CURB EVENT CENTER
The Curb Event Center is the centerpiece of the Belmont
Athletics' program.
Opened in the fall of 2003 and funded by a $10 million donation
from the Curb Family Foundation and well-known music executive Mike
Curb, it serves as the home of BU's volleyball and basketball
programs.
The Curb Event Center arena has 5,000 permanent seats in an oval
configuration, and a permanent maple hardwood floor. It has three
full-size basketball courts and eight suites.
In addition to the arena, the center also includes offices for the
Athletics Department, locker rooms for the Belmont athletic teams
along with visiting teams, athletic training facilities, and weight
rooms and other facilities for the athletics program.
Beyond its athletic functions, the Curb Event Center is designed
also to host major music and entertainment events - concerts,
speakers, road shows, trade shows, and corporate events - and is
wired to support live television broadcast from a dedicated TV
control room, numerous permanent camera platforms and two
state-of-the-art, high definition videoboards.
The Curb Event Center also includes space for student-run retail
businesses, and houses the Curb Café, a restaurant and
entertainment venue for students and the community, and the Vince
Gill Room, a penthouse meeting room offering outdoor rooftop
dining.
Since its opening, the Curb Event Center has already hosted
several special events; however none more noteworthy than the 2008
Presidential Town Hall Debate.
The facility hosted the Atlantic Sun Conference Men's Basketball
Tournament in 2004 and 2005 as well as the A-Sun Volleyball
Championship in 2005 and 2006. It also served as host for a portion
of the 2004 U.S. Gymnastics Championships and the Vince Gill
Celebrity Basketball Game and Concert.
Moreover, the CEC has been a proud host of the
nationally-televised CMT Video Music Awards since 2006. The
building has also been site of numerous concerts by acts such as
Vince Gill, Amy Grant, MercyMe, Wynonna, and Heart, and served as a
tour rehearsal venue for Keith Urban and Dolly Parton.
As it pertains to men's basketball, in eight short seasons,
the Curb Event Center has gained a reputation as being one of
finest new facilities in college basketball.
From its clean sightlines and unsurpassed acoustics, the Curb
Event Center fosters an atmosphere of excitement. And the Bruins
have supplied plenty of excitement since Day One.
Entering the 2012-13 season, Belmont men's basketball is 97-20 at
the Curb event Center, with an 85 percent winning percentage in
league games. The 2010-11 Bruins went a perfect 12-0 at home,
recording a mind-blowing average margin of victory of 24
points per game.
The Bruins have averaged over 78 points per game in their
history at the Curb Event Center.
Some of the most memorable moments in Belmont Basketball history
have taken place at the Curb. From Andy Wicke's CEC record breaking
10-three-point night in victory over Gardner-Webb in 2007 to the
Bruins' awe-inspiring 88-52 victory over Lipscomb in 2011
and nationally-televised games like the Don Meyer Classic and
Ramada Worldwide BracketBusters, the Curb Event Center continues to
be the place to be.
Belmont has enjoyed a 33 percent increase in
attendance since 2005 - not only the largest attendance
rise in the Atlantic Sun, but also the greatest percentage increase
in attendance among all of Nashville area sports teams - college
and professional. That momentum continues on campus throughout the
entire BU program.
Meanwhile, Belmont women's basketball is 69-35 lifetime in the Curb Event Center, through the 2010-11 season. That includes a perfect 13-0 home record in the program's 2007 NCAA Tournament campaign.
Likewise, Belmont Volleyball has been tough to beat at the Curb. The Bruins are a remarkable 65-18 at the Curb Event Center, including a triumphant defense of home court en route to the 2006 Atlantic Sun Championship and NCAA Tournament.
Belmont Volleyball also had a 14 match home winning that
stretched from 2005 to 2007.
For more information on the Curb Event Center, visit their website
at www.belmont.edu/curbeventcenter
