It is located on the northeast corner of Emporia and Waterman streets in downtown Wichita.

It is owned by the government of Sedgwick County and operated by Kansas native Phillip Anschutz's ASM Global.

The arena was scheduled to host the 2021 tournament, until the NCAA announced all games would be held at the state of Indiana due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

On November 9, 2004, Sedgwick County voters approved the downtown arena at a projected construction cost of $183,625,241[8] by a 52–48% vote.

[14] Metallica set the all-time attendance record for a single-concert when it hosted 15,690 fans at the sold-out show on March 4, 2019.