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{{Short description|American arena in Tulsa, Oklahoma}}
{{confused|Mabee Arena}}
{{Infobox stadium
| stadium_name = Mabee Center
| image = Mabee Center on the campus of Oral Roberts University.jpg
| image_size = 250px
| image_map = {{maplink|frame=yes|plain=yes|frame-align=center|frame-width=250|zoom=15|type=point}}
| location = 7777 South Lewis Avenue<br>[[Tulsa, Oklahoma]] 74171
| coordinates = {{coord|36.04789|N|95.95573|W|source:placeopedia|display=it}}
| broke_ground = 1970
| built = 
| opened = 1972
| closed = 
| demolished = 
| owner = [[Oral Roberts University]]
| operator = Oral Roberts University
| surface = Multi-surface
| construction_cost = 
| architect = Frank Wallace
| structural engineer = Lloyd W. Abbott
| tenants = [[Oral Roberts Golden Eagles]] (Men's [[NCAA Basketball]]) (1972–present)
| website = https://mabeecenter.com/
| seating_capacity = 2,355 - 10,094
}}
'''Mabee Center''' is a 10,094-seat multi-purpose [[arena]], located on the campus of [[Oral Roberts University]], in [[Tulsa, Oklahoma]], United States.<ref name="Haisten">Bill Haisten, "Still Fine at 40: Built in 1972, ORU’s Mabee Center remains an effective venue today." ''[[Tulsa World]]'', December 21, 2012.  Reprinted [http://oruces.com/2013/still-fine-at-40-built-in-1972-orus-mabee-center-remains-an-effective-venue-today/ here].</ref>  The building opened in 1972 and was designed by architect Frank Wallace, who designed most of the buildings on the ORU campus.  It carries the name of Tulsa oilman John Mabee,<ref>[http://www.tulsahistory.org/hall-of-fame/john-mabee/ John Mabee], Tulsa Historical Society 1995 Honorees (accessed 2014-02-07).</ref>  whose foundation donated $1 million toward its construction.<ref name="Haisten"/><ref name="Harrell">David Edwin Harrell, Jr., ''Oral Roberts: An American Life'' ([[Indiana University Press]], 1985), {{ISBN|978-0253114419}}, pp. 225, 398, & passim. [https://books.google.com/books?id=rtz1InGWAmYC&q=%22mabee%20center%22&pg=PA225 Excerpts available] at [[Google Books]].</ref>

The facility received several upgrades in 2021 including: new arena seats, exterior blue paint, blue glass panels, a new sound system, all new LED house lights, concourse level remodeling, digital screens, wifi, and new suites. An adjacent building, smaller but similar in shape, is known as the "Global Learning Center".

Since it opened in 1972, the Mabee Center has hosted some of the biggest entertainers in the industry{{who|date=November 2024}} along with the [[NAIA national men's basketball championship]] (1994–1998), five [[NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship|NCAA men's]] first-round or regional tournaments (1974, 1975, 1978, 1982, 1985)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.coachscottsutton.com/mabee.html |title=Scott Sutton: Official Website |access-date=2009-05-13 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080827165833/http://www.coachscottsutton.com/mabee.html |archive-date=2008-08-27 }}</ref> and the [[Horizon League|Midwestern City Conference]] (now Horizon League) men's basketball conference tournaments (1982, 1985).

It is home to the [[Oral Roberts Golden Eagles]] [[Oral Roberts Golden Eagles men's basketball|men's]] and women's basketball teams and was Eastern Oklahoma's largest arena until the [[BOK Center]] was built. Mabee Center was inducted into the Oklahoma Music Hall of Fame in 2013.{{cn|date=November 2024}}

==See also==
* [[List of NCAA Division I basketball arenas]]

==References==
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==External links==
*[https://mabeecenter.com/emuseum/mabee-center-emuseum/ Mabee Center History]

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