Dort Financial Center

Dort Financial Center
	Dort Financial Center Location within Michigan Dort Financial Center Location within the United States
Former names	IMA Sports Arena (1969–2003); Perani Arena (2003–15)
Address	3501 Lapeer Rd; Flint, MI 48503-4500
Owner	IMS Hockey Corp.
Operator	IMS Hockey Management, LLC
Capacity	4,421 Concerts General admission: 6,469; In the round: 4,800; End stage: 4,567; Sports Boxing: 5,109; Basketball: 4,421; Hockey: 4,365; Other Circus: 4,821; Ice show: 3,535; Banquet/reception: 2,000;
Construction
Broke ground	1967
Opened	October 1969
Construction cost	$10 million; ($91.4 million in 2023 dollars)
Tenants
	Flint Generals (IHL) (1969–85); Flint Spirits (IHL) (1985–90); Flint Bulldogs (CoHL) (1991–93); Flint Generals (CoHL/UHL/IHL) (1993–2010); Flint Flames (IFL) (2000); Flint Fuze (CBA) (2001–02); Flint Phantoms (CIFL) (2008); Michigan Warriors (NAHL) (2010–15); Flint Firebirds (OHL) (2015–present); Waza Flo (MASL) (2015–16); Flint Monarchs (GWBA) (2016–present); Flint United (TBL) (2021–present)

The Dort Financial Center^[2] (originally IMA Sports Arena^[3] and formerly Perani Arena and Event Center^[4]) is a sports, entertainment and convention venue located in Flint, Michigan, United States. It opened in 1969 and is the home of the Flint Firebirds who play in the Ontario Hockey League.

^ 1634–1699: McCusker, J. J. (1997). How Much Is That in Real Money? A Historical Price Index for Use as a Deflator of Money Values in the Economy of the United States: Addenda et Corrigenda (PDF). American Antiquarian Society. 1700–1799: McCusker, J. J. (1992). How Much Is That in Real Money? A Historical Price Index for Use as a Deflator of Money Values in the Economy of the United States (PDF). American Antiquarian Society. 1800–present: Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis. "Consumer Price Index (estimate) 1800–". Retrieved February 29, 2024.
^ Pope, Brandon (July 16, 2015). "IMS Hockey unveils Dort Federal Credit Union Event Center". Flint Township View. Archived from the original on November 29, 2019. Retrieved November 29, 2019.
^ Dresden, Eric (January 20, 2019). "A timeline of Perani Arena's history in Flint and teams that have called it home". MLive Media Group. Advance Publications, Inc. Archived from the original on November 29, 2019. Retrieved November 29, 2019.
^ "Perani Arena gets new name". WJRT-TV. Gray Television. July 9, 2015. Archived from the original on November 29, 2019. Retrieved November 29, 2019.

[inflation-US-1] 1634–1699: McCusker, J. J. (1997). How Much Is That in Real Money? A Historical Price Index for Use as a Deflator of Money Values in the Economy of the United States: Addenda et Corrigenda (PDF). American Antiquarian Society. 1700–1799: McCusker, J. J. (1992). How Much Is That in Real Money? A Historical Price Index for Use as a Deflator of Money Values in the Economy of the United States (PDF). American Antiquarian Society. 1800–present: Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis. "Consumer Price Index (estimate) 1800–". Retrieved February 29, 2024.

[2] Pope, Brandon (July 16, 2015). "IMS Hockey unveils Dort Federal Credit Union Event Center". Flint Township View. Archived from the original on November 29, 2019. Retrieved November 29, 2019.

[3] Dresden, Eric (January 20, 2019). "A timeline of Perani Arena's history in Flint and teams that have called it home". MLive Media Group. Advance Publications, Inc. Archived from the original on November 29, 2019. Retrieved November 29, 2019.

[4] "Perani Arena gets new name". WJRT-TV. Gray Television. July 9, 2015. Archived from the original on November 29, 2019. Retrieved November 29, 2019.

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Dort Financial Center Location within Michigan Show map of Michigan Dort Financial Center Location within the United States Show map of the United States
Former names	IMA Sports Arena (1969–2003) Perani Arena (2003–15)
Address	3501 Lapeer Rd Flint, MI 48503-4500
Owner	IMS Hockey Corp.
Operator	IMS Hockey Management, LLC
Capacity	4,421 Concerts General admission: 6,469 In the round: 4,800 End stage: 4,567 Sports Boxing: 5,109 Basketball: 4,421 Hockey: 4,365 Other Circus: 4,821 Ice show: 3,535 Banquet/reception: 2,000
Broke ground	1967
Opened	October 1969
Construction cost	$10 million ($91.4 million in 2023 dollars^[1])
Tenants
Flint Generals (IHL) (1969–85) Flint Spirits (IHL) (1985–90) Flint Bulldogs (CoHL) (1991–93) Flint Generals (CoHL/UHL/IHL) (1993–2010) Flint Flames (IFL) (2000) Flint Fuze (CBA) (2001–02) Flint Phantoms (CIFL) (2008) Michigan Warriors (NAHL) (2010–15) Flint Firebirds (OHL) (2015–present) Waza Flo (MASL) (2015–16) Flint Monarchs (GWBA) (2016–present) Flint United (TBL) (2021–present)