Amway Arena

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Amway Arena, also known as Orlando Arena and later TD Waterhouse Centre, was an indoor arena in Downtown Orlando. It was part of the Orlando Centroplex and was the longtime home of the NBA’s Orlando Magic.

Where and when
- Location: 600 West Amelia Street, Orlando, Florida
- Groundbreaking: January 5, 1987
- Opened: January 29, 1989
- Closed: September 30, 2010
- Demolished: March 25, 2012 (interior demolished earlier in December 2011)
- Cost: $110 million (publicly financed)

Names and design
- Original name: Orlando Arena (1989–1999)
- Then: TD Waterhouse Centre (1999–2006)
- Then: Amway Arena (2006–2010)
- Nickname: “The O-Rena”
- Capacity: About 17,500 for basketball; similar ranges for other events
- Part of the Orlando Centroplex in downtown Orlando

What happened there
- Home teams:
- Orlando Magic (NBA) from 1989 to 2010
- Orlando Predators (Arena Football) from 1991 to 2010
- Other tenants over the years included minor league hockey, indoor soccer, and women’s basketball teams
- Major events:
- 1992 NBA All-Star Game
- Early rounds of the NCAA Tournament (1993, 1996, 1999, 2004)
- Games 1–2 of the 1995 NBA Finals and Games 3–5 of the 2009 NBA Finals
- Three ArenaBowl games (major indoor football championships)
- WrestleMania Hall of Fame induction (2008) and other wrestling events
- Concerts and other shows (R.E.M., Ozzy Osbourne, etc.)
- Notable moments:
- Attendance for Magic games was strong, with a long season-ticket waiting list in the 1990s
- The arena was often criticized as outdated for luxury seating and sightlines

Why it closed and what came next
- After years of talks about renovating or replacing the arena, Orlando built a new home for the Magic, the Amway Center, which opened in 2010.
- The city and county approved a large improvement package in 2007, helping fund the new center.
- Amway Arena’s last NBA game was in May 2010 (Eastern Conference Finals). The interior was demolished in 2011–2012.
- The site is planned to be redeveloped into a Creative Village with offices, housing, hotels, and entertainment spaces.

Legacy
Amway Arena hosted many big basketball moments and other sports and entertainment events, helping to shape downtown Orlando’s sports scene before the city moved on to the Amway Center.