OceanFirst Bank Center

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OceanFirst Bank Center
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OceanFirst Bank Center
Former namesMultipurpose Activity Center (2009–2016)
Location400 Cedar Avenue
West Long Branch, New Jersey 07764
Coordinates 40°16′46.11″N74°0′27.3″W / 40.2794750°N 74.007583°W / 40.2794750; -74.007583
Owner Monmouth University
Operator Monmouth University
Capacity 4,100
SurfaceHardwood
Construction
Broke groundSeptember 8, 2007 [1]
OpenedAugust 26, 2009 [2]
Construction cost $57 million
($83.5 million in 2024 dollars [3] )
ArchitectEwingCole [4]
Rosser International [5]
Project managerSordoni Construction Co. [6]
General contractorTorcon, Inc. [7]
Tenants
Monmouth Hawks Basketball

OceanFirst Bank Center (formerly Multipurpose Activity Center) is a multi-purpose student recreational facility at Monmouth University in West Long Branch, New Jersey. It was opened on August 26, 2009. It currently hosts the Monmouth Hawks basketball teams. It has a seating capacity of 4,100 spectators. It adjoins the William T. Boylan Gymnasium. The venue cost $57 million to construct. [8]

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The facility was originally named the Multipurpose Activity Center until June 2016, when the university and OceanFirst Bank reached a $4 million agreement through 2036 that included the naming rights of the facility. [9] The basketball court is named "Gaffney Court" in honor of former university president Vice Admiral Paul G. Gaffney II. [10]

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Basketball arena

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References

  1. ↑ "Groundbreaking Ceremony Held for Multi–Purpose Activity Center on September 8" (PDF). Neighbor to Neighbor. 5 (2). Monmouth University. 2007. Retrieved February 19, 2015.
  2. ↑ Singelais, Mark (December 15, 2012). "MAAC Adds Two New Members". Times Union . Albany. Retrieved February 19, 2015.
  3. ↑ 1634–1699: McCusker, J. J. (1997). How Much Is That in Real Money? A Historical Price Index for Use as a Deflator of Money Values in the Economy of the United States: Addenda et Corrigenda (PDF). American Antiquarian Society. 1700–1799: McCusker, J. J. (1992). How Much Is That in Real Money? A Historical Price Index for Use as a Deflator of Money Values in the Economy of the United States (PDF). American Antiquarian Society. 1800–present: Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis. "Consumer Price Index (estimate) 1800–" . Retrieved February 29, 2024.
  4. ↑ "Multi-Purpose Activity Center". EwingCole. Retrieved February 19, 2015.
  5. ↑ "Multipurpose Activity Center Monmouth University". Athletic Business. Retrieved February 19, 2015.
  6. ↑ "Monmouth University Multipurpose Activity Center". Sordoni Construction Co. Retrieved February 19, 2015.
  7. ↑ "Monmouth University Multipurpose Activity Center". Torcon, Inc. Retrieved February 19, 2015.
  8. ↑ McCullough, Andy (November 14, 2009). "Debut of Monmouth's Multipurpose Activity Center Fulfills Longtime Wish". The Star-Ledger . Newark. Retrieved February 19, 2015.
  9. ↑ "Agreement Announced to Name the University's Multipurpose Activity Center". WEST LONG BRANCH, N.J.: Monmouth University. 6 June 2016. Retrieved 1 August 2016.
  10. ↑ Edelson, Stephen (February 16, 2016). "Tracing Monmouth's Cinderella rise to Paul Gaffney". The Asbury Park Press . Asbury Park. Retrieved February 25, 2016.


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