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CONVOCATION CENTER<br />
MEDIA<br />
• A crowd of 10,892, the largest ever at the Convocation<br />
Center, watched the Red Wolves defeat the<br />
University of Arkansas 98-84 in the 2005 Women’s National<br />
Invitation Tournament (WNIT).<br />
• A-State has posted an undefeated mark at the Convocation<br />
Center three times: 1988-89 (14-0), 1990-91<br />
(13-0) and 2010-11 (13-0).<br />
• The Clopton Clinic Strength and Conditioning Room<br />
was unveiled in the summer of 2008, featuring new<br />
weights, lighting, floor and wall coverings and entrance<br />
doors.<br />
• The A-State men’s basketball program has amassed<br />
a 284-115 (.712 winning pct.) at the Convocation Center.<br />
• Prior to the 2009-10 season, the men’s basketball,<br />
women’s basketball and women’s volleyball locker<br />
rooms along with the film room were renovated.<br />
• The basketball court was resurfaced and repainted<br />
prior to the 2014-15 season, featuring the large Red<br />
Wolves logo at center court and A-State logos just outside<br />
the two lane areas. The new Sun Belt Conference<br />
logos were painted in each lane the summer of 2013.<br />
• A newly-integrated video display system was installed<br />
at the Convocation Center in October of 2013.<br />
The display system, manufactured by Daktronics, consists<br />
of four identical LED video displays measuring 12<br />
feet high by 26 feet wide mounted in each of the arena’s<br />
four corners.<br />
• Official opening of the Convocation Center was July<br />
11, 1987, with the National AAU 17-and-under boys<br />
basketball championships. Team Acadiana of Louisiana<br />
defeated the Arkansas Wings 87-68 in the first game<br />
and Joe Harvell of the Arkansas Wings scored the first<br />
points.<br />
• The multi-purpose indoor arena seats 10,038 for<br />
basketball games and 11,704 for concerts.<br />
• The Convocation Center facility was completed in<br />
1987 and took three years at cost of $19 million, $15.3<br />
million of which was provided by the state.<br />
• The first public event at the Convocation Center was<br />
A-State Commencement ceremonies in May of 1987.<br />
• The first A-State women’s contest held at the Convocation<br />
Center occurred versus Indiana State on Nov.<br />
30, 1987. A-State defeated Indiana State 70-63 with<br />
A-State’s Charlotte Fields scoring the first points.<br />
• The first A-State men’s games held at the Convocation<br />
Center was against Memphis on Dec. 5, 1987. The<br />
Tigers defeated A-State 60-59 in front of 10,766 fans.<br />
Sylvester Gray of Memphis scored the first points in<br />
the game and Bobby Collins scored the first points for<br />
A-State.<br />
• Over the Summer of 2015, crews finished the installation<br />
of all new chair back seating and railing throughout<br />
the Convocation Center.<br />
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