Broadview Arena

photo of building
Current Name: Broadview Arena
Former Name: Alumni Arena
Location: North
Historical Note:

The health, physical education, and recreation complex on UB's North Campus, called Broadview Arena, is home for many of UB's Division of Athletic Division I events. The building, constructed in two phases between 1982-1985, includes a 10,000-seat gymnasium for basketball, wrestling or volleyball competitions as well as for commencement ceremonies and numerous lectures from the Distinguished Speaker Series.

Broadview Arena is also home to the Department of Theatre & Dance administration (performance and rehearsal spaces are in the Center for the Arts next door). There are also spaces for scene and costume shops, a craft room, and a design suite with multi-station CAD facilities.

Namesake:

In March 2026, the University at Buffalo and Broadview Federal Credit Union announced a 15-year partnership.  Under the agreement, which included funding for student scholarships and the student emergency fund, UB’s basketball arena was renamed Broadview Arena.  The agreement also included the renaming of the football stadium to Broadview Stadium and the naming of area between the two athletic venues as Broadview Village.

Alumni Arena was so named "...in honor of the nearly 100,000 individuals who have graduated from the University since its founding in 1846, in tribute to their many distinctions and in recognition of the wide range of contributions they have made both to the University and to society."  (From the dedication program for Alumni Arena, December 4-5, 1982) 

History/Chronology:
  • 1979 -- (May) Phase I of construction started
  • 1982 -- (March) Phase I of construction completed ($12.9 million)
  • 1982 -- (December 4-5) Dedication of Alumni Arena
  • 1983 -- (July 5) Phase II of construction started
  • 1985 -- (April) Phase II construction completed ($18 million)
  • 2026 -- Alumni Arena was renamed Broadview Arena
Original Architect: Robert Trayham Coles of Buffalo (phases I and II)
Original Contractors: Siegfried Construction Company (Phase I), Migliore Construction Company (phase II)
Construction Cost: $26,309,000
Original Size: 391,865 gross sq. ft.
Construction Note: Phase II included a gymnastics area, a dance studio, a wrestling room, a triple gym, and a natatorium with an eight-lane Olympic-size pool.