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Full name | Paul E. Tsongas Center at UMass Lowell |
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Former names | Tsongas Arena (1998-Oct. 2009) |
Address | 300 Martin Luther King Jr. Way |
Location | Lowell, Massachusetts |
Coordinates | 42°39′01″N 71°18′48″W / 42.650228°N 71.313248°W |
Owner | University of Massachusetts Lowell |
Operator | Spectra |
Capacity | 6,500 (hockey and basketball) 7,800 (concerts) 10,003 (wrestling)[1] |
Construction | |
Broke ground | 1996 |
Opened | January 27, 1998 |
Construction cost | $24 million (original) $5 million (2010-11 renovations) |
Tenants | |
UMass Lowell River Hawks (NCAA) (1998–present) Lowell Lock Monsters/Devils (AHL) (1998–2010) Massachusetts Pirates (IFL) (2024–present) PWHL Boston (PWHL) (2024–present) |
Tsongas Center at UMass Lowell (formerly Tsongas Arena[2]) is a multi-purpose facility owned by the University of Massachusetts Lowell and located in Lowell, Massachusetts. The arena was opened on January 27, 1998, and dedicated to the memory of the late Paul Tsongas, prominent Lowell native and U.S. senator. The arena was built with $4 million in funding from both the city and the university, plus another $20 million contributed from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.[3]