# Mullins Center

The William D. Mullins Memorial Center, also known as the Mullins Center, is a 9,493-seat multi-purpose arena (10,500 for 360 concerts), located on the campus of the University of Massachusetts, in Amherst, Massachusetts. The Mullins Center is the home of UMass Minutemen men's basketball, women's basketball, and men's ice hockey. In addition, the venue hosts numerous concerts, family shows, theater shows, and commencements annually. Located adjacent to the Mullins Center is the Mullins Community Ice Rink, which is open for public skating and racquetball, while also serving as the home rink for the UMass women's ice hockey team.
In 1985, William D. Mullins, a state representative from Ludlow, suggested that the university needed a multipurpose arena and convocation center to help expand the athletic program and assist in the university's growth. He died in 1986, but the state went ahead with the building of the complex, naming it for him. It replaced the Curry Hicks Cage, the 1930s-era basketball gymnasium, as home of the Minutemen basketball teams. In addition, it allowed the hockey team, which had been downgraded to club status since the late 1970s, to be elevated to Division I status.
The Mullins Center is managed by Spectra, which manages over 70 different event arenas throughout the United States.

## Concerts and events

The Mullins Center has hosted many performances over the years, including:

### Musical
#### Metallica

* February 15, 1993

#### Aerosmith

* September 21, 1993

#### Elton John

* October 22, 1993
* November 5, 1997
* April 8, 2000
* April 17, 2004

#### Phish

* April 16, 1994
* November 3, 1994
* December 4, 1995
* December 5, 1995
* October 23, 2010
* October 24, 2010

#### Pansy Division

* November 28, 1994

#### Green Day

* November 28, 1994
* April 30, 2005

#### Indigo Girls

* December 9, 1994

#### K's Choice

* December 9, 1994

#### Live

* March 11, 1995
* November 13, 1997

#### Barry Manilow

* October 21, 1995

#### Alanis Morissette

* February 4, 1996
* February 11, 1999

#### 311

* September 13, 1996
* November 24, 1997
* November 19, 2005

#### Dave Matthews Band

* October 6, 1996
* May 5, 2003
* April 21, 2007

#### The Black Crows

* November 3, 1996

#### Smashing Pumpkins

* January 28, 1997

#### Fountains of Wayne

* January 28, 1997

#### Stone Temple Pilots

* April 26, 1997

#### Cheap Trick

* April 26, 1997

#### Ani DiFranco

* April 4, 1998
* April 9, 1999
* October 28, 2000
* November 15, 2003

#### Matchbox 20

* April 7, 1998
* September 22, 2000

#### Korn

* November 6, 1998

#### Incubus

* November 6, 1998
* May 14, 2002

#### Tori Amos

* November 15, 1998

#### Soul Coughing

* November 13, 1998

#### Bob Dylan

* February 24, 1999
* November 18, 1999
* November 20, 2004
* November 15, 2006
* November 19, 2010

#### The Mighty Mighty Bosstones

* May 8, 1999

#### The Goo Goo Dolls

* October 20, 1999

#### Luscious Jackson

* February 28, 2000

#### Foo Fighters

* April 2, 2000

#### Muse

* April 2, 2000

#### Red Hot Chili Peppers

* April 2, 2000
* September 9, 2003

#### Creed

* April 15, 2000

#### Sevendust

* April 15, 2000

#### U.P.O

* April 15, 2000

#### The Jayhawks

* September 22, 2000

#### Barenaked Ladies

* February 16, 2001
* October 24, 2006

#### String Cheese Incident

* October 26, 2001

#### Widespread Panic

* November 9, 2001

#### Udo Lindenberg

* April 26, 2002

#### Counting Crows

* October 5, 2002

#### Tool

* October 25, 2002

#### John Mayer

* November 23, 2002
* February 26, 2006
* February 26, 2007

#### Queens of the Stone Age

* September 9, 2003

#### French Toast

* September 9, 2003

#### Delirious?

* September 27, 2003

#### Good Charlotte

* October 10, 2003

#### Blake Shelton

* February 12, 2004
* February 11, 2006

#### Neil Young

* March 21, 2004

#### Pixies

* November 30, 2004

#### My Chemical Romance

* April 30, 2005

#### Dropkick Murphys

* May 1, 2005

#### Velvet Revolver

* May 3, 2005

#### Alison Krauss

* May 19, 2005

#### Tim McGraw

* September 15, 2005

#### Kanye West

* October 31, 2005

#### Keith Urban

* November 11, 2005

#### Nine Inch Nails

* March 10, 2006

#### Black Eyed Peas

* April 25, 2006

#### The Roots

* May 7, 2006

#### The All-American Rejects

* October 21, 2006

#### Mike Doughty

* October 24, 2006

#### The Raconteurs

* November 15, 2006

#### Disturbed

* November 19, 2006

#### Flyleaf

* November 19, 2006

#### Nonpoint

* November 19, 2006

#### Stone Sour

* November 19, 2006

#### Amour for Sleep

* April 5, 2007

#### Underoath

* April 5, 2007

#### O.A.R

* April 14, 2007
* November 18, 2008

#### Tim Reynolds

* April 21, 2007

#### OK Go

* May 6, 2007

#### Ben Folds

* May 6, 2007

#### The Suburbs

* May 6, 2007

#### Gym Class Heroes

* September 19, 2007

#### Sick Puppies

* December 7, 2007

#### Evanescence

* December 7, 2007

#### Julien-K

* December 7, 2007

#### Carrie Underwood

* February 20, 2008
* March 27, 2010

#### Casting Crowns

* February 29, 2008

#### Jimmy Eat World

* May 4, 2008

#### Willie Nelson

* April 17, 2009

#### Lupe Fiasco

* May 3, 2009

#### N.E.R.D

* October 25, 2009

#### J. Cole

* October 25, 2009
* April 15, 2012

#### Jay-Z

* October 25, 2009

#### Further

* February 19, 2010
* November 6, 2011

#### Craig Morgan

* March 27, 2010

#### New Found Glory

* April 25, 2010

#### Ludacris

* April 25, 2010

#### LMFAO

* April 25, 2010

#### Electrolightz

* April 25, 2010

#### Samuel Adams

* April 30, 2010

#### Daughtry

* June 14, 2010

#### Mike Posner

* September 25, 2010

#### Far East Movement

* September 25, 2010

#### Stephen Jerzak

* September 25, 2010

#### 2AM Club

* September 25, 2010

#### Bad Rabbits

* September 25, 2010

#### XV

* September 25, 2010

#### Newsboys

* October 8, 2010

#### Jimmy Needham

* October 9, 2010

#### Wiz Khalifa

* November 20, 2010

#### Big K.R.I.T

* November 20, 2010
* April 15, 2012

#### Donnis

* November 20, 2010

#### DJ Khaled

* January 28, 2011

#### Escape Reality

* April 1, 2011
* April 2, 2011

#### B.o.B

* April 17, 2011

#### 3OH!3

* April 17, 2011

#### Pretty Lights

* April 17, 2011

#### Kids on the Hill

* April 17, 2011

#### Jason Aldean

* April 29, 2011

#### Eric Church

* April 29, 2011

#### The JaneDean Girls

* April 29, 2011

#### Tiesto

* September 19, 2011

#### Acquire the Fire

* October 1, 2011

#### Thousand Foot Krutch

* October 1, 2011

#### Deadmau5

* October 15, 2011

#### Feed Me

* October 15, 2011

#### Tommy Lee

* October 15, 2011

#### Afrojack

* October 25, 2011

#### Phil Lesh

* November 6, 2011

#### Further

* November 6, 2011

#### Bob Weir

* November 6, 2011

#### 3 Doors Down

* November 10, 2011

#### Theory of a Deadman

* November 10, 2011

#### Pop Evil

* November 10, 2011

#### Lady Antebellum

* December 15, 2011

#### Josh Kelley

* December 15, 2011

#### Edens Edge

* December 15, 2011

#### Avicii

* January 31, 2012
* April 19, 2012

#### Rusko

* February 10, 2012

#### Miranda Lambert

* February 16, 2012

#### Chris Young

* February 16, 2012

#### Jerrod Niemann

* February 16, 2012

#### Third Blind Eye

* April 15, 2012

#### Fantazia

* April 28, 2012

### Family events
#### Care Bears Live

    "Caring & Sharing Friends"
* December 15–18, 2005

#### Barney the Dinosaur

* February 16, 2006

#### Doodlebops

* October 7, 2006

#### Walking with Dinosaurs

* March 27–30, 2008

#### Cirque du Soleil

    Saltimbanco
* September 3–7, 2008

#### Playhouse Disney Live!

* November 1, 2008

#### Cirque du Soleil

    Alegría
* September 16–20, 2009

#### Disney's Phineas and Ferb

* September 10, 2011

#### Cirque du Soleil

    "Quidam"
* October 9, 2011

#### Michael Jackson The Immortal World Tour By Cirque Du Soleil

* March 6, 2014

### Entertainers, miscellaneous events
#### Jim Breuer

* October 9, 2004
* February 1, 2008

#### David Copperfield

* February 6, 2006

#### Bill Cosby

* October 29, 2004

#### Daniel Tosh

* October 27, 2010

#### Russell Brand

* November 19, 2011

### Sports
#### Boston Bruins

* Exhibition Game

#### NCAA Women's Volleyball Championship

* 1995

#### Boston Celtics

* Exhibition Game