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Pepsi ArenaThe Pepsi Arena is an indoor arena located in Albany, New York. The arena was opened in 1990 as the Knickerbocker Arena. The naming rights of the building were sold to Pepsi in 1997. Current tenants include Siena College's men's basketball team, the Albany River Rats of the American Hockey League, and the Albany Conquest of af2. Previous tenants have included the Albany Firebirds of the Arena Football League, the Albany Patroons of the Continental Basketball Association, the Albany Attack of the National Lacrosse League, and the New York Kick of the National Professional Soccer League. Pepsi Arena is often home to the annual Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference basketball tournament, and hosts the ECAC Hockey League championships every March. In 2003, the Pepsi Arena hosted the NCAA basketball East Regional, which was won by Syracuse University on their way to their first national championship. In 2006, the Pepsi Arena hosts the NCAA ice hockey East Regional tournament, hosted by the nearby Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute on March 25 and 26. The arena has hosted ice hockey regionals several times in the past, most recently in 2004. Pepsi Arena also hosted the Frozen Four on two occasions, in 1992 (as Knickerbocker Arena) when Lake Superior State University defeated Wisconsin for the national championship, and again in 2001 when Boston College defeated North Dakota. Pepsi Arena has a maximum seating capacity of 17,500 for sporting events. This facility is not to be confused with the Pepsi Center in Denver, Colorado. External link
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