UPMC Events Center

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UPMC Events Center
Full nameUPMC Events Center
Location Moon, Pennsylvania
Coordinates 40°31′13″N80°12′53″W / 40.520212°N 80.21476°W / 40.520212; -80.21476
Owner Robert Morris University
Operator Oak View Group Facilities
Capacity 4,000
Construction
Broke groundNovember 8, 2017 [1]
OpenedMay 10, 2019 [2]
Construction cost$50 million [3]
ArchitectRoss Bianco Architecture [4]
General contractorP. J. Dick Inc. [5]
Tenants
Robert Morris Colonials (NCAA)
Website
https://www.upmceventscenter.com

UPMC Events Center is an indoor arena located in the Pittsburgh suburb of Moon, Pennsylvania as a part of Robert Morris University, replacing the old Charles L. Sewall Center. [6] The UPMC Events Center is the new home of the Robert Morris Colonials men's and women's (NCAA) Division I basketball and women's volleyball teams. [7] The UPMC Events Center was originally scheduled to open in January 2019. [8] [1] However, it later opened in May 2019 after the men's basketball team announced all of their 2018–19 games would be played at the North Athletic Complex on campus.

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In 2013, a survey was conducted to see if a new sporting and athletic center would be wanted for the university and in 2016, the survey results concluded in an overwhelming favor for the construction of a new sports center.

Bob Dylan and Pierce the Veil are the only acts that have performed at the arena more than once.

Facilities

The UPMC Events Center offers a state-of-the-art freeweight and aerobic exercising rooms used for weightlifting and fitness classes. There are also two more rooms that offer sports such as: yoga and wellness programs for students; as well as space for training recreational sports such as: basketball, volleyball and indoor soccer. [9] [10] This facility is also fitted with locker rooms, private showering areas, office space and private lockers for the three (NCAA) Division I teams: men's and women's basketball and women's volleyball.

The facilities in this sports center are also used as a venue for conventions, public speakers, expos, concerts, and graduation ceremonies. [11]

Events

Sports

On March 21, 2019, it was announced that the first basketball game to be held at the arena would be played between Robert Morris and the Pittsburgh Panthers on November 12. This was the 31st matchup between the two teams, with Pitt having won all 30 previous meetings, all of which have been held at the Petersen Events Center.

Concerts

List of concerts held at the arena
DateArtistOpening act(s)Tour/Concert nameRef.
May 12, 2019 Evanescence Veridia — [12]
August 11, 2019 Why Don't We EBEN 8 Letters Tour [13]
August 16, 2019 The Doobie Brothers —— [14]
October 14, 2019 The Head and the Heart — Living Mirage Tour [15]
November 10, 2019 Bob Dylan — Never Ending Tour [16]
November 15, 2019 Sara Bareilles Emily King Amidst the Chaos Tour [17]
January 21, 2020 [lower-alpha 1] AJR —The Neotheater World Tour [18]
November 15, 2021 Bob Dylan — Rough and Rowdy Ways World Wide Tour [19]
December 5, 2021 Playboi Carti —Narcissist [20]
September 11, 2022 I Prevail Pierce the Veil
Fit for a King
Yours Truly 		True Power Tour [21]
September 22, 2022 Conan Gray Kacy Hill Superache Tour [22]
October 8, 2022 Earth, Wind & Fire n/a North American Tour 2022
December 17, 2022 The 1975 Blackstarkids At Their Very Best [23]
June 16, 2023 The Used
Pierce the Veil 		Don Broco
Girlfriends 		Creative Control Tour [24]

Notes

  1. ↑ This show was originally scheduled for November 22, 2019, but was postponed due to the band's lead singer, Jack Met, having streptococcal pharyngitis.

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