Acrisure Arena
Acrisure Arena (named the Coachella Valley Arena during planning) is a multi-purpose 10,000-seat indoor arena under construction in the unincorporated community of Thousand Palms in Riverside County, California's, Coachella Valley. The arena broke ground on June 2, 2021, on of land near the city of Palm Desert, between Interstate 10 and the Classic Club golf course. The arena is expected to be complete in late 2022 and will be the home arena for the Coachella Valley Firebirds of the American Hockey League. Naming rights were awarded to the financial technology company Acrisure, who paid an  undisclosed sum for 10 years to it. History. On June 26, 2019, it was reported that the ownership of the upcoming Seattle Kraken had chosen Palm Springs as the site for Seattle's AHL affiliate and that the Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians and Oak View Group (OVG) had teamed up to build an arena on band-owned land as a home for their proposed expansion team. The 10,000-seat arena was estimated to cost $250 million. OVG CEO Tim Leiweke used a study done by the SoCal Coyotes on the future of sports events and tourism in  the Coachella Valley as proof of the viability of a multi-purpose venue in Palm Springs. The proposed arena was to be constructed on part of the Spa Resort Casino's parking lots and be owned by the Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians with the Oak View Group as the arena operator. It would also have had an adjoining facility to serve as a year-round community gathering space as well as the training center for the AHL team. Groundbreaking and construction on the arena was expected to begin in February 2020, with completion by fall 2021, but was  put on hold due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the resulting ban on large gatherings including concerts and sporting events. By September 2020, OVG's negotiations with the tribe had come to a halt and the agreement was ended. On September 16, 2020, the Oak View Group and H.N. and Frances C. Berger Foundation announced they had chosen a new location for the arena in the middle of the Coachella Valley near Palm Desert, but it would not open until at least 2022. The arena will be located on land in between Interstate 10 and the Classic Club golf course . Groundbreaking on the project took place on June 2, 2021.