Cerberus Arena

The Cerberus Arena is an event area located just north of the Los Santos International Airport. The arena is owned by Nancy Drew's company Orpheus Entertainment.

History
Cerberus Arena, formerly Maze Bank Arena, had its naming rights bought by Dean Watson, Lang Buddha and Leslie Lingberg for four million dollars at the end of July 2021, with exclusive rights to the space granted to the National Paintball Association.

Opening Day and NPA Paintball Tournaments


National Paintball Association founders Lang Buddha, Leslie Lingberg, and Dean Watson tasked their NPA CEO Nancy Drew with organizing a paintball tournament to open the Cerberus Arena on August 7, 2021. To Lang's admiration, Nancy made the opening tournament at the arena a huge success. Nancy ran three more NPA tournaments, and then stopped having them due to the rampant player toxicity. After the nightmarish fourth NPA tournament on October 16, 2021, Nancy made paintball available for pickup-games only.

Rebrand of the NPA to Orpheus Entertainment
On November 15th, 2021, Lang gave Cerberus Arena and the NPA to Nancy Drew as a reward for her months of hard work. On December 1st, 2021, both Lang Buddha and Leslie Lingberg met with Nancy Drew about rebranding the NPA and the arena services to Orpheus Entertainment. Orpheus took over the exclusive rights to Cerberus Arena. Starting on December 9th, 2021, go karts became available inside of the Arena. The go karts came with two racetracks: Concrete Jungle and Concrete Maze.



Shortly after the ownership transfer, Dean Watson asked Nancy to take over the weekly payments for the arena's remaining construction debt of roughly two million dollars (Cerberus had claimed they were "definitely not broke"). Every Sunday, Nancy paid $100,000 out of the Orpheus account to Denzel Williams' San Andreas Construction company for four weeks (ending with payment 26 out of 40 total payments). Starting with the 27th payment on February 20, 2022, Dean had Cerberus accountant Alex Datum take over the remaining 14 payments from Orpheus as a result of Cerberus' reverse triangular merger of all of their businesses. Nancy instead began paying dividends to Cerberus from the Orpheus account. Cerberus finally finished paying off the Cerberus Arena on May 15, 2022.

Down Bad Records Artist Showcase
On February 26, 2022, the Down Bad Records record label hosted a "DBR Artist Showcase" inside of the Cerberus Arena, kicking off a "season 2" relaunch centered around self-produced artists, indie styles, and those who otherwise didn't fit into the Los Santos music scene. Kirk Jerkems won the $70,000 prize in the go kart competition where the racers had to drive drunk on absinthe.

Airsoft Tournament


After Alex Ron and Michael Simone rented out Cerberus Arena to test Airsoft rifles (special 'hit-scan' BB guns with no drop) on February 19, 2022, Nancy Drew organized a private tournament on March 12th, 2022 at Michael Simone's request. Michael fronted $100,000 in prize money, and Benji Ramos unexpectedly volunteered as the shout caster. Nancy invited Chang Gang, the Angels, and The Guild to play. The tournament lasted roughly two hours, and Chang Gang won first place and the $100k prize. Due to city-wide scuff issues caused by the Airsoft rifles, they never became available in the Arena.

Cerberus Industries Product Reveal Event


Per Lang Buddha's suggestion to compete against the popularity of Demon's Den Arcade, Nancy Drew ran a successful stunt show on June 3, 2022 inside of the Cerberus Arena that unveiled Cerberus Industries' new ramp product to the public, and made half a million dollars in ticket sales. While Wu-Chang Records recording artist King Ryan performed, daredevil stunt drivers Collin McKinley, Leland Jones, and Bryce Miller jumped over buses through fireworks with Sanchez dirtbikes, Liberator monster trucks, Hellion off-road trucks, Wastelander off-roading trucks, an ATV, and a Formula One car. GA admission + raffle ticket cost $7500. VIP admission + raffle ticket + crowd participation in a stunt free-for-all cost $15,000. Additional raffle tickets cost $5000. Dean Watson set up ramps and vehicles, C.B.P.D. handled security, Pablo Loco announced, Rooster's Rest catered in the VIP lounge, Hero Wine sold wine, Mayor Bunny DJ'd, Rivington Rivera and Rocky Topps helped revive downed daredevils, and Scraps helped repair vehicles.

Concert Venue
Cerberus Arena became an ideal concert venue thanks to the VIP Lounge's new sound system, a new Music Festival layout, and a new Music Festival DARKER layout. The music festivals feature multiple stages and instruments, festival tents, a disco ball, and loading trucks.



Damien Tinkerman played the first concert in the new music festival layout. He rented out Cerberus Arena for $150,000 (for both timezones) for his first ever "After Dark" album release party on August 17, 2022, featuring Outto-Tune Tyrone, Lil Cap (who finally debuted the whole "Ball Withdrawl" single), and Niko Rain. General admission was $2500 and VIP tickets were $15,000.

On January 6, 2023, Liz Anya rented Cerberus Arena for $300,000 for an album release concert.

Monster Truck Rallies and Demolition Derbies
Cerberus Arena finally received monster trucks, arena tire stacks to create drift courses, and durable derby cars for demolition derbies. The new Arena layouts included Empty Dirt, Sunday Sunday Sunday! (full of ramps), and Smash Up Derby.



On August 25, 2022, the Senora Desert Sheriff's Office dressed as pro-wrestlers and got a sneak preview of the new monster trucks and derby cars in Nancy Drew's "America Day" event for them. The Los Santos Police Department (dressed in "Miami Vice" outfits) also brought in guests to play with the monster trucks and derby cars on September 2, 2022.



As a task for Charlie Greene's Cerberus internship, Nancy Drew helped Charlie organize Orpheus' first public Demolition Derby event inside of Cerberus Arena on September 15, 2022. Roughly 14 competitors paid $10,000 to participate in three rounds of demolition derby (with free flares). Spectators paid $2500 to observe from the VIP Lounge. Damien Tinkerman and Giles Dickinbottom performed in the VIP Lounge; Mojito Inn catered; Sooty Gamwich and Nancy worked the door; C.B.P.D. ran security; and Charlie and Nancy refereed and commentated on megaphones. Tao Chen won the first car derby round and a $25,000 cash prize; Billy Phresh won the second car derby round and a $25,000 cash prize; and Bryce Miller won the monster truck derby round and the child ramp prize. Afterward, security found Dwayne "Wiked" Flores unconscious in an arena car bay due to an attack by Dean Quincy. Days later, Tommy T removed Dwayne from The Mandem.

WuChella 2.0


For the second WuChella music festival from October 14-16, 2022 (funded by Mayor Mickey S), Wu-Chang Records CEO Harry Martinez negotiated a contract to pay Orpheus Entertainment 1.25 million dollars for a three-day rental of the Cerberus Arena. Nancy Drew and Scraps helped Wu-Chang organize the event inside of the Arena. Pick-up trays, storage, flamethrowers, and a backstage outfit changing area were brought in special into the music festival layout.

Street Born Survivor (SBS)
Marlo Stanfield ran season 2 of Street Born Survivor, a reality show competition for Marlo Entertainment Media Enterprises that started with 16 contestants (two from each gang). Contestants were either voted off (unless they found a hidden immunity dongle) or eliminated after each competition. Bryce Miller hosted Day 1 on October 24, 2022, and the first competition was blue team (eight contestants) vs. red team (eight contestants) in paintball inside of Cerberus Arena. The blue team won three paintball matches to earn an advantage in the double elimination voting round at the MEME studio.



Bryce Miller hosted the Day 3 finals of "Street Born Survivor" inside of Cerberus Arena on October 28, 2022. The fifth competition was an individual "best of five rounds" paintball battle royale with immunity going to the winner. The sixth competition was drunken go kart racing where the final three contestants had to drink absinthe and shoot targets (the two losers had to compete in an elimination death roll challenge using four dice numbers: 25, 50, 100, and 250). The final two, Shivvy and Chip Wheeler, argued their case before a jury of eliminated contestants. The jury voted Shivvy as the winner of Street Born Survivor and the grand prize of 2.5 million dollars.

Free Tri-Event for Lang Buddha's Mayoral Campaign
On January 16, 2023 during Lang Buddha's mayoral campaign, Bane hosted a free monster truck, paintball, and demolition derby event inside of the Cerberus Arena that was a big success.

VLC


In partnership with Ramee El-Rahman's Vultur Lé Culturé Fight Club, Nancy Drew's architect reconstructed the octagon cage for 2.5 million dollars inside of Cerberus Arena (the old VLC building had been shuttered in late 2022) complete with a commentary table with microphones, fan stands, a stage, and stalls. On July 27, 2023, the VLC Fight Club paid the 2.5 million dollar construction cost to Orpheus using a state business grant from Mayor Sexton "Hardcastle" Cohen.

Wu-Chang Idol


The finale of Wu-Chang Idol Season 3 was held inside of the Cerberus Arena on July 27, 2023, hosted by Party Hardy. The final contestants were challenged to create a 10 minute set of songs to be performed in the arena. Each of the eight judges could award a maximum of 10 points for each of the three categories: Vocal Performance, Choreography, and Production & Mixing Value. The maximum amount of points a contestant could receive was 240 points. The highest scoring contestant was the ultimate winner. Carmella Corset scored the most points and won Season 3, beating finalist Zoë Bee.

Grand Prix RC Car Race


On September 8, 2023, Jack Elmore, Emmi Valnio, and Ezra Rigoli helped run Austin Evans' IgnitionRC presents: Grand Prix Remote Control Car Race on the go kart racetrack inside of the Cerberus Arena. Mayor Andi Jones donated an event grant of $1,000,000 for the prize pool (the original agreement being that Parks and Recreation sponsor the event). The event started with four three-lap heats, where the six competitors in each heat used Remote Controllers to race their camera-mounted RC Cars over the go kart racetrack. The top two winners of each heat qualified for the finals. In the nighttime finals, eight RC Car finalists competed in a five-lap race. James "Phantom" Thompson won first place and $600,000; Nathan "Ghosted" Pierce (his RC Car flipped out in the final stretch) won second place and $300,000; and Lewis Collins won third place and $100,000. The other five finalists' RC Cars crashed out and exploded. "Shanks" won the spectator RC Car Raffle.

Cerberus Celebration Party
At a Cerberus business party on September 21, 2023 in the VIP Lounge of the Cerberus Arena, Leslie Lingberg formally announced the promotions of Eve Summers and Nancy Drew to co-ownership of the newly restructured company to be named "Raven Incorporated". Lang Buddha then announced his surprise "retirement" from Cerberus.

MitchCon 2023


On October 20, 2023, Mayor Maximillian Angel organized and Deputy Mayor Party Hardy hosted MitchCon 2023 inside of the Cerberus Arena in the Musical Festival DARKER layout, featuring market stalls for businesses, live music performances on the main stage, free commerative merchandise (MitchCon 2023 Pins and Mitch Hoodies), free Shrugway Sandwiches food, and "social influencers". Eve Summers constructed a hazardous empty ball pit to dive into, trays, and Andi's 3-day tents. Nancy Drew wrote the following waiver in fine print on the ball pit: "Cerberus Arena/Cerberus is not liable for any injuries stemming from the Ball Pit(TM)". Lang Yass, LiL Cee$, Winter Sison, and Zarina Vega performed. Party Hardy, Deputy Mayor Cydney Lune, and Mayor Max judged a cosplay contest on the main stage catwalk. Lara Croft won the cosplay contest and the $100,000 grand prize, Diamond Dawn won second place for a $50,000 prize, and "Michael De Santa" won third place for a $15,000 prize.

Layout
From the Stadium Entrance, visitors can take an elevator to either the Arena or VIP Lounge.

Arena
Employees can enable different maps inside of the Arena:
 * Wasteland (for paintball matches)
 * Concrete Jungle (for go kart racing)
 * Concrete Maze (for go kart racing)
 * Empty Concrete (an empty arena, used for the stunt show event)
 * Empty Dirt (for monster trucks)
 * Sunday Sunday Sunday! (for monster truck rallies and daredevil jumps)
 * Music Festival (multiple stages for concerts)
 * Music Festival DARKER (multiple stages with the house lights off to see the stage lighting)
 * Smash Up Derby (for demolition derbies)
 * VLC (for VLC Fight Club octagon cage fights)

Items that game hosts can pick up inside of the arena:
 * Paintball Gun
 * Smoke Grenade
 * Paintball Ammo
 * Megaphone
 * Caddy
 * Go Kart
 * Monster Truck
 * Arena Tire Stack (to create drift courses)
 * Derby Car (for long-lasting demolition derbies)

Paintball players can also sign into east and west teams to automatically keep score for them.

Misc items that can be purchased from the Arena shop (still unclear whether the employee requires Craft Access from Orpheus Entertainment or Craft Access from Cerberus Industries):
 * Portable Microphone
 * Megaphone
 * Stage (Extra Small), Stage (Small), Stage (Medium), Stage (Large)
 * Fireworks Launcher
 * Flare
 * News Light
 * Piano
 * Piano Bench
 * Drum Set
 * Drum Stool
 * Conga Drums
 * DJ Stand
 * DJ Desk
 * Wedding Venues
 * Seasonal decorations

VIP Lounge
The VIP Lounge features binocular stands that can zoom in and out, a round stage, a concession stand, and file cabinet storage.