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McCarthey Athletic Center
Home of the Gonzaga Bulldogs
801 N Cincinnati St
Spokane, WA 99258
Opened: November 19, 2004
McCarthey Athletic Center (MAC) is a 6,000 seat indoor arena on the campus of Gonzaga University in Spokane, Washington. Opened in November 2004, it is home to the university's Bulldog basketball programs, members of the West Coast Conference (WCC) in Division I of the NCAA.

The MAC is nicknamed "The New Kennel" in reference to the school's former basketball arena, Charlotte Y. Martin Centre, popularly known as "The Kennel," which had been home to the Bulldogs for 39 years. As the MAC has become the established basketball arena on campus, more fans have begun calling it simply "The Kennel," referring to its predecessor as the "Martin Centre." The court is situated approximately 1,900 feet (580 m) above sea level.

Ground was broken in April 2003 on the site of the baseball venue, Pecarovich Field. The arena's naming rights went to the McCarthey brothers of Salt Lake City, as a result of major gifts by Gonzaga trustee Philip McCarthey and regent Thomas McCarthey; both are GU alumni and former owners of The Salt Lake Tribune. The new baseball stadium was later built to the south and opened in 2007; in the interim, Bulldogs played at Avista Stadium, home of the minor league Spokane Indians of the short-season Northwest League.

McCarthey Athletic Center opened in autumn 2004 on November 19, a 98-80 non-conference win over Portland State. In its second season, it hosted the WCC post-season tournament in March 2006; it was the event's first time in Spokane, as the original "Kennel" was considered too small and the larger Spokane Arena was unavailable due to annual scheduling conflicts. Gonzaga narrowly won its two games: the semifinal with San Diego went to overtime, and the final over Loyola Marymount was won by a single point.

By February 2007, Gonzaga had 38 consecutive wins in the arena and a 50-game winning streak at home dating back to the Martin Centre. The Santa Clara Broncos ended what was, at the time, the longest home win streak in the NCAA. In February 2015, BYU snapped Gonzaga's 41-game home winning streak in the McCarthey Athletic Center, which was also the longest active home winning streak in the NCAA at the time
Last 10 Games
Date Opponents Result
Feb 24, 2026Portland @ Gonzaga 0 - 0
Feb 21, 2026Pacific @ Gonzaga 0 - 0
Feb 10, 2026Washington State @ Gonzaga 0 - 0
Jan 20, 2026Pepperdine @ Gonzaga 0 - 0
Jan 8, 2026Santa Clara @ Gonzaga 0 - 0
Jan 4, 2026Loyola Marymount @ Gonzaga 0 - 0
Jan 2, 2026Seattle @ Gonzaga 0 - 0
Dec 17, 2025Campbell @ Gonzaga 0 - 0
Dec 7, 2025North Florida @ Gonzaga 0 - 0
Nov 17, 2025Southern Utah @ Gonzaga 50 - 122