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Intrust Bank Arena ( known as Sedgwick County Arena during early planning stages ) is a 15 , 004 - seat multi - purpose arena , located in downtown Wichita , Kansas , United States . The arena features 22 suites , 2 party suites , and over 300 premium seats . It is home to the Wichita Thunder of the ECHL and the Wichita Force of the CIF . It is the second largest indoor arena in the state of Kansas , behind Allen Fieldhouse , which seats 16 , 300 . Nearby arenas in neighboring states seat 17 , 839 ( Tulsa ) , 18 , 203 ( Oklahoma City ) , and 18 , 972 ( Kansas City , MO ) . An arena is an enclosed area , often circular or oval - shaped , designed to showcase theater , musical performances , or sporting events . The word derives from Latin " harena ", a particularly fine / smooth sand used to absorb blood in ancient arenas such as the Colosseum in Rome . It is composed of a large open space surrounded on most or all sides by tiered seating for spectators . The key feature of an arena is that the event space is the lowest point , allowing for maximum visibility . Arenas are usually designed to accommodate a large number of spectators . New Jersey is a state in the Northeastern United States and mid - Atlantic regions of the United States . It is bordered on the north and east by ___MASK15___ , on the southeast and south by the Atlantic Ocean , on the west by Pennsylvania , and on the southwest by Delaware . New Jersey is the fourth - smallest state but the 11th - most ___MASK13___ and the most densely populated of the 50 United States . New Jersey lies entirely within the combined statistical areas of ___MASK15___ City and Philadelphia and is the third - wealthiest U . S . state by per capita income as of 2014 . The ECHL ( formerly the East Coast Hockey League ) is a mid - level professional ice hockey league based in Princeton , New Jersey with teams scattered across the United States and one franchise in Canada . It is a tier below the American Hockey League . A combined statistical area ( CSA ) is composed of adjacent metropolitan ( MSA ) and micropolitan statistical areas ( µSA ) in the United States and Puerto Rico that can demonstrate economic or social linkage . The United States Office of Management and Budget defines a CSA as consisting of ___MASK92___ combinations of adjacent metropolitan and micropolitan areas with economic ties measured by commuting patterns . These areas that combine retain their own designations as metropolitan or micropolitan statistical areas within the larger combined statistical area . Wichita is the largest city in the state of Kansas and the 48th - largest city in the United States . Located in south - central Kansas on the Arkansas River , Wichita is the county seat of Sedgwick County and the principal city of the Wichita metropolitan area . As of the 2010 United States Census , the city population was 382 , 368 ; as of 2014 , it was estimated to have increased to 389 , 965 . In 2015 , the estimated population of the Wichita metropolitan area was 644 , 610 , and that of the larger Wichita - Winfield combined statistical area was 680 , 398 . The Wichita Thunder are a minor league hockey team based in Wichita , Kansas , United States . The team played in the Central Hockey League from 1992 until 2014 , and then in the ECHL since the 2014  15 season . From 1992 until December 2009 the Thunder played in the Britt Brown Arena located in the northern Wichita suburb of Park City . In January 2010 ( the second half of the 2009  10 season ), the team began playing its home games at the newly built Intrust Bank Arena . Franchise history . Central Hockey League . The Thunder were one of the first six original teams of the second iteration of the Central Hockey League , along with the Oklahoma City Blazers , Tulsa Oilers , Memphis RiverKings , Dallas Freeze and the Fort Worth Fire . The Tulsa Oilers are a professional ice hockey team based in Tulsa , Oklahoma which plays in the ECHL . The Oilers played their home games at the Tulsa Convention Center until ___MASK32___ when they moved into the new BOK Center . For many years , the Tulsa Oilers name was shared with Tulsa ' s former minor - league baseball team that pre - dated the Tulsa Drillers . To reduce confusion in local news reporting , the hockey team was often called the " Ice Oilers ", a moniker that continues to this day among many Tulsans . A county seat is an administrative center , seat of government , or capital city of a county or civil parish . The term is used in the United States , Canada , Romania , China and Taiwan . In the ___MASK41___ and Ireland , county towns have a similar function . Rome is a city and special " comune " ( named " Roma Capitale ") in Italy . Rome is the capital of Italy and of the Lazio region . With 2 , 870 , 336 residents in , it is also the country ' s largest and most populated " comune " and fourth - most ___MASK13___ city in the European Union by population within city limits . The Metropolitan City of Rome has a population of 4 . 3 million residents . The city is located in the central - western portion of the Italian Peninsula , within Lazio ( Latium ), along the shores of Tiber river . The Vatican City is an independent country geographically located within the city boundaries of Rome , the only existing example of a country within a city : for this reason Rome has been often defined as capital of two states .