Xfinity Center

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Updated On :09 Apr, 2021

Full Name
Xfinity Center

Capacity
17,950

Type
Indoor

Location
United States of America

Surface Type
Hardwood

The Xfinity Center is a well-known indoor arena and a prominent venue for students’ activities, situated in Maryland, United States. The students of the University of Maryland use this arena as a major venue for all their activities. The arena has adequate facilities for conducting graduation ceremonies, concerts, state high school basketball tournaments and various other special events, having the seating capacity of around 19,000. There is a multi-purpose room with 400 seats, used for meetings, press conferences, and banquets. There is a large video board with a capability of displaying a single image, live videos, and replays. This video screen is divided into two different windows for displaying animations, graphics, game statistics and for scoring information and advertisements.

Trivia

This arena is considered as the largest in the state of Maryland and the second largest in the Washington DC, the largest being Verizon Center.

Significance

The Duke and The Terrapins played against each other in this arena on 18th January 2003.
Maryland Terrapins women’s basketball matches were conducted here in 2006.
Maryland Terrapins men’s basketball matches were held in this arena in 2004.
The first match-up featuring the two top-ten ranked men’s basketball teams (Maryland Terrapins and Iowa Hawkeyes), was held in this arena on 28th of January 2016.