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The Verizon Wireless Arena is a multi-purpose venue that is located in Manchester, New Hampshire. It offers a seating capacity for 10,000 spectators for hockey fans and over 11,000 seats for basketball enthusiasts. For those people who are interested in shows and concerts, the venue offers a maximum capacity of more than 10,000 seats for them. It is the official home to the Manchester Monarchs of the American Hockey League and the Manchester Wolves of af2. The venue also plays hosts to many college teams. The men's hockey teams of the University of New Hampshire and Dartmouth College have also played some of their home championships at this venue, usually against each other and regional rivals.

The venue also played host to the AHL All-Star Game that was held in the year 2005 as well as the World Wrestling Entertainment Backlash in the same year. The NCAA Frozen Four Regional tournament was also held at this venue in the year 2006. The Boston Celtics of the NBA and the Boston Bruins of the NHL play their pre season games at the venue at regular intervals. The venue is really very famous due to the appearance of Sen. Barack Obama and Oprah Winfrey at a campaign rally in the year 2007. The rally witnessed over 8,000 people and proved to be amongst one of the biggest events in New Hampshire political history. Verizon Wireless governs the naming rights for this venue and that is why the name is commercialized. The facility was earlier called as the Civic Arena and the name still appears at many places like direction boards, online directories and newsletters.