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Big West Conference Tournament Moving To Dollar Loan Center
6/24/2021 4:23:00 PM | Men's Basketball, Women's Basketball
HENDERSON, Nev. — The Big West Conference office announced Thursday a new multi-year agreement to bring the Big West Basketball Championships to the Dollar Loan Center in Henderson, Nevada in March 2022. The $84-million, 6,000-seat Dollar Loan Center will be completed next February.
In addition to hosting the Big West's signature event for the next three years, Dollar Loan Center is home to the Henderson Silver Knights, the American Hockey League affiliate of the NHL's Vegas Golden Knights, the Vegas Indoor Football League franchise and the Southern Nevada Sports Hall of Fame.
The 2022 Big West Tournament will christen the arena as its first publicly ticketed event. The five-day brackets will run March 8-12 on ESPN+, ESPNU and ESPN2, featuring 10 women's and 10 men's teams vying for conference championships and automatic bids to the NCAA Division I Basketball Championships.
Donning hard hats Thursday at the arena construction site, Big West commissioner Dan Butterly held a joint press conference with Kerry Bubolz, president of the Golden Knights, and Henderson mayor Debra March in front of a contingent of local representatives and Big West CEOs and athletics directors.
"The Big West stands for innovation and opportunity, and the Dollar Loan Center provides a tremendous, state-of-the-art venue to showcase the Big West, its member institutions and basketball programs," said Butterly. "It is a spectacular facility that will become an entertainment hub for the city of Henderson and the Las Vegas valley. A place that I know our student-athletes, coaches, administrators and fans will love to be next March. Special thanks to mayor March and president Bubolz and his team for working with us to elevate our brand and return the Big West to the Silver State."
"We are thrilled that the first-ever event in our brand-new, state-of-the-art community facility in Henderson will be the Big West men's and women's basketball championships," Bubolz added. "The Dollar Loan Center will be home to some of the most exciting entertainment our region has to offer."
The Big West was the first collegiate conference to hold a conference basketball tournament in the state of Nevada nearly 30 years ago.
Previously, the Thomas & Mack Center hosted the event in 1994 and 1995, before the tournament moved to the Lawlor Events Center in Reno from 1996 to 2000. The Big West returned to Las Vegas a year ago, staging the 2021 championships at Michelob ULTRA Arena inside Mandalay Bay.
In addition to hosting the Big West's signature event for the next three years, Dollar Loan Center is home to the Henderson Silver Knights, the American Hockey League affiliate of the NHL's Vegas Golden Knights, the Vegas Indoor Football League franchise and the Southern Nevada Sports Hall of Fame.
The 2022 Big West Tournament will christen the arena as its first publicly ticketed event. The five-day brackets will run March 8-12 on ESPN+, ESPNU and ESPN2, featuring 10 women's and 10 men's teams vying for conference championships and automatic bids to the NCAA Division I Basketball Championships.
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— Big West Conference (@BigWestSports) June 24, 2021
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Donning hard hats Thursday at the arena construction site, Big West commissioner Dan Butterly held a joint press conference with Kerry Bubolz, president of the Golden Knights, and Henderson mayor Debra March in front of a contingent of local representatives and Big West CEOs and athletics directors.
"The Big West stands for innovation and opportunity, and the Dollar Loan Center provides a tremendous, state-of-the-art venue to showcase the Big West, its member institutions and basketball programs," said Butterly. "It is a spectacular facility that will become an entertainment hub for the city of Henderson and the Las Vegas valley. A place that I know our student-athletes, coaches, administrators and fans will love to be next March. Special thanks to mayor March and president Bubolz and his team for working with us to elevate our brand and return the Big West to the Silver State."
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— Henderson Silver Knights (@HSKnights) June 24, 2021
"We are thrilled that the first-ever event in our brand-new, state-of-the-art community facility in Henderson will be the Big West men's and women's basketball championships," Bubolz added. "The Dollar Loan Center will be home to some of the most exciting entertainment our region has to offer."
The Big West was the first collegiate conference to hold a conference basketball tournament in the state of Nevada nearly 30 years ago.
Previously, the Thomas & Mack Center hosted the event in 1994 and 1995, before the tournament moved to the Lawlor Events Center in Reno from 1996 to 2000. The Big West returned to Las Vegas a year ago, staging the 2021 championships at Michelob ULTRA Arena inside Mandalay Bay.
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