Center, with a crowd of nearly 12,000. Each spectator was given a commemorative key acknowledging they helped "open the arena". The inaugural concert, on September 2, 1996, featured Oasis, with The Manic Street Preachers and The Screaming Trees, before an estimated crowd of 12,000. The Wells Fargo Center has since held other concerts by many famous artists. On December 6, 2002, hard rock band Guns N' Roses was scheduled to perform there on its Chinese Democracy Tour. The opening bands CKY and Mix Master Mike performed, but the main act, Guns N' Roses, never appeared, fueling a riot in the arena and causing about $30,000 to $40,000 in damage. No reason was ever given for the non-appearance by Guns N' Roses, other than the public announcement that one of the band members was ill. In 2006, Billy Joel set a record when he sold-out his 18th Wachovia Center concert. In addition, hanging from the rafters of the Wells Fargo Center are three banners in the orange and black colors of the Flyers honoring Pearl Jam's 10, Billy Joel's 48 Philadelphia sellouts and Bruce Springsteen's 56 Philadelphia sellouts respectively. Tenants Full time Philadelphia Flyers of the National Hockey League Philadelphia 76ers of the National Basketball Association Philadelphia Wings of the National Lacrosse League Part time Villanova University Wildcats of the NCAA; High-attendance home games for which the on-campus arena, Finneran Pavilion, is inadequate to accommodate are played at the Wells Fargo Center. The men's team played the majority of its home games of the 2017–18 season here while Finneran Pavilion underwent renovations. Former full time Philadelphia Soul of the Arena Football League Philadelphia Wings (second incarnation) of the National Lacrosse League Former part time Philadelphia Phantoms of the American Hockey League (AHL); the Flyers' AHL development club played some regular season and Calder Cup playoff games at the Wells Fargo Center each season between 1996 and 2009 when the Spectrum was unavailable because of other events. Capacity Notable events Sports 1996 World Cup of Hockey (three games) WWF In Your House: Mind Games, 1996 1997 Stanley Cup Finals 1998 United States Figure Skating Championships 1998 NLL Championship 1999 AHL All-Star Classic WrestleMania XV, 1999 2000 NCAA Women's Basketball Final Four WWF Unforgiven, 2000 2001 NCAA men's basketball tournament East Regional 2001 NBA Finals The Los Angeles Lakers won the NBA Championship at the Wells Fargo Center, winning Game 5 and the