UPMC Events Center

UPMC Events Center
Interactive map of UPMC Events Center
Full nameUPMC Events Center
LocationMoon, Pennsylvania
Coordinates40°31′13″N 80°12′53″W / 40.520212°N 80.21476°W / 40.520212; -80.21476
OwnerRobert Morris University
OperatorOak View Group Facilities
Capacity4,000
Construction
GroundbreakingNovember 8, 2017
OpenedMay 10, 2019
Cost$50 million
ArchitectRoss Bianco Architecture
General contractor
P. J. Dick Inc.
Tenant
Robert Morris Colonials (NCAA)
Website
https://www.upmceventscenter.com

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. The UPMC Events Center is the home of the Robert Morris Colonials men's and women's NCAA Division I basketball and women's volleyball teams. Originally scheduled to open in January 2019, the arena eventually 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.

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.

Acts that have performed more than once at the venue include Bob Dylan, Pierce the Veil, Motionless in White, Donnie Iris and The Cruisers, Tedeschi Trucks Band, The Clarks, The Vindys, Knocked Loose, and NEEDTOBREATHE.

Facilities

The UPMC Events Center offers free weight 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. 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.

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. The attendance record, previously jointly held by the aforementioned two games, was broken on March 6, 2025, when 4,058 fans saw RMU defeat the Wright State Raiders in the quarterfinals of the Horizon League tournament.

Concerts

List of concerts held at the arena
Date Artist Opening act(s) Tour/Concert name Ref.
May 12, 2019 Evanescence Veridia N/a
August 11, 2019 Why Don't We EBEN 8 Letters Tour
August 14, 2019 Bryan Adams N/a Shine a Light
August 16, 2019 The Doobie Brothers N/a N/a
October 14, 2019 The Head and the Heart N/a Living Mirage Tour
November 10, 2019 Bob Dylan N/a Never Ending Tour
November 15, 2019 Sara Bareilles Emily King Amidst the Chaos Tour
January 21, 2020 AJR N/a The Neotheater World Tour
February 19, 2020 Tedeschi Trucks Band The National Reserve N/a
October 3, 2021 NEEDTOBREATHE Switchfoot Into The Mystery
November 15, 2021 Bob Dylan N/a Rough and Rowdy Ways World Wide Tour
December 5, 2021 Playboi Carti N/a Narcissist
April 7, 2022 Motionless in White
Ice Nine Kills		 Lilith Czar Trinity of Terror Tour
September 11, 2022 I Prevail Pierce the Veil
Fit for a King
Yours Truly		 True Power Tour
September 22, 2022 Conan Gray Kacy Hill Superache Tour
October 8, 2022 Earth, Wind & Fire N/a North American Tour 2022
October 16, 2022 Bring Me The Horizon grandson
Knocked Loose
Siiickbrain		 Post Human USA Tour 2022
December 17, 2022 The 1975 Miloe At Their Very Best
March 11, 2023 Donnie Iris & The Cruisers The Clarks N/a
March 22, 2023 Tedeschi Trucks Band Myron Elkins I Am The Moon
May,1, 2023 Billy Idol Kelsy Karter & The Heroines North American Tour 2023
June 16, 2023 The Used
Pierce the Veil		 Don Broco
Girlfriends		 Creative Control Tour
June 26, 2023 Counting Crows Dashboard Confessional Banshee Season
August 15, 2023 Incubus Badflower
Paris Jackson		 US Tour 2023
September 8, 2023 BABYMETAL
Dethklok		 Jason Richardson THE BABYKLOK TOUR 2023
September 16, 2023 Parker McCollum Jackson Dean N/a
September 17, 2023 Motionless in White After the Burial
Alpha Wolf
Knocked Loose		 Touring The End Of The World Tour 2023
September 21, 2023 Lil Tjay N/a Beat the Odds
October 28, 2023 Cole Swindell Nate Smith The Twelve Tour
November 8, 2023 NEEDTOBREATHE Judah & The Lion Caves World Tour
March 16, 2024 Donnie Iris & The Cruisers The Clarks
The Vindys		 N/a
September 15, 2024 Porter Robinson ericdoa SMILE! :D World Tour
September 17, 2024 Sum 41 The Interrupters
Many Eyes		 Tour of the Setting Sum
September 17, 2024 Lorna Shore Whitechapel
Kublai Khan TX
Sanguisugabogg		 N/a
October 26, 2024 Dropkick Murphys Pennywise
The Scratch		 North America Fall 2024
October 29, 2024 The Black Crowes Tash Neal Happiness Bastards (The Reprise)
February 18, 2025 Wallows Deb Never MODEL & More Tour
March 13, 2025 The Driver Era Thomas Day Obsession Tour
April 12, 2025 Spiritbox Dying Wish
Loathe		 Tsunami Sea North American Tour
November 5, 2025 Chicago N/a N/a
November 8, 2025 Seether
Daughtry		 P.O.D.
Kami Kehoe		 N/a
November 19, 2025 All Time Low Mayday Parade
Four Year Strong
The Paradox		 EVERYONE'S TALKING!

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.

References

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