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The arena opened in 1983 and has a seating capacity of 8,700 for basketball, 6,251 for hockey.[1] It is home to the Alaska Aces ECHL ice hockey team, the University of Alaska Anchorage Seawolves hockey team (WCHA), the Great Alaska Shootout basketball tournament, and the Alaska Fighting Championship mixed martial arts events.

In 2007 it became home to the Alaska Wild of the Indoor Football League.

If areas designated for wheel chairs are included, the arena can seat 6,290, plus standing room, during hockey games.

It is owned by the Municipality of Anchorage and operated by SMG, a nationwide property management company.For hockey, the Sullivan Arena offers 6,251 seats with a standing room capacity of 6,451.

The arena is known for its international-specification (Olympic-sized) ice rink (61 m à— 30 m / 200 ft à— 98.5 ft) instead of the more traditional NHL specifications (200 ft à— 85 ft / 61 m à— 25.9 m).Sullivan Arena's original scoreboard was an American Sign and Indicator scoreboard with a monochrome matrix board on each side, and was replaced by a Daktronics scoreboard, also with a monochrome matriz board.

The George M.Sullivan Arena (commonly shortened to the "Sullivan Arena" and often referred to colloquially as "the Sully") is an arena in Anchorage, Alaska.