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[[image:The MARK of the Quad Cities.jpg|thumb|300px|right|The i wireless Center]]
'''The MARK of the Quad Cities''' is a 9,200-seat multi-purpose [[arena]] in [[Moline, Illinois]]. It is currently home to the [[Quad City Flames]] [[ice hockey]] [[team]] and the [[Quad City Steamwheelers]] [[af2]] [[arena football]] team. The facility opened in May [[1993]] and has garnered numerous industry awards since that time. Both legendary and popular musical acts have performed at The Mark, including [[Elton John]], [[Cher]], Prince, [[Keith Urban]], [[NSYNC]], [[Shania Twain]], [[Trans-Siberian Orchestra]], [[Frank Sinatra]], [[The Beach Boys]], [[Hoobastank]], [[Metallica]], [[Green Day]], [[Blue Man Group]], [[Josh Groban]], [[Chevelle]], [[Rod Stewart]], [[The Black Eyed Peas]], [[Nickelback]], [[Eminem]] , [[Britney Spears]], [[Martina McBride]], [[Aerosmith]], [[Michael Buble]], [[Hinder]], [[Avril Lavigne]], [[Tina Turner]], [[Fleetwood Mac]], [[Neil Diamond]], [[Chicago (band)|Chicago]], [[Earth, Wind, & Fire]], [[Mannheim Steamroller]], [[Nine Inch Nails]], [[David Bowie]], [[Fall Out Boy]], [[Paul Wall]], [[KORN]], [[Slipknot (band)|Slipknot]], [[Rascal Flatts]], and [[Kenny Chesney]]. The arena has hosted NCAA Division 1 college basketball games (including the [[The Summit League|Mid-Continent Conference]] men's basketball tournament from 1996-99) in addition to several [[NHL]] and [[NBA]] exhibition contests. The now-defunct Quad City Thunder basketball team played all their home games at The Mark from 1993 until the [[Continental Basketball Association]] folded six years later.
The arena seats up to 11,600 for end-stage [[concerts]] and 12,000 for center-stage concerts. It takes only six hours to convert the Mark into a theater (called ''The Theater at the Mark''); [[seating capacity]] is 3,000 for theater shows, including Broadway shows, concerts and family shows, 6,000 for amphitheater concerts. It also makes for a cozy wrestling venue and did host the 1997 WCW [[Great American Bash]] pay-per-view.
The arena contains 31,000 square feet of arena floor space, allowing the arena to be used for trade shows and conventions; adjacent is 20,000 square feet of meeting room space and an 11,000 square-foot lobby.
In August 2005, [[i wireless]] (a [[T-Mobile]] affiliate) announced a 10-year agreement with The Mark and the Illinois Quad City Civic Center Authority to secure naming rights of the arena, but a name change to the i wireless Center didn't take place until July 19, 2007.
==External links==
*[http://www.iwirelesscenter.com/ The i wireless Center]
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