NEW ORLEANS • SMOOTHIE KING CENTER

Make the arena event the center of the night.

Smoothie King Center sits beside the Superdome in the shared downtown sports campus. Use the arena guide for event posture and experience; keep exact arrival execution separate.

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Smoothie King Center exterior with Pelicans branding and the arena name visible above the facade.
Smoothie King Center in February 2026. Photo: Ajay Suresh / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 4.0. Resized/cropped for display. Visible storefront/hours information is historical and not current visitor guidance.

ORIENT

Same campus. Different event rhythm.

The current venue address is 1501 Dave Dixon Drive. The arena shares parking infrastructure with the Superdome complex, but entrances, doors, security and parking availability can vary by event.

DECIDE

Smoothie King Event Board

Arrive

Choose your downtown/campus posture, then verify the exact event’s parking, rideshare or transit conditions.

Choose arena parking or transit →

Enter

Door opening and entry locations are event-controlled. Check the event page rather than assuming one permanent gate routine.

Experience

Once inside, shift attention from logistics to the basketball or arena event you traveled for.

EXPERIENCE

Arena energy changes faster than the building does.

Basketball game underway on the New Orleans arena court with spectators filling the surrounding seats.
New Orleans Hornets–Utah Jazz game in 2010 at the arena now called Smoothie King Center. Photo: Andrea Ciambra / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0. Historical Hornets-era scene. Commons’ current file is a Cropbot crop of the earlier original; this page also resizes/crops for display. No current roster, branding or operations inference.

VERIFY

Event-specific rules control the visit.

Current venue guidance says bag policy, door times, entrances and some parking/rideshare details can vary by event. The complex parking garages are shared, and not every facility is available for every event.

Check current Smoothie King Center visit details ↗

Next move

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