Editing Rocket Arena (section)

==Events==

===College sports===
In addition to its professional sports tenants, Rocket Arena has hosted several intercollegiate sporting events. It has been home to the [[Mid-American Conference]] (MAC) [[Mid-American Conference men's basketball tournament|men's basketball tournament]] since 2000 and the MAC [[Mid-American Conference women's basketball tournament|MAC women's basketball tournament]] since 2001.  "MAC Madness," as it is known, has become a strong draw for the arena.  The men's semi-final and championship games routinely draw 10,000–15,000 attendees. In addition, the Rocket Arena has served as a host for games of the [[NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship]], hosting early-round games in [[2011 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament|2011]] and regional semi-final and final games in [[2015 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament|2015]].<ref name="NCAA1">{{cite web|url=http://www.theqarena.com/events/ncaa_110318-20/|title=2011 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship|publisher=Quicken Loans Arena|date=March 19, 2010|access-date=July 7, 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100726012711/http://www.theqarena.com/events/ncaa_110318-20/|archive-date=July 26, 2010}}</ref> Rocket Arena has also hosted games for the [[NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Championship]], hosting regional semi-finals and finals for the [[2006 NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Tournament|2006 tournament]] and the Final Four and national championship games in the [[2007 NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Tournament|2007 tournament]] and the [[2024 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament|2024 tournament]]. 
[[File:Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse (51914327648).jpg|thumb|Exterior view in February 2022]]
In 2015, it was announced that arena management and [[Cleveland State University]] came to an agreement where select [[Cleveland State Vikings]] men's and women's basketball games would take place at Rocket Arena, while the arena would essentially take over operations of the [[Wolstein Center]], CSU's primary home arena, being in charge of promoting and booking events at the venue.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.theqarena.com/news/detail/cleveland-state-150826|title=Quicken Loans Arena and Cleveland State University Announce Partnership to Grow the Sports and Entertainment Landscape in Downtown Cleveland|publisher=Quicken Loans Arena|access-date=April 1, 2016}}</ref>

[[File:Quicken Loans Arena 3.jpg|thumb|300px|A view from inside the arena.]]

===WWE===
The arena has hosted numerous [[WWE]] professional wrestling cards, including pay–per–view events such as:

*[[SummerSlam (1996)]] – headlined by [[Shawn Michaels]] vs. [[Big Van Vader|Vader]] for the [[WWF Championship]]
*[[No Mercy (1999)]] –  headlined by [[Triple H]] vs. [[Stone Cold Steve Austin]] for the [[WWF Championship]]
*[[WWF Invasion|Invasion]] (2001) – headlined by Team Alliance vs. Team WWF
*[[Survivor Series (2004)]] – headlined by Team [[Randy Orton|Orton]] vs. Team [[Triple H]]
*[[Unforgiven (2008)]] – headlined by the [[World Heavyweight Championship (WWE, 2002–2013)|World Heavyweight]] [[Professional wrestling match types|Championship Scramble]] match
*[[TLC: Tables, Ladders and Chairs (2014)]] – headlined by Bray Wyatt vs. Dean Ambrose in a [[Tables, Ladders, and Chairs match|TLC]] match
*[[Fastlane (2016)]] – headlined by [[Brock Lesnar]] vs. [[Roman Reigns]] vs. [[Jon Moxley|Dean Ambrose]] in a Triple Threat match for the No. 1 contender for the [[WWE Championship|WWE World Heavyweight Championship]] at [[WrestleMania 32]]
*[[Fastlane (2019)]] – headlined by [[The Shield (professional wrestling)|The Shield]] vs. [[Baron Corbin]], [[Drew McIntyre]] and [[Bobby Lashley]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://sportswhy.com/wwe-fastlane-2019-location-and-date-announced/|title=WWE Fastlane 2019 location and date announced|website=SportsWhy|date=December 13, 2018|access-date=December 15, 2018}}</ref>

===Boxing===
On August 29, 2021, Cleveland native and internet personality turned professional boxer [[Jake Paul]] took on former [[Ultimate Fighting Championship|UFC]] [[UFC Welterweight Champion|Welterweight Champion]] [[Tyron Woodley]] in an 8-round [[Jake Paul vs. Tyron Woodley|professional boxing match]]. Paul won the eight round bout via split decision in front of a nearly sold-out Rocket Arena.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sho.com/sports/fights/4661/paul-vs-woodley|title=Paul vs. Woodley - Fight &#124; SHOWTIME}}</ref>

===Other events===
Rocket Arena was selected in July 2014 as the host site for the [[2016 Republican National Convention]]. The arena hosted the first Republican presidential debate of the 2016 election, aired by [[Fox News Channel]], on August 6, 2015. The convention was held July 18–21, 2016.<ref name="ABCNews20140708">{{cite news |title=Republicans Choose Cleveland As 2016 Convention Site|first1=Shushannah|last1=Walshe|first2=Rick|last2=Klein|url=https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/republicans-choose-cleveland-2016-convention-site/story?id=24467358|publisher=[[ABC News (United States)|ABC News]]|date=July 8, 2014|access-date=July 27, 2014|name-list-style=amp}}</ref> Records obtained by the [[Center for Public Integrity]] show that [[Comcast]], [[Microsoft]], the [[American Petroleum Institute]], [[Chevron Corporation|Chevron]], [[Political activities of the Koch brothers|Koch Companies Public Sector]], [[Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America|PhRMA]], and other trade and lobby groups, "funded a limited liability company called 'Friends of the House 2016 LLC' to pay for "the design and outfitting of an exclusive office, lounge and gathering space, called the 'cloakroom', for Republican lawmakers" on the Cleveland Cavaliers practice court Quicken Loans Arena. The Cleveland 2016 Host Committee, who "facilitated construction of the 'cloakroom" space', received $923,100 from the Friends of the House 2016 LLC."<ref name="CPI_2017_Hideaway">{{cite news |url=https://www.publicintegrity.org/2017/10/18/21213/republican-lawmakers-posh-hideaway-bankrolled-secret-corporate-cash|title=Republican lawmakers' posh hideaway bankrolled by secret corporate cash|quote="Bank records: Comcast, Microsoft, Koch helped fund GOP convention 'cloakroom'"|first=Carrie|last=Levine|date=October 18, 2017|access-date=December 29, 2017|publisher=[[Center for Public Integrity]]}}</ref>