Strahan Arena is a 10,000-seat multi-purpose

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. It is an $8.8 million facility built in 1982 and is home to the

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Bobcats men's basketball team, women's basketball team and women's volleyball team. The arena was previously known as Strahan Coliseum, but changed its name to the University Events Center as part of a late 2018 expansion.Strahan turns into University Events Center
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and the

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of the WNBA came to play in the Coliseum due to

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canceling the final home game of the regular season for the Houston Comets. The Comets defeated Sacramento 90–81. This would end up being the last game the Comets ever played; they folded after the season ended. On March 21-22, 2021, the arena hosted six First Round games of the

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as part of the relocation of the entire event to San Antonio and surrounding areas due to COVID-19 precautions.

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