Mullins Center
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| William D. Mullins Memorial Center | |
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| Location | Amherst, Massachusetts |
| Opened | February 4, 1993 |
| Owner | University of Massachusetts |
| Operator | Global Spectrum |
| Surface | 200x95 ft (hockey) |
| Tenants | |
| UMass-Amherst basketball and hockey programs (men's and women's) | |
| Capacity | |
| 9,493 (basketball) 8,383 (hockey) |
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The William D. Mullins Memorial Center is a 9,349-seat multi-purpose arena in Amherst, Massachusetts. The arena opened in 1993. It is home to the UMass Minutemen basketball and ice hockey teams. The arena has also hosted parts of the 1993-94 Atlantic Ten Conference men's basketball tournaments, the 1995 NCAA Women's Volleyball Championships, the 1996 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships, and many area concerts and college events.
In 1985, William D. Mullins, a state representative from Ludlow, suggested that the University needed a multipurpose arena and convocation center to help expand the athletic program and assist in the university's growth. He died in 1986, but the state went ahead with the building of the complex, naming it for him. It replaced the Curry Hicks Cage, the 1930s-era basketball gymnasium, as home of the Minutemen basketball teams. In addition, it allowed the hockey team, which had been downgraded to club status since the late 1970s, to be elevated to Division I status.
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| Current Basketball Arenas in the Atlantic 10 |
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| A.J. Palumbo Center (Duquesne) • Alumni Memorial Fieldhouse (Saint Joseph's) • Bauman-Eberhardt Center (Saint Louis women) • Cintas Center (Xavier) • Dale F. Halton Arena (Charlotte) • Liacouras Center (Temple) • Mullins Center (Massachusetts) • Reilly Center (St. Bonaventure) • Robins Center (Richmond) • Rose Hill Gym (Fordham) • Ryan Center (Rhode Island) • Scottrade Center (Saint Louis men) • Smith Center (George Washington) • Tom Gola Arena (La Salle) • UD Arena (Dayton) |
| Current Hockey East Arenas |
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| Agganis Arena (Boston University) • Alfond Arena (Maine) • Gutterson Fieldhouse (Vermont) • Kelley Rink (Boston College) • Mark Edward Freitas Ice Forum (Connecticut) • Matthews Arena (Northeastern) • Mullins Center (UMass-Amherst) • Schneider Arena (Providence) • Tsongas Arena (UMass-Lowell) • Volpe Complex (Merrimack) • Whittemore Center (New Hampshire) |
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