RP Funding Center
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| Former names | Lakeland Civic Center (November 1974–June 1994) The Lakeland Center (June 1994–May 2017) |
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| Location | 701 West Lime Street, Lakeland, Florida 33815 |
| Coordinates | 28°02′28″N 81°57′49″W / 28.041053°N 81.963619°WCoordinates: 28°02′28″N 81°57′49″W / 28.041053°N 81.963619°W |
| Owner | City of Lakeland |
| Operator | City of Lakeland |
| Capacity | Jenkins Arena: 8,178 Youkey Theatre: 2,296, 100,000 square feet of meeting and exhibition space |
| Opened | November 1974 |
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Tampa Bay Rowdies (NASL) (1983–1984) Lakeland Loggerheads (WHA2) (2003–2004) Lakeland Thunderbolts (NIFL/AIFA) (2005–2007) Florida Marine Raiders (UIFL/XLIF) (2012–2015) Central Florida Jaguars (AIF) (2016) Florida Tropics SC (MASL) (2016–present) Lakeland Magic (NBA G League) (2017–present) Florida Tarpons (AAL) (2018–present) |
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The RP Funding Center (originally Lakeland Civic Center, and later The Lakeland Center) is a convention and entertainment complex in Lakeland, Florida, comprising a convention center, arena and theater. Currently, it is home to the Florida Tropics SC of the Major Arena Soccer League and the Lakeland Magic, the Orlando Magic's affiliate in the NBA G League.
It was home to the Lakeland Loggerheads of the World Hockey Association 2 during the 2003–04 season, the Lakeland Thunderbolts of the National Indoor Football League and later the American Indoor Football Association from 2005 until 2007, the Lakeland Raiders of the Ultimate Indoor Football League (later to be known as the Florida Marine Raiders of X-League Indoor Football) from 2012 until 2015, and the Central Florida Jaguars of the American Indoor Football in 2016. In 2018, the Florida Tarpons of the American Arena League relocated to Lakeland to use the arena for its home games.
The Tampa Bay Rowdies of the defunct North American Soccer League used the arena for indoor soccer on several occasions including three of their sixteen home games during the 1983-84 indoor season. This would also prove to be the league's final indoor campaign before suspending operations following the 1984 outdoor season.
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