UC Santa Barbara Events Center, Indoor arena at University of California Santa Barbara, United States.
The UC Santa Barbara Events Center contains 5,600 seats and serves as a multi-purpose indoor facility on the university campus in California.
The Events Center opened in 1979 as Campus Events Center, and received its nickname 'The Thunderdome' following a notable basketball victory in 1987.
The venue hosts basketball games for UC Santa Barbara Gauchos teams, concerts, boxing matches, and student organization gatherings throughout the academic year.
The Events Center features chairback seating instead of traditional bleachers, with entrances monitored by security personnel during major sporting events.
The highest recorded attendance reached 6,512 spectators during a basketball game against Ohio State on December 18, 1991.
Location: Santa Barbara County
Official opening: 1979
Capacity: 5600
Website: https://eventscenter.ucsb.edu
GPS coordinates: 34.41380,-119.85100
Latest update: March 13, 2025 12:27
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