Rabobank Arena Rabobank Arena is a 10 , 000 - seat multi - purpose arena in Bakersfield , California , USA . Located downtown at the corner of Truxtun Avenue and N Street , it was built in 1998 , and was originally known as Bakersfield Centennial Garden . The city - owned arena sold naming rights to the Dutch cooperative bank Rabobank in 2005 , which also sponsors cycling and field hockey teams . The naming rights contract , signed for $ 2 . 5 million dollars , lasts through 2015 . It is home to the Bakersfield Condors ECHL ice hockey team and California State University , Bakersfield Roadrunners Men ' s NCAA Division I basketball . The Bakersfield Jam NBA Development League team will play selected games at the arena during the 2009 - 10 season . Rabobank Arena was the former home of the af2 affiliated Bakersfield Blitz Arena Football team which disbanded due to financial difficulties after the 2007 season . CSU Bakersfield now plays in Division I as an independent and currently plays all of its men ' s basketball games at Rabobank Arena . The women ' s team , which used to play their games at Rabobank Arena , have opted to have all of their games played at the more intimate on - campus Icardo Center . Rabobank Arena is also the current home to the California Interscholastic Federation High School State Wrestling Championship Tournament held the first weekend in March . The arena will also host the 2010 CIF State Basketball Championships . As a concert venue , the arena seats 6 , 400 for half - house shows and up to 10 , 225 for center stage and end - stage shows . The arena floor measures 17 , 000 sq . ft . of total space . The southern concourse of Rabobank Arena serves as the exhibit home of the Bob Elias Kern County Hall of Fame . The Bob Elias Hall of Fame honors athletes and people involved with athletics from Bakersfield and Kern County . They include nationally prominent athletes , local coaches , and others who have made a significant contribution to athletics . A separate display on the western concourse honors the founders of Bakersfield and Kern County , as well as country music legend Buck Owens and current athletes and dignitaries from Bakersfield and Kern County . Attached to Rabobank Arena is a 17 , 840 sq . ft . exhibit hall , which combines with a 3 , 000 - seat theater , which measures 28 , 512 sq . ft . and features a 7830 sq . ft . stagehouse to create a second arena and is presently known as the Rabobank Theater and Convention Center . This was originally known as the Bakersfield Civic Auditorium ( opened in 1962 ) and was later re - named the Bakersfield Convention Center in the 1980s following remodeling and the construction of the adjacent Holiday Inn Select Hotel in the 1990s ( now known as " Bakersfield Marriott at the Convention Center " ) . The convention center ' s stage ( one of the largest stages in the world ) was the Condors ' previous home ( when they were known as the Fog ) until Centennial Garden was built in 1998 and , combined or separately , is also used for concerts ( seating up to 5 , 800 ) , sporting events , trade shows and , in the theater and stagehouse only , Broadway and family shows . There is also a 12 , 885 sq . ft . lobby and 14 meeting rooms measuring 11 , 659 sq . ft . of total space . Next to the Theatre and Convention Center is the " Bakersfield Marriott at the Convention Center " ( formerly the Holiday Inn Select ) on the corner of Truxtun Avenue and Q Street . The front of Rabobank Arena is called the Rabobank Plaza ( formerly known as the Centennial Plaza ) . The Plaza has a large fountain that drains into the concrete of the plaza , a stage , a sculpture fountain , art work , and bricks commemorating the City of Bakersfield ' s Centennial as an incorporated city in 1998 . Parking for the Rabobank Arena , Theater , and Convention Center is in a lot on the southern side of the arena between N Street on the west , Q Street on the east , and 13th Street on the south . The lot is adjacent to the Bakersfield Ice Sports Center ( the Condors practice facility and public ice rink ) ; and the McMurtrey Aquatic Center .