The Wellness and Events Center (WEC) is 220,000 sq ft.
sports and recreation facility that includes a 3,500 seat basketball arena in
Newark, New Jersey
Newark ( , ) is the most populous city in the U.S. state of New Jersey and the seat of Essex County and the second largest city within the New York metropolitan area.[New Jersey Institute of Technology
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.
The Wellness and Events Center is the home court of the
NJIT Highlanders
The NJIT Highlanders, formerly the New Jersey Tech Highlanders, are the varsity sport members of the Division I NCAA-affiliated sports teams of New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT). There are ten men's teams, seven women's teams, and three c ...
who joined the NCAA Division I
American East Conference
The America East Conference is a collegiate athletic conference affiliated with NCAA Division I founded in 1979, whose members are located in the Northeastern United States.
The conference has nine core members including eight public research u ...
on July 1, 2020. The WEC replaced the former arena of the Highlanders, the
Fleisher Center
The Estelle & Zoom Fleisher Athletic Center is a 1,600-seat multi-purpose arena in Newark, New Jersey, USA.
Built in 1967, it was the home of the New Jersey Institute of Technology Highlanders men's and women's basketball, volleyball, fencing a ...
. The new arena broke ground on November 12, 2015, and opened in time for the
2017–18 basketball season.
See also
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List of NCAA Division I basketball arenas
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Organizations
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Sports in Newark, New Jersey
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References
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NJIT Wellness and Events Center
College basketball venues in the United States
NJIT Highlanders basketball
Sports venues in Newark, New Jersey
Indoor arenas in New Jersey
2017 establishments in New Jersey
Sports venues completed in 2017
Basketball venues in New Jersey
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