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Golden Panther Arena

1180 SW 113th Ave

Miami, FL 33174

Opened: February 1, 1986

Golden Panther Arena, originally known as Sunblazer Arena, then Pharmed Arena, then FIU Arena, then U.S. Century Bank Arena and now called Ocean Bank Convocation Center, is a 5,000 seat multi-purpose arena at Florida International University in Westchester, Florida. It was opened on February 1, 1986, and is home to the FIU Panthers basketball and volleyball teams. It was originally named Sunblazer Arena, but was renamed Golden Panther Arena when FIU's athletic teams changed their nickname from Sunblazers to Golden Panthers in 1987. It was renamed Pharmed Arena in 2004, and then was briefly named FIU Arena in 2008 before being renamed to U.S. Century Bank Arena. The facility reverted to the FIU Arena name again from 2014 to 2018 before being renamed the Ocean Bank Convocation Center in 2018.

The 94,000 square-foot (8,700 m2) arena contains a 19,000 square-foot (1,800 m2) wooden arena floor. It is also used for banquets, conventions, concerts, trade shows, and graduations including FIU's own commencement ceremonies.

The main court is a Cincinnati Robbins perma-cushion maple wood basketball floor, made up of some 19,000 square feet (1,800 m2) of wood. Four retractable basketball backboards allow for the floor to be divided into two practice courts, while Hydra Goal II portable basketball standards are used for intercollegiate competition. Nevco scoreboards are found at either end.

On January 26th, 2019, the arena broke its attendance record for a basketball game with 4,710 spectators for a game between FIU and their local rivals Florida Atlantic

Last 10 Games
Date	Opponents	Result

Feb 23, 2004	South Alabama @ Florida International	46 - 62
Feb 21, 2004	New Orleans @ Florida International	58 - 63
Feb 12, 2004	Florida Gulf Coast @ Florida International	70 - 77
Feb 7, 2004	Middle Tennessee @ Florida International	53 - 54
Jan 31, 2004	Western Kentucky @ Florida International	42 - 55
Jan 24, 2004	Louisiana @ Florida International	58 - 78
Jan 6, 2004	Little Rock @ Florida International	65 - 53
Jan 3, 2004	Arkansas St. @ Florida International	55 - 46
Dec 28, 2003	Drexel @ Florida International	71 - 39
Dec 27, 2003	Sam Houston State @ Florida International	51 - 70