Built in 1971, the location includes an 8,962-seat indoor arena, two performing arts venues, and 205,000 square feet (19,000 m2) of meeting space.

[7] On August 23, 2018, the Indoor Football League announced the addition of the expansion Tucson Sugar Skulls to begin play in 2019.

The Tucson Convention Center has been host to many other events including the Tucson Gem & Mineral Show, Jehovah's Witnesses Regional Conventions, the Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey Circus, concerts, monster truck shows as well as many live WWE television broadcasts featuring Raw, SmackDown & ECW.

[9] During the 2016 presidential race Donald Trump spoke in front of approximately 5000 people, for which his campaign still owes over $80,000 for local police and other services.

[13] Mike Love's Beach Boys headlined a January 4, 2015 concert at the venue, debuting the remodeled arena.