The UCCU Center (originally known as the McKay Events Center), is a multi-purpose

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on the campus of

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in southwest

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. It was built in 1996 and is home to the

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team. It is also the former home of the

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's now defunct

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affiliate team, the Utah Flash, the Utah Valley Thunder of the

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and the

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of the Professional Indoor Football League.

Description

On January 19, 2010, the Utah Valley University announced its plans to sell the naming rights to the arena at the request of the donor family, to help the university raise money. At the same time, the university named its education building after

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. On August 30, 2010,

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(UCCU) announced it acquired the naming rights to the arena.UCCU announces that it has acquired naming rights to the Event Center
/ref> The UCCU Center has grown to host many top touring shows such as

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, Lifehouse,

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and more recently

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, Phillip Phillips,

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and

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Concerts

Bastille brought their Bad Blood: The Last Stand Tour to the arena on November 11, 2014. Fall Out Boy & Paramore brought their co-headlining tour,

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, to the arena on August 13, 2014, with New Politics as the opening act. Panic! at the Disco brought their

Death of a Bachelor Tour The Death of a Bachelor Tour was a concert tour by Panic! at the Disco, in support of the group's fifth studio album ''Death of a Bachelor'' (2016). The tour began in Uncasville at the Mohegan Sun Arena on February 24, 2017, and concluded on Apri ...

to the arena on March 18, 2017, with MisterWives and

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as the opening acts. Bastille brought their Wild, Wild World Tour to the arena on April 13, 2017, with Mondo Cozmo as the opening act. Paramore brought their

After Laughter ''After Laughter'' is the fifth studio album by American rock band Paramore. It was released on May 12, 2017, through Fueled by Ramen, as a follow-up to their self-titled album '' Paramore'' (2013). The album was produced by guitarist Taylor ...

tour to the arena on September 22, 2017, with

Best Coast Best Coast is an American rock duo formed in Los Angeles, California in 2009. The band consists of songwriter, guitarist and vocalist Bethany Cosentino and guitarist and multi-instrumentalist Bobb Bruno. Cosentino, a former child actress, began ...

as the opening act.

Louis Tomlinson Louis William Tomlinson (; born Louis Troy Austin; 24 December 1991) is an English singer and songwriter. He rose to fame as a member of the boy band One Direction. Tomlinson began his career appearing in television dramas before he auditioned ...

brought his Louis Tomlinson World Tour to the arena on March 01, 2022, with Sun Room as the opening act.

Olivia Rodrigo Olivia Isabel Rodrigo (born February 20, 2003) is an American singer-songwriter and actress. She gained recognition in the late 2010s with her lead roles on the Disney television programs '' Bizaardvark'' and '' High School Musical: The Musi ...

brought her Sour Tour to the arena on April 9, 2022, with

Gracie Abrams Gracie Madigan Abrams (born September 7, 1999) is an American singer-songwriter. Her debut EP, '' Minor'', was released in July 2020 through Interscope Records. Her second EP, ''This Is What It Feels Like'', was released in November 2021, with s ...

as the opening act.

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Concerts

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