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Kimmel Arena Full name Kimmel Arena
(North Carolina Center for Health and Wellness)Location Asheville, North Carolina Coordinates Coordinates: 35°37′05″N 82°34′05″W / 35.618°N 82.568°W Broke ground 2008 Opened 2011 (estimated) Owner University of North Carolina at Asheville Construction cost $5-7 million Architect Bowers, Ellis and Watson
HOKCapacity 3,400 Tenants UNC Asheville Bulldogs (2011-) Kimmel Arena is the home of the UNC Asheville Bulldogs basketball and volleyball programs. It is a 3,400-seat arena located on the campus of the University of North Carolina at Asheville in Asheville, North Carolina. Kimmel Arena, named for local businessman Joe Kimmel, is part of the much larger North Carolina Center for Health and Wellness, which is a 133,500-square-foot (12,400 m2) facility. The arena held its first games, both exhibitions, on Nov. 7, 2011 and will formally open Nov. 13, 2011, as UNC Asheville hosts the top-ranked University of North Carolina Tar Heels. It replaces the Justice Center as UNCA's home court, but the latter will remain as a training facility and physical education complex.
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Basketball arenas of the Big South Conference John W. Pope, Jr. Convocation Center (Campbell) • CSU Field House / North Charleston Coliseum (Charleston Southern) • Kimbel Arena (Coastal Carolina) • Paul Porter Arena (Gardner-Webb) • Millis Center (High Point) • Templeton Physical Education Center (Presbyterian) • Vines Center (Liberty) • Dedmon Center (Radford) • Kimmel Arena (UNC-Asheville) • Cameron Hall (VMI) • Winthrop Coliseum (Winthrop)
Categories:- Basketball venues in North Carolina
- College basketball venues in the United States
- College volleyball venues in the United States
- Indoor arenas in the United States
- Sports venues in North Carolina
- UNC Asheville Bulldogs men's basketball
- Buildings and structures in Asheville, North Carolina
- North Carolina sports venue stubs
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