Wellness and Events Center

The Wellness and Events Center (WEC) is 250,000 sq ft. sports and recreation facility that includes a 3,500 seat basketball arena in Newark, New Jersey. It was built at a cost of $102 million by the New Jersey Institute of Technology.[3][4] The Wellness and Events Center is the home court of the NJIT Highlanders who joined the NCAA Division I American East Conference on July 1, 2020. The WEC replaced the former arena of the Highlanders, the Fleisher Center. The new arena broke ground on November 12, 2015, and opened in time for the 2017–18 basketball season.[2][5]

Wellness and Events Center
LocationNewark, New Jersey
Coordinates40.7453°N 74.1830°W / 40.7453; -74.1830
OperatorNew Jersey Institute of Technology
Capacity3,500
Field size200,000 square feet (19,000 m2)[1]
Construction
Broke groundNovember 12, 2015[2]
Construction costUS$110 million[3]
Tenants
NJIT Highlanders

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