| The Dunkin' Donuts Center is an indoor
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| | warrant an arena larger than the
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| arena located in Providence, Rhode
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| | 2,620-seat Alumni Hall.
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| Island, USA.It was built in 1972. The
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| | The Dunkin’ Donuts Center attracts
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| Arena actually built as a place for the
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| | a vast audience of patrons from all over
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| emerging Providence College men's
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| | Southeastern New England. The Arena
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| basketball program and the high demand
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| | partners with a wide variety of companies
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| for tickets to their games in Alumni
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| | and organizations seeking to interact
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| Hall, as well as for the then-Providence
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| | with audiences.
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| Reds, who played in the nearly fifty-year
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| | The New England Steamrollers of the Arena
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| old Rhode Island Auditorium. Initially,
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| | Football League called the arena home in
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| it was known as the Providence Civic
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| | 1988. The Providence Reds hockey team
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| Center. Later on, a naming rights deal
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| | played there for five years starting in
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| was reached with Dunkin' Donuts in June
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| | 1972. The venue has long been a regular
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| 2001. The Providence Bruins of the
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| | stop on WWE tours. It was the site of WWF
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| American Hockey League and the Providence
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| | King of the Ring tournaments five times
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| College Friars men's basketball team are
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| | and hosted the 1994 Royal Rumble. In 1999
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| the current tenants of this wonderful
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| | the Dunkin' Donuts Center was home to the
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| arena.
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| | WWE Backlash Pay-Per-View event. In 2005
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| The Dunkin Donuts Center has become a
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| | this venue hosted WWE Armageddon on
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| very important sports place in the USA.It
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| | December 18, 2005 presented by SmackDown!
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| has been the site of many collegiate
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| | and Xbox 360. A number of other
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| tournaments, including the inaugural 1980
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| | professional sporting events (such as the
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| Big East Conference men's basketball
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| | Harlem Globetrotters), as well as rock,
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| tournament; several ECAC basketball
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| | pop, and opera concerts have occurred
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| tournaments; NCAA basketball tournament
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| | there as well.
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| first- and second-round games in 1976,
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| | The Rhode Island Convention Center
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| 1979, 1980, 1981, 1989, and 1996; the
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| | Authority purchased the building from the
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| 1978 and 1985 basketball regionals; the
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| | City of Providence for dollar28.5 million
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| inaugural 1985 Hockey East Tournament
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| | in December of 2005,. A major
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| (won by the home team); and the 1995 and
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| | reconstruction is underway which will
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| 2000 NCAA Frozen Four ice hockey
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| | also include an expansion of the arena
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| championships.
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| | seating capacity. The Authority will
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| The University of Rhode Island has also
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| | spend dollar62 million on the renovation
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| played home basketball games at Dunkin'
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| | of the "Dunk" to transform the facility
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| Donuts Center. On some special occasions,
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| | into a state-of-the-art arena. Two major
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| the PC women's basketball team has played
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| | elements of the construction include an
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| "home" games in the arena, most notably
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| | expanded lobby and an enclosed pedestrian
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| for games against URI or UConn, where
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| | bridge between the Convention Center and
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| demand for tickets would be enough to
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| | the Dunkin' Donuts Center.
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