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| Full name | EagleBank Arena at George Mason University |
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| Former names | Patriot Center (1985–2015) |
| Address | 4500 Patriot Circle |
| Location | George Mason University Fairfax, Virginia, U.S. |
| Coordinates | 38°49′37″N 77°18′36″W / 38.827°N 77.310°W |
| Owner | George Mason University |
| Operator | Monumental Sports & Entertainment |
| Capacity | Basketball: 10,000 |
| Surface | Multi-surface |
| Construction | |
| Broke ground | 1982 |
| Opened | October 4, 1985[3] |
| Construction cost | $16 million[1] ($45.3 million in 2023[2]) |
| Architect | HOK Sport Mosley Architects |
| Tenants | |
| George Mason Patriots (A10) (1985–present) Washington Commandos (AFL) (1990) | |
| Website | |
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EagleBank Arena (originally the Patriot Center) is a 10,000-seat arena in the eastern United States, on the campus of George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia, a suburb southwest of Washington, D.C.
Opened 39 years ago in 1985, it is the home of Patriot men's & women's basketball, and is a venue for concerts and family shows, with 17,000 square feet (1,600 m2) of space.[4] EagleBank Arena has attracted 9.6 million people to over 2,958 events to GMU, which has over 30,000 students.
In 2010, the EagleBank Arena was ranked seventh nationwide and twelfth worldwide according to ticket sales for venues with capacities between 10,001 and 15,000 by trade publication Venues Today. Also in 2010, the Patriot Center was ranked No. 8 nationwide and No. 18 worldwide according to top grossing venues with a capacity between 10,001 and 15,000 by Billboard magazine.[5]
In July 2015, it was renamed the EagleBank Arena.[6][7] The arena is the owned and operated by Monumental Sports & Entertainment.
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- ^ "George Mason Univ. sells naming rights to Patriot Center". WVIR. May 7, 2015. Archived from the original on May 18, 2015. Retrieved May 7, 2015.
- ^ "George Mason, EagleBank Announce Multimillion-Dollar Education Partnership" (Press release). George Mason Patriots. May 7, 2015. Retrieved May 7, 2015.