It is part of the university's East Campus; the arena is southwest of Maestri Field, home to the UNO baseball team.

These games include the Big Easy Rollergirls' annual "SweatFest" invitational tournament, which features competition among high-ranking WFTDA leagues.

[9] All Elite Wrestling hosted its flagship TV show, Dynamite, at the arena on 13 April 2022 which included hometown star Ricky Starks, and Samoa Joe winning his first ROH World Television Championship from Minoru Suzuki.

[10] The arena also hosts graduations and concerts,[1] such as 3 Doors Down, 311, AC/DC, Aerosmith, Anthrax, Alanis Morissette, Blink-182, Brandy, Britney Spears, Carrie Underwood, Christina Aguilera, The Cure, Daughtry, Def Leppard, Demi Lovato, Eric Church, Exodus, for KING & COUNTRY, Great White, Guns N' Roses, Helloween, Kid Rock, Kix, Korn, Lady Gaga, Limp Bizkit, Mötley Crüe, Nas, Ne-Yo, Poison, Prince, Rammstein, Ratt, Pearl Jam, Nirvana, MC Hammer, Red Hot Chili Peppers, R.E.M., Rush, Scorpions, Skid Row, Slipknot, Tesla, The Black Keys, The Grateful Dead, Widespread Panic, Tom Petty, Trixter, Van Halen, Warrant, White Lion, Whitesnake, Xandria and Zac Brown Band.

During their Walking Into Everywhere tour, Jimmy Page and Robert Plant performed on October 1, 1998, and the show was recorded for later broadcast by Westwood One.

Events held at the arena have included Disney on Ice, Sesame Street Live, Shrine Circus, So You Think You Can Dance: The Tour, WWE and Fox's singer search program The X Factor.

In August 2005, as a result of massive damages sustained during Hurricane Katrina, the building closed for substantial repairs and renovations for nearly three years.