Opened in 1967, the Monroe Civic Center Arena has hosted over the years some of the most important artists in music and theater history, including Elvis Presley, Bob Dylan, Prince, Ike and Tina Turner, B.B. King, Jerry Lee Lewis, Jackson 5, Johnny Cash, The Temptations, Four Tops, Loretta Lynn, Conway Twitty, Ray Charles, Mable John, Alan Jackson, Garth Brooks, George Strait, Eric Clapton, Muddy Waters, Dolly Parton, Tim McGraw, Faith Hill, Willie Nelson, George Jones, Merle Haggard, ZZ Top, Reba McEntire, James Brown, Brooks and Dunn, Rush, James Taylor, Chicago, Jimmy Buffett, Sonny and Cher, The Turtles, Run DMC, Journey, Al Green, Parliament Funkadelic, Steppenwolf, Barkays, Gap Band, Motley Crue, Waylon Jennings, Lynyrd Skynyrd, The Commodores, and hundreds more.