| Schar Center Quick Facts |
| Debuted |
2018 |
| Square Footage |
160,000 |
| Seating Capacity |
5,100 |
| First Volleyball Game |
Aug. 28, 2018 vs. North Carolina A&T |
| First Women's Basketball Game |
Nov. 6, 2018 vs. North Carolina |
| First Men's Basketball Game |
Nov. 9, 2018 vs. North Carolina |
| Men's Basketball |
| Record at Schar Center |
0-0 |
| Women's Basketball |
| Record at Schar Center |
0-0 |
| Volleyball |
| Record at Schar Center |
6-7 (through 2018 season) |
The newest athletic facility at Elon University, Schar Center opened Fall 2018 with all three programs that call it home welcoming in-state rivals to open the facility. Home to Elon's men's and women's basketball and volleyball programs, the 160,000 square-foot building is the premier gathering space for the Elon community and surrounding region. The largest facility on Elon's campus, Schar Center also provides a venue for convocations, speakers and other major campus events.
The arena includes a spacious entry atrium, a large practice gymnasium with two courts for both basketball and volleyball named after Maurice J. Koury, outstanding locker room and team facilities, and a hospitality room for social events and gatherings. At 5,100, the arena's capacity triples the size of the previous home for the three teams and is on part with the size of facilities at other member schools in the Colonial Athletic Association.
Elon volleyball won the very first collegiate athletic event in the building with a 3-0 sweep of North Carolina A&T on Tuesday, Aug. 28, 2018. The event featured a crowd of 1,465 to mark the largest home crowd in Elon volleyball history to watch a home match.
In November, the men's and women's basketball programs also played their first regular-season events in the building against the North Carolina Tar Heels. First, the women's team welcomed UNC on Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2018, and played in front of a program-record 1,622 fans. Marking the grand opening of the facility, the men's basketball team welcomed the seventh-ranked Tar Heels and played on ESPNU in front of 5,245 fans to shatter the previous program record for most in attendance at a men's basketball home game.
Schar Center is also home to a number of athletic staff members while also housing the men's basketball, women's basketball and volleyball coaching staffs. On the first floor of the building, the facility has locker rooms for all three teams and visitors, athletic training facilities, a weight room and hydrotherapy room and a state-of-the-art control room in which all Elon athletic events streamed on Phoenix All-Access are produced and directed from.
Schar Center is named for Elon parents Dwight and Martha Schar, who generously contributed $9 million to the project. The university purchased the land for the facility with financial support from longtime Elon benefactor and alumnus Furman Moseley '56 and his wife, Susan.
Significant Events in Schar Center
Aug. 28, 2018 - Elon volleyball plays first collegiate athletic event, beating North Carolina A&T by the score of 3-0.
Oct. 18, 2018 - Elon University's ninth president, Dr. Connie Ledoux Book, is inaugurated as the first female president of the university.
Nov. 1 - Schar Center hosts the Harlem Globetrotters, marking the first time the organization performed in Alamance County.
Nov. 3 - Student Union Board hosts the first concert inside Schar Center for Homecoming. The show featured Jesse McCartney, Sean Kingston and Quinn XCII.
Nov. 6 - Elon women's basketball hosts the first collegiate basketball game in the building against North Carolina in front of a program-record 1,622 fans.
Nov. 9 - Elon men's basketball hosts the Inaugural Men's Basketball Game in the facility against No. 7 North Carolina with a program-record 5,245 fans on hand.
