Convocation Center (Arkansas State University)

Convocation Center
Construction

Location	217 Olympic Drive Jonesboro, Arkansas 72401
Owner	Arkansas State University
Operator	Arkansas State University
Capacity	10,475 basketball 10,743-11,704 concerts and events
Surface	Multi-surface
Broke ground	1984
Opened	July 11, 1987
Construction cost	$19 million ($39.6 million in 2016 dollars^[1])
Architect	Wittenberg, Delony & Davidson
Tenants
Arkansas State University Red Wolves (NCAA) (1987–present)
Website
www.astateconvo.com

' The Convocation Center' is a 10,475-seat multi-purpose arena located on the campus of Arkansas State University, and is home to their college basketball team, the Red Wolves.^[2]

The Convocation Center has three separate public venues including a 217-seat Auditorium, a banquet/meeting room that can be divided into 3 smaller meeting rooms, and the main arena, which has permanent seating for 10,475. The Convocation Center hosts hundreds of events each year in these three venues, and well over 100,000 people walk through its doors each year.

The first event was a concert by country music legend George Strait. Throughout the years, the Convocation Center has been host to many superstars including Dolly Parton, Garth Brooks, Alabama, Reba McEntire, in the 1980s to Rascal Flatts, Taylor Swift, Keith Urban, Carrie Underwood, Jason Aldean and Eric Church in the last five years.

WWE has used the Convocation Center for a Live Raw event. The Sun Belt Conference uses the versatile building to host the Indoor Track & Field Championships every other year. The building is home to Arkansas State University Men's & Women's Basketball as well as Women's Volleyball. Each team has an updated (2010) home locker room, an updated (2009) weight room, and an updated (2010) media room. There are four visitor locker rooms, as well as smaller, official locker rooms throughout the building.

In 2012, the original scoreboard and sound system (from 1987) was replaced with four 25' x 12' HD video boards and a 28 speaker sound system. Also in 2012, an entirely new roof was installed, as well as upgrades to the Administrative Offices and Box Office.

References

↑ Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis Community Development Project. "Consumer Price Index (estimate) 1800–". Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis. Retrieved October 21, 2016.
↑ Building Info at astate.edu, URL accessed December 9, 2009. Archived 12/9/09

External links

Official Website

Arkansas State University

Athletics	Baseball Men's basketball Football Red (mascot)

Buildings	Convocation Center Centennial Bank Stadium Pfeiffer House and Carriage House Tomlinson Stadium–Kell Field

Related	ASU Indian Family ASU-TV KASU Sound of the Natural State

Arkansas State Red Wolves men's basketball

Venues	Convocation Center (1987–present)

Culture & lore	The Howlers

People	Head coaches

Seasons	1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 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 2016–17

Basketball arenas of the Sun Belt Conference

George M. Holmes Convocation Center (Appalachian State)
Convocation Center (Arkansas State)
HTC Center (Coastal Carolina)
Hanner Fieldhouse (Georgia Southern)
GSU Sports Arena (Georgia State)
Jack Stephens Center (Little Rock)
Cajundome (Louisiana–Lafayette men)
Earl K. Long Gymnasium (Louisiana–Lafayette women)
Fant–Ewing Coliseum (Louisiana–Monroe)
Mitchell Center (South Alabama)
College Park Center (Texas–Arlington)
Strahan Coliseum (Texas State)
Trojan Arena (Troy)

Coordinates: 35°50′43.52″N 90°40′13.15″W / 35.8454222°N 90.6703194°W / 35.8454222; -90.6703194

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