[2] In addition to the Barons, the arena was home to the Cleveland Rebels of the Basketball Association of America, also owned by Sutphin, for the 1946–47 season.

Cleveland Arena was also a regular concert and boxing venue, and six-day bicycle races were held there between 1939 and 1958, moved there from Public Hall.

After the Cavaliers began playing at the arena, it stopped hosting games for the Cincinnati Royals of the National Basketball Association (NBA).

It primarily provided medical care for visiting athletic teams and other entertainment events, but also served as a walk-in clinic for the community.

Later that year, the Cavaliers moved back into Cleveland when they opened the adjacent Gund Arena, now Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse.