Complex sentence: Construction on the arena began on April 23,1987, he arena opened on August 28,1989 and was named after Lawrence Joel, an Army medic from Winston-Salem who was awarded the Medal of Honor in 1967 for action in Vietnam in 1965.
Split into simpler sentences: Construction on the arena began on April 23,1987 and it opened on August 28,1989. It was named after Lawrence Joel, an Army medic from Winston-Salem who was awarded the Medal of Honor in 1967 for action in Vietnam in 1965.