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- The Stuart C. Siegel Center is a 190,000-square-foot (18,000 m2) multi-purpose facility on the campus of Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond, Virginia, United States. The facility's main component is the 7,637-(expandable to 8,000) seat E.J. Wade Arena. It also served as a student recreational area until 2010, when the new Cary Street Gym complex was completed. It now is used purely for VCU athletics and includes a weight room, auxiliary basketball court, and a cafè. The E.J. Wade Arena hosts Division I level NCAA inter-collegiate athletics and serves as a general-purpose assembly space for special events such as graduations, concerts, receptions, and a variety of competitions (both athletic and non athletic). It is named after Richmond businessman Stuart C. Siegel. The complex opened in 1999 and cost 30.1milliontoconstruct.30.1 million to construct. 30.1milliontoconstruct.7 million of the cost was donated by local businessman Stuart C. Siegel; the center bears his name as a result. Its main tenant is the VCU Rams men's basketball team, which enjoys one of the nation's best home court winning percentages since moving into the facility. The court has received the reputation as arguably the toughest place to play in the Atlantic 10 Conference. The VCU Rams men's basketball team currently holds the 11th-highest home court winning percentage in Division I basketball with a winning percentage of 85.79 The student section, dubbed the "Rowdy Rams", is extremely passionate and near deafening during contests. In 2012–2013, the Rowdy Rams received the Naismith Student Section of the Year Award, recognizing the best student section in college basketball. Since January 2011, every home game at the Siegel Center has been sold out and the streak currently stands at 134 (as of 3/8/19). The arena also routinely hosts local and state high school basketball tournaments, in addition to hosting the annual Virginia Regional (formerly VCU/NASA) FIRST Robotics Competition. Before the 2016-2017 basketball season, the arena was renamed the E.J. Wade Arena; a construction company owned by a local family in Mechanicsville, VA. The deal is for 2.75millionovertenyears,buttheWadefamilyhaspromisedatotalmonetarydonationof2.75 million over ten years, but the Wade family has promised a total monetary donation of 2.75millionovertenyears,buttheWadefamilyhaspromisedatotalmonetarydonationof4.05 million over those ten years. (en)
- 席格體育中心位於維吉尼亞州首府里奇蒙市區，是屬於校區內的多功能體育活動中心，館內擁有一個由7,500個座位所組成的橢圓形室內廣場，以及一個機能健全的學生健身中心，健身中心的設施包括有一個重量訓練室、非比賽用的籃球場地、有氧舞蹈室，以及一間小餐廳。席格體育中心可以舉行第一區所列的校際競賽項目，並能成為一般功能性的集會場地，提供一些特殊的集會活動舉行，例如畢業典禮、音樂演奏會、歡迎會，以及各式各樣的競賽（不論是體育性或是非體育性的比賽）。 橢圓形室內廣場於西元1999年正式啟用，這個場地同時也是維吉尼亞聯邦大學萊姆斯棒球隊的主場地，而該隊自從將主場移至席格體育中心後，即成為全國比賽於主場勝率最高的一隊。 席格體育中心每年也會舉行數場當地或是州內的高中籃球競技，而由維吉尼亞聯邦大學與美國國家航空暨太空總署共同舉辦的第一屆年度地區性機械人大賽也在此舉辦。 (zh)
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- 席格體育中心位於維吉尼亞州首府里奇蒙市區，是屬於校區內的多功能體育活動中心，館內擁有一個由7,500個座位所組成的橢圓形室內廣場，以及一個機能健全的學生健身中心，健身中心的設施包括有一個重量訓練室、非比賽用的籃球場地、有氧舞蹈室，以及一間小餐廳。席格體育中心可以舉行第一區所列的校際競賽項目，並能成為一般功能性的集會場地，提供一些特殊的集會活動舉行，例如畢業典禮、音樂演奏會、歡迎會，以及各式各樣的競賽（不論是體育性或是非體育性的比賽）。 橢圓形室內廣場於西元1999年正式啟用，這個場地同時也是維吉尼亞聯邦大學萊姆斯棒球隊的主場地，而該隊自從將主場移至席格體育中心後，即成為全國比賽於主場勝率最高的一隊。 席格體育中心每年也會舉行數場當地或是州內的高中籃球競技，而由維吉尼亞聯邦大學與美國國家航空暨太空總署共同舉辦的第一屆年度地區性機械人大賽也在此舉辦。 (zh)
- The Stuart C. Siegel Center is a 190,000-square-foot (18,000 m2) multi-purpose facility on the campus of Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond, Virginia, United States. The facility's main component is the 7,637-(expandable to 8,000) seat E.J. Wade Arena. It also served as a student recreational area until 2010, when the new Cary Street Gym complex was completed. It now is used purely for VCU athletics and includes a weight room, auxiliary basketball court, and a cafè. The E.J. Wade Arena hosts Division I level NCAA inter-collegiate athletics and serves as a general-purpose assembly space for special events such as graduations, concerts, receptions, and a variety of competitions (both athletic and non athletic). It is named after Richmond businessman Stuart C. Siegel. (en)