The GIANT Center
is a 12,500-seat multi-purpose arena in Hershey, Pennsylvania, in the Harrisburg metropolitan area. It is home to the Hershey Bears ice hockey team, the longest-existing member club in the American Hockey League, joining the league in 1938. GIANT Center replaced the Hersheypark Arena as the Bears' home in 2002.
In addition to Bears games, the arena also hosts an annual concert series and attracts many well-known acts. The GIANT Center opened its doors with a performance by Cher and has since hosted acts ranging from 50 Cent to the Trans-Siberian Orchestra, to Drew Carey's Comedy Tour, professional ice shows, family events, and special attractions like Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus, the Harlem Globetrotters, Disney On Ice, Stars On Ice, and the Blue Man Group. Several conventions make yearly stops here as well, notably the Pennsylvania RV & Camping Show, the auction of the Antique Automobile Club of America's Fall Meet. In 2003, the GIANT Center held WWE Unforgiven.
The GIANT Center is owned by the Derry Township Industrial and Commercial Development Authority, as much of the money for its construction was provided by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. It is operated by Hershey Entertainment and Resorts Company, with the naming rights owned by the GIANT Food grocery store chain based in Carlisle, Pennsylvania. In 2007 the Giant Center Food and Beverage Department finalized a deal with PepsiCo, with all food and drink stands in the building switched from Coca-Cola products to Pepsi products. The switch was made to equalize operations with the rest of the Hershey Entertainment Complex.
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The
GIANT Center
is a 12,500-seat multi-purpose
arena in
Hershey, Pennsylvania, in the
Harrisburg metropolitan area. It is home to the
Hershey Bears ice hockey team, the longest-existing member club in the
American Hockey League, joining the league in 1938. GIANT Center replaced the
Hersheypark Arena as the Bears' home in 2002.
In addition to Bears games, the arena also hosts an annual concert series and attracts many well-known acts. The GIANT Center opened its doors with a performance by
Cher and has since hosted acts ranging from
50 Cent to the
Trans-Siberian Orchestra, to
Drew Carey's Comedy Tour, professional ice shows, family events, and special attractions like Ringling Bros. and
Barnum & Bailey Circus, the
Harlem Globetrotters, Disney On Ice,
Stars On Ice, and the
Blue Man Group. Several conventions make yearly stops here as well, notably the Pennsylvania RV & Camping Show, the auction of the Antique Automobile Club of America's Fall Meet. In 2003, the GIANT Center held
WWE Unforgiven.
The GIANT Center is owned by the
Derry Township Industrial and Commercial Development Authority, as much of the money for its construction was provided by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. It is operated by
Hershey Entertainment and Resorts Company, with the naming rights owned by the
GIANT Food grocery store chain based in
Carlisle, Pennsylvania. In 2007 the Giant Center Food and Beverage Department finalized a deal with
PepsiCo, with all food and drink stands in the building switched from
Coca-Cola products to
Pepsi products. The switch was made to equalize operations with the rest of the
Hershey Entertainment Complex.