- Bren Events Center
The Bren Events Center is the on-
campus multipurpose indoor arena in Irvine,California . It is home to theUniversity of California, Irvine Anteaters basketball andvolleyball team s. It seats 4,984 for basketball and up to 5,608 forconcerts . The facility is named forDonald Bren , areal estate mogul who is a donor to the school. The building was designed by the Canadian architecture firm Parkin Architects, and was completed in 1987.The Bren Events Center is used for
concert s,sporting event s,trade show s, conventions, Broadway shows andgraduation ceremonies. For trade shows, the Bren features 22,000square feet of space. Two meeting rooms total convert|3420|sqft|m2|0 of space. In addition, there is an outdoor patio known as the Jonny Iosim Family Terrace, which adds 4,480 additional square feet of space and can seat up to 230.External links
* [http://bren.uci.edu/ Bren Events Center homepage]
Many events have been at the Bren Events Center the past few years. Kanye West gave an awesome performance there 4 years ago in 2004. John Legend gave a performance in 2007 and the 2008 NCAA Volleyball Championships were held when Penn State defeated Ohio State and Pepperdine on their way to the title.
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