Harry A. Gampel Pavilion is a 10,167-seat multi-purpose arena in Storrs, Connecticut, United States. The arena opened on January 21, 1990, and is the largest on campus arena in New England. It was named after Harry A. Gampel, who donated one million dollars for the construction of the arena. It is about 216,000 sq ft (20,100 m2). Gampel Pavilion is the primary home to the University of Connecticut Huskies men's basketball, women's basketball, and women's volleyball teams. However, the basketball teams now play most of their home games at the XL Center in Hartford, Connecticut, playing eleven out of nineteen home games there and only eight at Gampel.
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