Bon Secours Wellness Arena

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Since 1998, the Bon Secours Wellness Arena has consistently delivered top entertainment options in South Carolina. Endearingly known as "The Well," Bon Secours Wellness Arena is located in downtown Greenville, South Carolina, United States and hosts on average over 120 major events per year. In any given year, over 500,000 live entertainment enthusiasts attend family shows, concerts, and sporting events making the arena one of the most cherished and valued assets in the Upstate.HistoryThe Bon Secours Wellness Arena was built in 1998 at a cost of US $63 million, under its former name of BI-LO Center, to replace Greenville's outdated and under-repaired Greenville Memorial Auditorium, which was imploded on September 20, 1997 on a site located across the street from the new arena. The arena naming rights were purchased by Dutch grocer Ahold, then-owner of BI-LO, which had been founded in nearby Mauldin and was still based there at the time. When it was built, it passed Columbia's Carolina Coliseum as the largest arena in the state of South Carolina, a distinction it held until 2002, when the Colonial Center was built in Columbia.