Opened in 1993, the 9,000 seat Mullins Center is the University's state-of-the-art, multi-purpose facility. It contains an Olympic-size practice ice skating rink available to students for FREE skating. In addition to Ice Hockey, and the Men's and Women's basketball teams, the Mullins Center has hosted such diverse events as Sesame Street on Ice and David Copperfield; speakers Maya Angelou, Elie Wiesel, and Bill Cosby; and rock concerts ranging from Metallica and Smashing Pumpkins to Alanis Morisette, Phish, and the Indigo Girls.