High Point University arena will be named after president & wife

HIGH POINT, N.C. (AP) – High Point University has announced it will name its new basketball arena and conference center for its president and his wife.

The school said in a news release Monday that the new arena will be named for President Nido Qubein and his wife, Mariana.

The facility will include a small hotel and will be built on campus. School officials said they are considering several sites own land they already own.

Construction is expected to start during the 2018-19 academic year.

The building will be the new home for the men’s and women’s basketball teams. The 4,500 seats will make the arena one of the largest in the Big South Conference.

(Copyright 2017 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.)

1/30/2017 9:39:56 AM (GMT -5:00)