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DCU Center
For 26 years, the DCU Center
in Worcester, Mass. has been
recognized as the gathering
place for people to experience the
finest in entertainment, sporting
events and public functions. Hailed as
one of the nation’s most successful
entertainment and convention
facilities, the DCU Center opened its
doors in September 1982 with the
legendary Frank Sinatra Inaugural
Concert. Since that time, acts of all
musical genres have found their way
to the arena stage. From rock to rap,
country to contemporary, millions of fans from all over the world
have come to the DCU Center to see their favorite performers.
The arena features annual appearances of the top family
shows including Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus,
Sesame Street Live, Disney On Ice, Harlem Globetrotters and
The Wiggles among others. The DCU Center also plays host to
a variety of sporting and entertainment events including NCAA basketball and hockey, Holy Cross
Basketball, Professional Bull Riding, MIAA High School Basketball Championships, Monster Trucks
and more.
In addition, the building is the proud home to the American Hockey League’s Worcester Sharks.
Operated and affiliated with the San Jose Sharks, the Worcester Sharks play 40 regular season
home games at the DCU Center.
The facility expanded in 1997 with the opening of an attached state-of-the-art convention
center that features panoramic views of downtown Worcester. The complex, described as an
architectural gem, added 50,000 square feet of exhibit space, 11 meeting rooms, a 12,144
square foot ballroom (the largest in Central Massachusetts) and a state-of-the-art kitchen. The
facility’s 100,000-plus square feet of exhibit space is filled by consumer shows, trade shows,
conventions, conferences and other public and private functions year-round. An additional
headquarters hotel for the facility, the Hilton Garden, opened in October 2006 doubling the
number of rooms previously available in the facility’s other headquarters hotel, the Crowne Plaza.
In October 2004, DCU (Digital Federal Credit Union) and the City of Worcester entered
into a naming rights partnership to rename the arena and convention center to the DCU
Center. DCU is a full-service, not-for-profit financial institution cooperatively owned by
and operated for its members. DCU was chartered in October 1979. Well over 300,000
DCU members have made them one of the fastest growing credit unions in America.
Continuing to provide the best possible experience for the promoter, performer and patron, the
DCU Center is owned by the City of Worcester and managed by SMG, the world’s leading private
management and developing firm for public assembly facilities. Headquartered in Philadelphia,
SMG provides management services to more than 200 public assembly facilities including arenas,
stadiums, performing arts centers, theatres and convention, conference and trade centers. As the
recognized industry leader since 1977, SMG provides construction and design consulting, preopening
services, venue management, sales and marketing and event booking and programming.
SMG also offers food and beverage operations through our in-house catering company, SAVOR…
Catering by SMG, currently servicing 65 accounts worldwide. With facilities across the United
States and in Puerto Rico, Mexico, Canada, Europe and the Middle East, SMG controls more than
1.5 million entertainment seats worldwide and manages more than 10 million feet of exhibition
space.
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