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{{Short description|Indoor arena in Atlanta, Georgia}}
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The '''Forbes Arena''' is a 6,000-seat multi-purpose [[arena]] in [[Atlanta|Atlanta, Georgia]], [[United States|USA]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://athletics.morehouse.edu/sports/2010/11/22/forbes.aspx?id=9|title=Morehouse College Maroon Tigers - Forbes Arena|website=athletics.morehouse.edu|language=en|access-date=2017-04-15}}</ref> It is home to the [[Morehouse College]]  Maroon Tigers [[basketball]] [[team]]. It also hosted [[Basketball at the 1996 Summer Olympics|basketball]] preliminary matches during the [[1996 Summer Olympics]]<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/sdut-atlantas-olympic-venues-meet-varying-fates-since-2016jul29-story.html|title=Atlanta's Olympic venues meet varying fates since 1996|last=Writer|first=PAUL NEWBERRY AP Sports|work=sandiegouniontribune.com|access-date=2017-04-15|language=en-US}}</ref> and was the home arena to the [[Atlanta Glory]]. It was opened in 1996 at a cost of $8 million. It sits adjacent to the college's old gym, Archer Hall, which seats 1,000.

The arena was named after [[Frank Forbes (coach)|Frank Forbes]], an athletic director at [[Morehouse College]] and the school's first basketball coach.

==References==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20080528011846/http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1996/1996v1.pdf 1996 Summer Olympics official report.] Volume 1. p.&nbsp;542.
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20070927222634/http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1996/1996v3.pdf 1996 Summer Olympics official report.] Volume 3. p.&nbsp;451.

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