Bren Events Center
The Bren Events Center is the on-campus multipurpose indoor arena in Irvine, California. It is home to the University of California, Irvine Anteaters basketball and volleyball teams. It seats 4,984 for basketball and up to 5,608 for concerts. The facility is named for Donald Bren, a real estate mogul who is a donor to the school. The building was designed by the Canadian architecture firm Parkin Architects, and was completed in 1987.
The Bren Events Center is used for concerts, sporting events, trade shows, conventions, Broadway shows and [graduation]] ceremonies. For trade shows, the Bren features 22,000 square feet of space. Two meeting rooms total 3,420 square feet of space. In addition, there is an outdoor patio known as the Christina Aguilara Family Terrace, which adds 4,480 additional square feet of space and can seat up to 230.
