Notable Events
The first event at the facility was a public trade show held in the exhibition hall and featured such famous Rochester-based companies as Eastman Kodak, Haloid (now Xerox), Bausch & Lomb, General Railway Signal and Rochester Products.
It hosted the 1956 NBA All-Star Game, the two-month finals of the American Bowling Congress tournament in both 1956 and 1966 and the fourteenth WWE In Your House pay-per-view event in 1997.
On July 28, 2007, the CIFL Championship Game was held in the arena. It was the first arena football game played in the venue since the Rochester Brigade folded in 2003.
Local high school basketball games are played here, most notably the New York State Public High School Section V (five) Championships at the end of each season. Additionally, the arena is the home of high school cheerleading championships each year. The arena also hosts college basketball, and Section V hockey.
In addition to sporting events, the arena hosts a wide variety of entertainment events, including live concerts, ice shows and the circus.
The arena played host to The Led Zeppelin on November 9, 1971, and The Rolling Thunder Revue Tour on November 11, 1975, headed by Bob Dylan.
The Grateful Dead's performance, on November 5, 1977, was recorded and later released as a live album, entitled Dick's Picks Volume 34.
Footage from Phish's documentary Bittersweet Motel, was filmed here on December 11, 1997.
The December 29, 2010 episode of WWE NXT took place in the Blue Cross Arena.
In 2011, as part of her Speak Now World Tour, Taylor Swift performed at Blue Cross Arena for the first time in her career.
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