mural of the earth on the roof of the arena. Meeting rooms There are two ballrooms: the 20,456 square foot (1900 m2) Grand Ballroom (seating up to 2,100) and the 13,200 square foot (1300 m2) Promenade Ballroom (seating up to 1,400) plus 34 meeting rooms totaling 82,823 square feet (7695 m2). The convention center and theatre part served as host of the fencing competitions during the 1984 Summer Olympics. The convention center will again serve as an Olympic venue if sports climbing is an Olympic event at the 2028 Summer Olympics. Recordings The Long Beach Arena has been used to record part or all of several live concert albums and videos, including: Gerry in California, live EP by Gerry and the Pacemakers, 1965 Billy J. Plays the States, live EP by Billy J. Kramer and the Dakotas, 1965 Turn Around, Live Long Beach, Deep Purple, July 1971 Closer To Queen Mary, album, The Who, December 10, 1971 How the West Was Won album, Led Zeppelin, June 27, 1972 Leon Live album, Leon Russell, August 28, 1972 The Night the Light Went On in Long Beach album, Electric Light Orchestra, May, 1974 Crossroads 2: Live in the Seventies album, Eric Clapton, July 19, 1974 & July 20, 1974 King Biscuit Flower Hour Presents: Deep Purple in Concert album, Deep Purple, February 1976 Boston - Live in Long Beach '77 album, Boston, December 1977 Richard Pryor: Live in Concert, December 10, 1978 St. Valentine's Day Rock & Roll Massacre: Hustler DVD re-issue, West Coast Sound, February 14, 1980 Street Songs Deluxe Edition, Live CD by Rick James July 30, 1981 Live After Death, Iron Maiden, March 15, 1985 Singer Bruce Dickinson orders the crowd several times throughout the show, "Scream for me, Long Beach!" Live...In the Raw album by W.A.S.P., March 10, 1987 Psychedelic Sexfunk Live from Heaven video, Red Hot Chili Peppers, 1990 Medusa: Dare to be Truthful TV special by Julie Brown mid-September 1991 (was also filmed at the Center Theater and Exhibition Hall) Rock Steady Live DVD by No Doubt 2002 I Heard a Voice – Live from Long Beach Arena DVD by AFI December 12, 2006 Louder Now:Partone and Louder Now:Parttwo, Taking Back Sunday live CD/DVD, 2006-2007 Berth, The Used live CD/DVD combination, February 6, 2007 Live in the LBC & Diamonds in the Rough, Avenged Sevenfold April 10, 2008 Live in the LBC & Diamonds in the