An artist’s rendering is displayed during an arena-naming news conference in Henderson Tuesday, March 30, 2021. The Silver Knights, the AHL affiliate of the Golden Knights, announced the under-construction arena in Henderson will be called the Dollar Loan Center.
Thursday, June 24, 2021 | 7 p.m.
IRVINE, Calif. — The Big West Conference is moving its men’s and women’s basketball tournaments to a new arena in Henderson beginning next March.
The league said Thursday that the 6,000-seat Dollar Loan Center will host the event for the next three years. The $84 million arena will be completed in February.
The Big West Tournament will run March 8-12, featuring 10 men’s and women’s teams vying for the league’s automatic berths to the NCAA Tournaments.
UNLV's Thomas & Mack Center hosted the event in 1994 and ‘95 before it moved to Reno from 1996 to 2000. This year's tournament was played at the arena inside Mandalay Bay. It wasn't played in 2020 because of the coronavirus pandemic.
The tournament was played at two different locations in Anaheim, California, from 2001 to 2019.
The Dollar Loan Center will be home to the AHL's Henderson Silver Knights, a minor league affiliate of the NHL's Vegas Golden Knights; the Vegas Indoor Football League franchise; and the Southern Nevada Sports Hall of Fame.
