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Joel & Diane Bloom Wellness and Events Center
Home of the NJIT Highlanders
100 Lock St
Newark, NJ 07103
Opened: November 10, 2017
The Joel & Diane Bloom Wellness and Events Center (WEC), originally called just the Wellness and Events Center, is on the campus of the New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT). The university celebrated the official ribbon-cutting of the new Wellness and Events Center (WEC) on Friday, November 10, 2017.

"The WEC is an iconic, state-of-the-art and multipurpose building that provides large-scale space for professional conferencing, training and career fairs, as well as social settings for NJIT students, faculty and staff," said Joel S. Bloom, president of NJIT. "It will be home to our Division I scholar-athletes, replacing a gymnasium that was built more than 50 years ago, and will serve as a fitness and recreational center for our campus community, NJIT alumni and friends. The WEC will be a learning, recreation and athletic destination facility in the City of Newark and for the region."

The design of the three-story, 220,000-square-foot building features a number of flexible spaces that can be quickly configured to support the numerous and varied missions of the university community. Designed and engineered by AECOM and built by Torcon, the exterior design reinforces the university's position as a leader in engineering and technology education, featuring a 52-foot-high glass wall on the north facade that offers an excellent view of the adjacent athletic field as well as NJIT's academic campus.

The 3,500 seat arena exemplifies the creation of transformable venues to meet the varied programmatic needs of each event. With all of the lower bowl seats in place, it is a dynamic Division I basketball and volleyball venue. Retracting half of those seats and adding a portable stage converts it to a convocation hall. With all of the seats retracted, the large, open floor can be used for recreation/ intramural sports, large student gatherings, job fairs, alumni functions and trade shows. The main concourse also functions as a practice running track.
Last 10 Games
Date Opponents Result
Mar 3, 2026UMBC @ NJIT 0 - 0
Feb 21, 2026Vermont @ NJIT 0 - 0
Feb 19, 2026UAlbany @ NJIT 0 - 0
Feb 7, 2026Binghamton @ NJIT 0 - 0
Feb 5, 2026UMass Lowell @ NJIT 0 - 0
Jan 19, 2026Bryant @ NJIT 0 - 0
Jan 10, 2026Maine @ NJIT 0 - 0
Jan 8, 2026New Hampshire @ NJIT 0 - 0
Dec 29, 2025SUNY-Canton @ NJIT 0 - 0
Dec 13, 2025Sacred Heart @ NJIT 0 - 0