Benjamin Johnson Arena is a 3,500-seat multi-purpose

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. It was built in 1981 and is currently used as a campus recreation and intramural sports facility for

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. The arena had been home to the Wofford men's basketball,

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, and women's volleyball teams from its opening through the 2016–17 school year, but all three teams moved to the newly built

Jerry Richardson Indoor Stadium Jerry Richardson Indoor Stadium is a college basketball arena located in Spartanburg, South Carolina on the campus of Wofford College. It became home of the Wofford Terriers Wofford Terriers men's basketball, men's and Wofford Terriers women's ba ...

in the fall of 2017. The arena is named after the late Benjamin O. Johnson, former vice president of Spartan Mills and community leader in Spartanburg.

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