the Portland Trail Blazers and Buffalo Braves.
 Home games were first held at Cleveland Arena from 1970 to 1974, followed by the Richfield Coliseum from 1974 to 1994.
 Since 1994, the Cavs have played home games at Quicken Loans Arena in downtown Cleveland, which is shared with the Cleveland Gladiators of the Arena Football League and the Cleveland Monsters of the American Hockey League.
 Dan Gilbert has owned the team since March 2005.
The Lehigh Valley Steelhawks are a professional indoor football team based in Allentown, Pennsylvania and are members of the National Arena League (NAL).
 The Steelhawks began play as an expansion team in the Indoor Football League (IFL) in 2011.
 The Steelhawks moved to the Professional Indoor Football League (PIFL) in 2013, where they made their only championship game appearance to date, losing PIFL Cup III to the Nashville Venom.
 The team joined American Indoor Football for the 2016 season after the PIFL folded.
 The Steelhawks are the Lehigh Valley's second indoor football team, following the defunct Lehigh Valley Outlawz of the Continental Indoor Football League (2005–2008).
 Both teams played their home games at Stabler Arena.
 The owner of the Steelhawks is Glenn Clark.
 The Steelhawks play their home games at the PPL Center.
The 2008–09 Canadian Major Indoor Soccer League (CMISL) season sees a different format than previous seasons.
 As the league has become affiliated with the Professional Arena Soccer League (PASL) in the United States, the Edmonton Drillers and Saskatoon Accelerators will play four soccer games and the Calgary United FC will play eight games against the PASL teams.
 Edmonton and Saskatoon will play two home games and two road games and Calgary will play four home games and four road games against PASL teams.
 In the CMISL portion of the schedule each team will play eight games.
 This will see Edmonton play six home games and two road games, Saskatoon play two home games and six road games and Calgary play six home games and two road games.
 As a result of the imbalanced schedule, the CMISL announced that all Calgary United FC games against PASL opponents will only be worth one point in the standings.
 The remainder of Calgary's schedule, as well as the entire Edmonton and Saskatoon schedules are worth two points in the standings.
The Adelaide 36ers (also well known as the Sixers) are an Australian professional men's basketball team that competes in the National Basketball League (NBL).
 The 36ers are the only team in the league representing the state of South Australia and are based in the state capital, Adelaide.
 The club was originally called the Adelaide City Eagles when they joined the NBL in 1982, but changed their name to the 36ers the following year.
 The 36ers nickname comes from the fact that the Colony of South Australia was officially proclaimed on 28 December 1836.
 They play their home games at the Titanium Security Arena in the suburb of Findon, known as the "Brett Maher Court" within the NBL.
The Smoothie King Center is a multi-purpose indoor arena in New Orleans, Louisiana.
 It is located in the city's Central Business District, adjacent to the Mercedes-Benz Superdome.
 The arena opened in 1999 as New Orleans Arena and has been home to the New Orleans Pelicans of the National Basketball Association (NBA) since 2002.
 The New Orleans VooDoo of the Arena Football League played their home games in the arena from 2004 until the team disbanded in 2008.
 The VooDoo resumed play at the arena in March 2011, until after the 2015 AFL season when the franchise folded.
IceArenA, located in Thebarton, Adelaide, South Australia first opened on 17 September 1981 as the Ice Arena.
 In late 1986, the centre closed for the construction of the world's first indoor ski slope and reopened in 1987 as Mt Thebarton Snow and Ice, featuring what was reported to be the world's first indoor ski slope on artificial snow.
 The centre underwent a further name change to Snowdome Adelaide.
 Most recently, following the closure of the Ski Slope in 2005, a final name change to IceArenA was made.
 The IceArenA is South Australia’s premier ice skating facility located just minutes from the Adelaide CBD.

Question: The arena at which The Adelaide Adrenaline play their home games was opened on what date?
Answer: 17 September 1981