Wellness and Events Center

Wellness and Events Center
Construction
Location	Newark, New Jersey
Operator	New Jersey Institute of Technology
Capacity	3,500
Field size	200,000 sqft^[1]
Broke ground	November 12, 2015^[2]
Construction cost	US$102,000,000^[3]
Tenants
NJIT Highlanders

The Wellness and Events Center (WEC) will be a 3,500 seat basketball arena in Newark, New Jersey. It is being built at a cost of US$102,000,000 by the New Jersey Institute of Technology.^[3]^[4] The Wellness and Events Center will be the home court of the NJIT Highlanders, which as of the 2015–16 season became members of the Atlantic Sun Conference. It will replace the current arena of the Highlanders, Fleisher Center. The new arena broke ground on November 12, 2015 and is expected to open in time for the 2017–18 basketball season.^[2]

References

↑ "NJIT plans $100M events center, may help NCAA Conference discussion". nj.com. Retrieved 12 November 2015.
1 2 "NJIT breaks ground on $100M Wellness and Events Center". app.com. Retrieved 12 November 2015.
1 2 "RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF TR USTEES OF NEW JERSEY INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY AUTHORIZING TH E ISSUANCE OF GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS, 2015 SERIES A" (PDF). NJIT.edu. Retrieved 12 November 2015.
↑ "NJIT Breaks Grounds On a Major New Building: The Wellness and Events Center". NJIT.edu. Retrieved 12 November 2015.

NJIT Highlanders men's basketball

Venues	Fleisher Center (1967–present) Wellness and Events Center (expected 2017)

Culture & lore	NJIT Highlander

People	Head coaches

Seasons	1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17

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