DCU Center

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DCU Center is located in Massachusetts
DCU Center
DCU Center
Location within Massachusetts
DCU Center is located in the United States
DCU Center
DCU Center
Location within the United States
Full nameDCU Center Arena & Convention Center
Former namesCentrum in Worcester (1982–97)
Worcester's Centrum Centre (1997–2004)
Address50 Foster Street
LocationWorcester, Massachusetts, U.S.
Coordinates42°15′58″N 71°47′54″W / 42.26611°N 71.79833°W / 42.26611; -71.79833
Public transitMBTA Worcester Disabled access
OwnerCity of Worcester
OperatorASM Global
CapacityConcerts: 14,800
Basketball: 13,000
Hockey: 12,135
Construction
Broke groundDecember 10, 1977[1]
OpenedSeptember 2, 1982 (1982-09-02)[2]
Renovated2009, 2012, 2013
Expanded1997
Construction cost$25.6 million[2]
($80.8 million in 2023 dollars[3])
$23 million (2013 renovations)
ArchitectFDC, Inc.[4]
Structural engineerLeMessurier Consultants[5]
General contractorGranger Brothers Inc.[6]
Tenants
Worcester Railers (ECHL) (2017–present)
Massachusetts Pirates (NAL/IFL) (2018–2023)
Worcester Sharks (AHL) (2006–2015)
New England Surge (CIFL) (2007–2008)
New England Blazers (MILL) (1989–1991)
Massachusetts Marauders (AFL) (1994)
Worcester IceCats (AHL) (1994–2005)
Worcester Counts (WBL) (1989)
Website
dcucenter.com

The DCU Center (originally Centrum in Worcester, formerly Worcester's Centrum Centre and commonly Worcester Centrum) is an indoor arena and convention center complex in downtown Worcester, Massachusetts. The facility hosts a variety of events, including concerts, sporting events, family shows, conventions, trade-shows and meetings. It is owned by the City of Worcester and managed by ASM Global, a private management firm for public assembly facilities.[7]

Ten-year naming rights were purchased in 2004 by Digital Federal Credit Union (DCU) and went into effect January 2005.[8] DCU's naming rights were later extended to 2027.

  1. ^ "Worcester, Massachusetts: Twenty-Five Years of Downtown Development" (PDF). Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Retrieved July 1, 2012.[permanent dead link]
  2. ^ a b Santosuosso, Ernie (September 4, 1982). "Sinatra Opens Worcester Centrum". The Boston Globe. Archived from the original on January 31, 2013. Retrieved September 23, 2011.
  3. ^ 1634–1699: McCusker, J. J. (1997). How Much Is That in Real Money? A Historical Price Index for Use as a Deflator of Money Values in the Economy of the United States: Addenda et Corrigenda (PDF). American Antiquarian Society. 1700–1799: McCusker, J. J. (1992). How Much Is That in Real Money? A Historical Price Index for Use as a Deflator of Money Values in the Economy of the United States (PDF). American Antiquarian Society. 1800–present: Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis. "Consumer Price Index (estimate) 1800–". Retrieved February 29, 2024.
  4. ^ ENR Directory of Contractors. New York City: Engineering News-Record. 1978.
  5. ^ "Sports Facilities". LeMessurier Consultants. Archived from the original on March 22, 2005. Retrieved July 1, 2012.
  6. ^ "Going Platinum". Telegram & Gazette. Worcester. September 1, 2002. Retrieved July 1, 2012.
  7. ^ "MassMutual Center Counting on Fast Start". The Republican (Springfield). September 25, 2005. Retrieved September 25, 2005.
  8. ^ "Worcester Centrum to Be Renamed". The Boston Globe. October 7, 2004. Retrieved October 26, 2013.

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