Mullins Center
About
The William D. Mullins Memorial Center is a multi-purpose 10,500 seat facility on the campus of the University of Massachusetts. Home to UMass basketball and hockey, the facility hosts concerts, family, ice and theater shows.
The Mullins Center sits on Commonwealth Avenue on the western edge of the UMass Amherst campus. Overlooking the outdoor playing fields and offering a wide vista of the Hadley Hills and the Holyoke Range, the Mullins Center represents a joining in form, of the campus’ architecture, and in spirit, of the campus’ commitment to the quality of life for the university community.
Completely ADA accessible, this arena complex is a three building facility connected by a plaza with underground locker rooms. The main arena houses a basketball court over an Olympic-sized hockey rink. The arena is also available for convocations, commencement, cultural events, conferences, concerts, and theatrical productions.
The north attached building, Mullins Center Community Ice Rink has a permanent ice rink for recreational skating and for use as a practice facility for intercollegiate hockey and an intramural program. Three racquetball courts for intramural and general use are also enclosed in this building. The south attached building, the Champions Center is the new basketball practice facility for UMass Women's & Men's BBallThe Mullins Center design also includes a number of multi-purpose rooms, athletic offices and press area.
A SPECTRA MANAGED FACILITY
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HISTORY
In 1985, William D. Mullins, a state representative from Ludlow, suggested that the University needed a multi-purpose 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.
The Mullins Center’s doors opened in January 1993. In October 2012 Spectra Venue Management, UMass Athletics, and the entire University community will be celebrating 20 years of world-class entertainment, sporting events and more.
The John Francis Kennedy Champions Center opened in September of 2015.