<P> The arena opened in October 1994 as part of the Gateway Sports and Entertainment Complex with adjacent Progressive Field , which opened in April of that year . It is named for the retail mortgage lender Quicken Loans , whose chairman and founder is Dan Gilbert , the majority owner of the Cavaliers , Monsters , and Gladiators . From its opening until August 2005 , it was known as Gund Arena , named for former Cavaliers owner Gordon Gund , after he paid for the naming rights . The Q replaced the Richfield Coliseum as the primary entertainment facility for the region and the home of the Cavaliers , and supplanted the Wolstein Center at Cleveland State University , which opened in 1990 , as the primary concert and athletic venue in downtown Cleveland . </P>
<P> The arena opened in October 1994 as part of the Gateway Sports and Entertainment Complex with adjacent Progressive Field , which opened in April of that year . It is named for the retail mortgage lender Quicken Loans , whose chairman and founder is Dan Gilbert , the majority owner of the Cavaliers , Monsters , and Gladiators . From its opening until August 2005 , it was known as Gund Arena , named for former Cavaliers owner Gordon Gund , after he paid for the naming rights . The Q replaced the Richfield Coliseum as the primary entertainment facility for the region and the home of the Cavaliers , and supplanted the Wolstein Center at Cleveland State University , which opened in 1990 , as the primary concert and athletic venue in downtown Cleveland . </P>
where did the cavs play before the gund arena
where did the cavs play before the gund arena
the Richfield Coliseum
the Richfield Coliseum