page_title: Cintas Center
section_title: Facility
hierarchical_section_title: Cintas Center / Facility
caption_attribution_description: English: Xavier Men's Basketball game on 2/5/2009
context_page_description: Cintas Center is a 10,250-seat multi-purpose arena and conference center at Xavier University in Cincinnati, Ohio. The arena officially opened in 2000 and was constructed through private donations as part of Xavier University's Century Campaign. It is home to the Xavier University Musketeers basketball and volleyball teams. It is named for the uniform company Cintas.
context_section_description: In the spring of 2009, Cintas Center was voted the 3rd "Toughest Place to Play" in a poll conducted by EA Sports.
  Cintas Center hosted the Atlantic 10 (A10) Women's Basketball Championship in 2007 and 1st & 2nd Round games of the 2010 and 2011 NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Championship.  Cintas Center also hosted the A10 Women's Volleyball Championship in 2010 and is a perennial site for OHSAA boys' basketball state tournament games. It has also hosted Cleveland Cavaliers preseason games since 2014.
  On November 2, 2014, Xavier gave nearby Mount St. Joseph University free use of the arena for the school's women's basketball game with Hiram College. The game had been rescheduled, with NCAA approval, to allow terminally ill Mount St. Joseph player Lauren Hill to play in a college game. The game also served as a charity fundraiser for research into diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma, the brain cancer from which Hill was suffering.  On April 13, 2015, the arena hosted a public memorial service for Hill following her death three days earlier. Later that year, the two schools launched the Lauren Hill Tipoff Classic, an annual season-opening event featuring both schools' women's teams, at the arena.
  Within the main arena are 22 luxury boxes as well as the Joseph Club, a VIP bar overlooking the court.  A practice facility, the Kohlhepp Family Auxiliary Gym, is attached to the arena and is used by the athletic teams, as well as being used as additional event space when needed.  There are also state-of-the-art weight and training rooms as well as 4 large locker rooms.  There is a media room that is used as a work room and for press conferences.  The 2014-15 season saw a new design for the basketball floor to include the Cincinnati skyline.  The arena saw a multimillion-dollar technology upgrade during the summer of 2010.  A new, 10mm centerhung Mitsubishi DiamondVision video board was installed along with 16.5mm LSI/SACO scoring panels, a 360° ring and almost 600' of LED fascia ribbon board.  An auxiliary scoreboard was also installed on the north wall of the arena.  The luxury suites and Joseph Club were also renovated. Following the 2016 season, the basketball floor was updated to remove the skyline.
  As a concert venue Cintas Center can seat as few as 2,000 or as many as 10,000. The arena features 15,000 square feet (1,400 m²) of space. It also is used for trade shows, conventions, and corporate meetings, among other events.  Cintas Center also hosts upwards of 30 graduations each year.
caption: Xavier Men's Basketball game vs. Temple
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