UPMC Events Center

UPMC Events Center is an indoor arena located in the Pittsburgh suburb of Moon, Pennsylvania as a part of Robert Morris University, replacing the old Charles L. Sewall Center.^[6] The UPMC Events Center is the new home of the Robert Morris Colonials men's and women's (NCAA) Division I basketball and women's volleyball teams.^[7] The UPMC Events Center was originally scheduled to open in January 2019.^[8][1] However, it later opened in May 2019 after the men's basketball team announced all of their 2018–19 games would be played at the North Athletic Complex on campus.

UPMC Events Center

Full name	UPMC Events Center
Location	Moon, Pennsylvania
Coordinates	40.520212°N 80.21476°W / 40.520212; -80.21476
Owner	Robert Morris University
Operator	Oak View Group Facilities
Capacity	4,000
Construction
Broke ground	November 8, 2017[1]
Opened	May 10, 2019[2]
Construction cost	$50 million[3]
Architect	Ross Bianco Architecture[4]
General contractor	P. J. Dick Inc.[5]
Tenants
Robert Morris Colonials (NCAA)
Website
https://www.upmceventscenter.com

In 2013, a survey was conducted to see if a new sporting and athletic center would be wanted for the university and in 2016, the survey results concluded in an overwhelming favor for the construction of a new sports center.

Bob Dylan and Pierce the Veil are the only acts that have performed at the arena more than once.

Facilities

The UPMC Events Center offers a state-of-the-art freeweight and aerobic exercising rooms used for weightlifting and fitness classes. There are also two more rooms that offer sports such as: yoga and wellness programs for students; as well as space for training recreational sports such as: basketball, volleyball and indoor soccer.^[9][10] This facility is also fitted with locker rooms, private showering areas, office space and private lockers for the three (NCAA) Division I teams: men's and women's basketball and women's volleyball.

The facilities in this sports center are also used as a venue for conventions, public speakers, expos, concerts, and graduation ceremonies.^[11]

Events

Sports

On March 21, 2019, it was announced that the first basketball game to be held at the arena would be played between Robert Morris and the Pittsburgh Panthers on November 12. This was the 31st matchup between the two teams, with Pitt having won all 30 previous meetings, all of which had been held at Pitt's Petersen Events Center or Fitzgerald Field House. Pitt won the game 71-57 in front of a sold-out crowd. The arena hosted its first conference championship game on March 10, 2020 when the Colonials defeated the St. Francis Red Flash to win the Northeast Conference title, also played before a sold-out crowd of over 4,000.

Concerts

List of concerts held at the arena

Date	Artist	Opening act(s)	Tour/Concert name	Ref.
May 12, 2019	Evanescence	Veridia	—	[12]
August 11, 2019	Why Don't We	EBEN	8 Letters Tour	[13]
August 16, 2019	The Doobie Brothers	—	—	[14]
October 14, 2019	The Head and the Heart	—	Living Mirage Tour	[15]
November 10, 2019	Bob Dylan	—	Never Ending Tour	[16]
November 15, 2019	Sara Bareilles	Emily King	Amidst the Chaos Tour	[17]
January 21, 2020[a]	AJR	—	The Neotheater World Tour	[18]
November 15, 2021	Bob Dylan	—	Rough and Rowdy Ways World Wide Tour	[19]
December 5, 2021	Playboi Carti	—	Narcissist	[20]
September 11, 2022	I Prevail	Pierce the Veil Fit for a King Yours Truly	True Power Tour	[21]
September 22, 2022	Conan Gray	Kacy Hill	Superache Tour	[22]
October 8, 2022	Earth, Wind & Fire	n/a	North American Tour 2022
December 17, 2022	The 1975	Miloe	At Their Very Best	[23]
June 16, 2023	The Used Pierce the Veil	Don Broco Girlfriends	Creative Control Tour	[24]

Notes

1. This show was originally scheduled for November 22, 2019, but was postponed due to the band's lead singer, Jack Met, having streptococcal pharyngitis.