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| Address | 830 Westview Dr SW |
|---|---|
| Location | Athens, Georgia, U.S. |
| Coordinates | 33°44′54″N84°25′02″W / 33.748471°N 84.417106°W /33.748471; -84.417106 |
| Owner | Morehouse College |
| Capacity | 6,000 |
| Construction | |
| Opened | 1996 |
| Construction cost | $8 million |
| Tenants | |
| Morehouse College Maroon Tigers (1996–present) | |
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TheForbes Arena is a 6,000-seat multi-purposearena inAtlanta, Georgia,USA.[1] It is home to theMorehouse College Maroon Tigersbasketballteam. It also hostedbasketball preliminary matches during the1996 Summer Olympics[2] and was the home arena to theAtlanta 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 afterFrank Forbes, an athletic director atMorehouse College and the school's first basketball coach.
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