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{{Infobox stadium
| stadium_name        = First National Bank Arena
| location            = 217 Olympic Drive<br>[[Jonesboro, Arkansas]] 72401
| image               = Convocation Center (A-State) Jonesboro AR.PNG
| image_size          = 250px
| image_map           = {{maplink|frame=yes|plain=yes|frame-align=center|frame-width=250|zoom=15|type=point}}
| broke_ground        = 1984
| built               = 
| opened              = July 11, 1987
| closed              =
| demolished          =
| owner               = [[Arkansas State University]]
| operator            = Arkansas State University
| surface             = Multi-surface
| architect           = [[Wittenberg, Delony & Davidson]]
| structural engineer = [[Geiger Engineers]]<ref>{{cite web |title=David M. Campbell|url=http://www.geigerengineers.com/david-campbell|publisher=Geiger Engineers|access-date=May 6, 2018}}</ref>
| construction_cost   = $19 million<br>(${{formatprice|{{Inflation|US|19000000|1987}}}} in {{Inflation-year|US}} dollars{{inflation-fn|US}})
| tenants             = Arkansas State University Red Wolves ([[NCAA]]) (1987–present)
| seating_capacity    = 10,038 basketball<br>10,252-11,209 concerts and events<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.fnbarena.com/arena-information/about-us/ | title=About Us &#124; First National Bank Arena }}</ref>
| website             = {{URL|http://www.fnbarena.com}}
}}

'''First National Bank Arena''' (originally called the Convocation Center until 2017) is a 10,038-seat multi-purpose [[arena]] located on the campus of [[Arkansas State University]], and is home to their [[Arkansas State Red Wolves men's basketball|college basketball team]], the Red Wolves.<ref name="facil">[http://www2.astate.edu/a/convo/buildinginfo.dot Building Info] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091231165112/http://www2.astate.edu/a/convo/buildinginfo.dot |date=2009-12-31 }} at astate.edu, URL accessed December 9, 2009. [https://web.archive.org/web/20091231165112/http://www2.astate.edu/a/convo/buildinginfo.dot Archived] 12/9/09</ref>

First National Bank Arena has three separate public venues including a 217-seat Auditorium, a banquet/meeting room that can be divided into 3 smaller meeting rooms, and the main arena, which has permanent seating for 10,475. First National Bank Arena hosts hundreds of events each year in these three venues, and well over 100,000 people walk through its doors each year.{{Citation needed|date=January 2014}}

==History==
The first event was the Class of 1987 commencement.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.astate.edu/info/about-asu/history/historic-timeline/ | title=Historic Timeline }}</ref>  Throughout the years, First National Bank Arena has been host to many superstars including [[George Strait]], [[Dolly Parton]], [[Garth Brooks]], [[Alabama (band)|Alabama]], [[Reba McEntire]], [[Rascal Flatts]], [[Taylor Swift]], [[Keith Urban]], [[Carrie Underwood]], [[Jason Aldean]] and [[Eric Church]] in the last five years.

[[WWE]] held a live [[WWE Raw|Raw]] event at First National Bank Arena on February 11, 2002. The Sun Belt Conference uses the versatile building to host the Indoor Track & Field Championships every other year.  The building is home to Arkansas State University Men's & Women's Basketball as well as Women's Volleyball.

In 2009, the weight room was upgraded. The same thing happened the following year to the locker and media rooms. There are four visitor locker rooms, as well as smaller, official locker rooms throughout the building.

In 2012, the original scoreboard and sound system (from 1987) were replaced with four 25' × 12' HD video boards and a 28-speaker sound system.  Also in 2012, an entirely new roof was installed, as well as upgrades to the Administrative Offices and Box Office.

==See also==
* [[List of NCAA Division I basketball arenas]]

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.astateconvo.com/ Official Website]

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