Hertz Arena
Lilliana Rivera currently serves as a Marketing Coordinator at Hertz Arena and the Florida Everblades Professional Hockey Club, having held various marketing and public relations roles since January 2023. Previously, Lilliana worked as a Server at Topgolf, where skills in customer service and dining experience were developed from August 2022 to March 2023. Prior experience includes a position as a Guest Advocate at Target from September 2020 to September 2021, focusing on customer relationships and satisfaction. Lilliana is pursuing a Bachelor of Arts degree with a concentration in Public Relations and Communication at Florida Gulf Coast University, expected to graduate in May 2024.
Hertz Arena
In addition to hosting Florida Everblades hockey, Southwest Florida’s premier entertainment venue offers a wide variety of choice entertainment. Since the arena opened in 1998, it has hosted NHL, NBA, USBL, and Arena football games. Starting in 2012, the arena will also be the home of the Ultimate Indoor Football League’s Florida Tarpons. Hertz Arena has also hosted more than 300 different entertainment events such as Stars on Ice, Disney On Ice, WWE wrestling, Jeff Dunham, Boston Pops and Lord of the Dance along with headline concerts including Cher, Elton John, Alan Jackson, Guns ‘N Roses, Def Leppard, Sting, Keith Urban, Eric Church, Zac Brown Band, and Toby Keith. The arena also includes Breakaway Sports Pub, a restaurant overlooking the arena bowl, catering, meeting space, luxury suites, a pro shop and two adjacent recreational ice rinks. Hertz Arena is a centrally located facility with a seating capacity of approximately 7,000 for most events. The facility is just minutes from Naples and Ft. Myers off of I-75 at Exit 123 in the growing Southwest Florida community of Estero.