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PNC Arena
1400 Edwards Mill Rd
Raleigh, NC 27607
Opened: October 29, 1999
PNC Arena, originally known as the Raleigh Entertainment & Sports Arena and then later the RBC Center, now known as the Lenovo Center is an indoor arena located in Raleigh, North Carolina. The arena seats 18,680 for ice hockey and 19,722 for basketball, including 61 suites, 13 loge boxes and 2,000 club seats. The building has three concourses and a 300 seat restaurant.

PNC Arena is home to the Carolina Hurricanes of the National Hockey League and the NC State Wolfpack men's basketball team of NCAA Division I. The arena neighbors Carter-Finley Stadium, home of Wolfpack Football; the North Carolina State Fairgrounds and Dorton Arena (on the Fairgrounds). The arena also hosted the Carolina Cobras of the Arena Football League from 2000 to 2002. It is the fourth-largest arena in the ACC (after the Carrier Dome, KFC Yum! Center and the Dean Smith Center) and the eighth-largest arena in the NCAA.

The idea of a new basketball arena to replace the Wolfpack's longtime home, Reynolds Coliseum, first emerged in the 1980s under the vision of then Wolfpack coach Jim Valvano. In 1989, the NCSU Trustees approved plans to build a 23,000 seat arena. The Centennial Authority was created by the North Carolina General Assembly in 1995 as the governing entity of the arena, then financed by state appropriation, local contributions, and university fundraising. The Centennial Authority refocused the project into a multi-use arena, leading to the 1997 relocation agreement of the then-Hartford Whalers, who would become the Carolina Hurricanes. Construction began that year and was completed in 1999 with an estimated cost of $158 million, which was largely publicly financed by a hotel and restaurant tax. The Hurricanes agreed to pay $60 million of the cost, and the state of North Carolina paid $18 million. As part of the deal, the Hurricanes assumed operational control of the arena.

Known as the Raleigh Entertainment and Sports Arena (ESA) from 1999 to 2002, it was renamed the RBC Center after an extended search for a corporate sponsor. RBC Bank acquired 20-year naming rights. PNC Financial Services bought US assets of RBC Bank and acquired the naming rights to the arena. The arena name changed to PNC Arena on March 15, 2012. PNC's naming rights expired on August 31, 2024. On September 12, 2024, the Centennial Authority approved a name change to Lenovo Center after the Chinese technology company Lenovo secured naming rights for ten years.
Last 10 Games
Date Opponents Result
Mar 4, 2024Duke @ NC State 79 - 64
Feb 24, 2024Boston College @ NC State 70 - 81
Feb 20, 2024Syracuse @ NC State 87 - 83
Feb 7, 2024Pittsburgh @ NC State 67 - 64
Feb 3, 2024Georgia Tech @ NC State 76 - 82
Jan 30, 2024Miami @ NC State 68 - 74
Jan 20, 2024Virginia Tech @ NC State 84 - 78
Jan 16, 2024Wake Forest @ NC State 76 - 83
Jan 10, 2024North Carolina @ NC State 67 - 54
Jan 6, 2024Virginia @ NC State 60 - 76