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Curb Event Center 
Curb Event Center
Location 2002 Belmont Boulevard
Nashville, TN 37212Coordinates Coordinates: 36°7′56″N 86°47′40″W / 36.13222°N 86.79444°W Broke ground August, 2001 Opened September 8, 2003 Owner Belmont University Operator Belmont University Surface Maple Construction cost $46 million Architect Cannon Design Structural engineer KSi Structural Engineers Services engineer Littljohn Engineering Associates General Contractor Hardaway Construction Corp. Capacity 5,085 Tenants Belmont Bruins The Curb Event Center is a multipurpose arena on the campus of Belmont University in Nashville, Tennessee.
The facility was completed in 2003. It is the home venue of Belmont's men's and women's basketball and volleyball teams and hosted the 2004 and 2005 Atlantic Sun Conference men's basketball tournaments. In June, 2004 it hosted some of the junior and preliminary events of the U.S.Gymnastics Championships. It seats 5,085 people for sporting events and hundreds more for events such as concerts and graduations where much of the floor is available for seating. It also hosts the graduation of the seniors of several local schools, including East Literature Magnet Antioch High School and Ravenwood High School.
On April 10, 2006, the arena hosted the nationally-televised CMT Music Awards for the first time.
It is named in honor of its prime donor, music executive and former lieutenant governor of California Mike Curb. It replaced Striplin Gym.
Curb Event Center hosted one of three United States Presidential Debates in 2008.
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Nashville athletic venues In use Allen Arena • Bridgestone Arena • Centennial Sportsplex • Curb Event Center • Ezell Park • Fairgrounds Speedway • Gentry Center • Hale Stadium • Hawkins Field • Herschel Greer Stadium
LP Field • Memorial Gymnasium • Nashville Municipal Auditorium • Vanderbilt StadiumFormer McQuiddy Gym • Striplin Gym • Sulphur DellProposed First Tennessee Field (canceled)Basketball arenas of the Atlantic Sun Conference Curb Event Center (Belmont) • ETSU/MSHA Athletic Center (East Tennessee State) • Alico Arena (Florida Gulf Coast) • Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena (Jacksonville, men's) • Swisher Gymnasium (Jacksonville, women's) • KSU Convocation Center (Kennesaw State) • Allen Arena (Lipscomb) • University Center (Mercer) • UNF Arena (North Florida) • G. B. Hodge Center (USC Upstate) • Edmunds Center (Stetson)
Categories:- College basketball venues in the United States
- Sports venues in Nashville, Tennessee
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