UCCU Center

UCCU Center
Construction
Exterior of arena under former signage, c. 2004
Former names	UVSC McKay Special Events Center (planning/construction) McKay Events Center (1996-2010)
Address	800 West University Parkway Orem, UT 84058-6703
Location	Utah Valley University
Owner	Utah County
Capacity	8,500
Opened	January 26, 1996 (1996-01-26)
Renovated	2007
Construction cost	$27 million ($44.2 million in 2016 dollars^[1])
Architect	FFKR Architects
Structural engineer	Reaveley Engineers + Associates
Services engineer	Heath Engineering Company
Tenants
Utah Valley Wolverines (WAC) (1996-Present) Utah Catzz (PIFL) (1998) Utah Flash (NBA D-League) (2007-11) Utah Valley Thunder (AF2) (2009)
Website
Venue Website

The UCCU Center (originally known as the McKay Events Center), is a multi-purpose arena in Orem, Utah. It was built in 1996 and is home to the Utah Valley Wolverines basketball team. It is also the former home of Utah Jazz's now defunct NBA Development League affiliate team, the Utah Flash, the Utah Valley Thunder of the af2 and the Utah Catzz of the Professional Indoor Football League.

About

On January 19, 2010, the Utah Valley University announced its plans to sell the naming rights to the arena at the request of the donor family, to help the university raise money.^[2] At the same time, the university named its education building after David O. McKay. On August 30, 2010, Utah Community Credit Union announced it acquired the naming rights to the arena.^[3]

The UCCU Center has grown to host many top touring shows such as ZZ Top, Boston, Lonestar, Styx, Maroon 5, Lifehouse, INXS, OneRepublic, Jimmy Eat World, Paramore, Kelly Clarkson and more recently The Killers, Phillip Phillips, and Pentatonix.

Concerts

Fall Out Boy & Paramore brought their co-headlining tour, MONUMENTOUR to the center on August 13th, 2014 with New Politics as the opening act.

References

↑ Consumer Price Index (estimate) 1800–. Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis. Retrieved November 10, 2015.
↑ KSL.com, UVU selling naming rights to David O McKay Events Center
↑ UCCU announces that it has acquired naming rights to the Event Center

External links

Official site

Coordinates: 40°16′43″N 111°43′01″W / 40.278724°N 111.716956°W / 40.278724; -111.716956

Utah Valley Wolverines men's basketball

Venues	UCCU Center (1996–present)

Rivalries	In-state Utah schools

People	Head coaches

Seasons	1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16

Basketball arenas of the Western Athletic Conference

Icardo Center (Cal State Bakersfield) Emil and Patricia Jones Convocation Center (Chicago State) GCU Arena (Grand Canyon) Pan American Center (New Mexico State) KeyArena (Seattle) UTRGV Fieldhouse (Texas–Rio Grande Valley) Municipal Auditorium (UMKC) UCCU Center (Utah Valley)

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