Live Entertainment in Rapid City

Rapid City's Rushmore Plaza Civic Center is South Dakota's western most important concert venue — a Black Hills facility presenting major concerts, South Dakota Mines hockey, and special events. Rapid City's extraordinary tourism economy (it receives 3 million visitors annually for Mount Rushmore) and its passionate Black Hills community create a concert market of genuine South Dakota entertainment significance.

Rushmore Plaza Civic Center is western South Dakota's premier entertainment venue — a 10,800-capacity arena serving the Black Hills region with concerts, Rapid City Rush hockey, and family entertainment. Its position as the gateway city's primary entertainment venue makes it the most important gathering space for the Black Hills region's diverse population of residents, military personnel from Ellsworth Air Force Base, and Black Hills tourism visitors.

Rushmore Plaza Civic Center is home to the Rapid City Rush ECHL hockey team — a Black Hills arena where professional hockey thrives in the outdoor recreation capital of South Dakota. The Rush's passionate fan base and Rapid City's extraordinary outdoor sports culture create game-day experiences of genuine western South Dakota sporting significance.

South Dakota School of Mines & Technology presents outstanding concerts and cultural events for the Black Hills' most important technical university — serving the engineering and mining community that built the remarkable Black Hills economy.

The Monument is Rapid City's major entertainment complex — a 12,000-seat arena serving as the primary venue for concerts, Rush hockey, and large-scale events for western South Dakota. Rapid City serves as the gateway to Mount Rushmore, Badlands National Park, and the Deadwood casino resort market, drawing enormous summer tourism traffic that creates a surprisingly active entertainment market for a city of 80,000 that functions as the retail and entertainment hub for the entire western half of South Dakota.

The Monument (Summit Arena) in Rapid City presents major touring concerts, the largest indoor entertainment venue in western South Dakota.