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| - After the founding of Republic City, the Pro-bending Arena was built, being the first ever establishment to host pro-bending matches. During Mako and Bolin's street life due to the loss of their parents, Toza, a former pro-bender, discovered the brothers fighting in town and offered them a place to live in the attic while letting them work odd jobs to pay rent, which allowed them to form a pro-bending team, the Fire Ferrets. After this attack, the Pro-bending Arena was closed down, forcing Mako and Bolin to leave their home and move to the Sato estate after Asami's invitation.
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| - After the founding of Republic City, the Pro-bending Arena was built, being the first ever establishment to host pro-bending matches. During Mako and Bolin's street life due to the loss of their parents, Toza, a former pro-bender, discovered the brothers fighting in town and offered them a place to live in the attic while letting them work odd jobs to pay rent, which allowed them to form a pro-bending team, the Fire Ferrets. When Avatar Korra moved to Republic City to start her airbending training under the tutelage of Tenzin, pro-bending immediately called her attention. She asked Tenzin if she could attend a match at the arena, to which the airbender categorically refused. One night, however, the Avatar secretly left Air Temple Island and infiltrated the arena, accidentally stumbling into the gym, where Toza caught her and told her to leave immediately, thinking she was trying to sneak in without paying. Bolin appeared and pretended they were together in order to get her out of trouble, before showing Korra the arena from one of the locker rooms, which left the Avatar amazed. When the Fire Ferrets' waterbender, Hasook, left the team, Korra took his place. The next matches were successful, earning the team a spot in the Pro-bending Tournament Championship final against the White Falls Wolfbats. The United Republic Council was later threatened by Amon to shut down the arena for the final match, or "severe consequences" would follow. The Council initially agreed to do so; however, Chief Lin Beifong intervened, stating that she would protect the arena and the spectators with her metalbending officers, making the majority of the Councilors change their opinion on the matter. When the Wolfbats deceptively won the match, Equalists who had infiltrated as spectators proceeded to stun the policemen, Lin, and Tenzin with their electrified gloves while Amon and some of his men entered the ring, overpowering the members of the victorious team and removing their bending. At their escape through the arena's glass ceiling via airship, a bomb was detonated in the ring, destroying a large part of it. Avatar Korra and Lin Beifong tried to stop the Equalists by pursuing them, and a battle subsequently ensued on the roof. However, after knocking the Lieutenant off of the dome rooftop, the glass beneath Korra broke and she began to fall, forcing Lin to abort her chase and save the young Avatar. After this attack, the Pro-bending Arena was closed down, forcing Mako and Bolin to leave their home and move to the Sato estate after Asami's invitation. After the Equalists' success during the battle for Republic City, the Pro-bending Arena was covered in Equalist banners, and was the chosen location for the Equalist victory rally. As Amon was speaking to the crowd at the rally, however, he was exposed as a waterbender by Avatar Korra, to which the crowd did not believe. An intense battle ensued, with Korra eventually blasting Amon into the harbor via airbending. Amon began to waterbend to prevent himself from drowning, much to the shock of his former supporters, and fled the scene. Six months after the Anti-bending Revolution, the arena was rebuilt and pro-bending competition returned to the venue. The arena was later used to air the finale of The Adventures of Nuktuk: Hero of the South, with sound amplification systems on the playing field, and a screen above it. Varrick attempted to kidnap President Raiko and his wife using gangsters disguised as Northerners, hoping to force him into supporting the Southern Water Tribe in the Water Tribe Civil War. This attempt was thwarted by Bolin, and a battle between him and the gangsters ensued on the ring. After the waterbender revealed Varrick to be the mastermind, Lin Beifong and her officers surrounded Varrick and had him arrested along with his assistant, Zhu Li. A week after the Unalaq Crisis, the arena was used to hold a special tournament to sponsor the rebuilding of the city.
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