Atlantic Union Bank Center is a multi-purpose arena on the campus of

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in Harrisonburg,

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that plays host to the

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men's and

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teams. It seats 8,500 and opened for the 2020–21 NCAA Division I men's and women's basketball season, replacing the

JMU Convocation Center The JMU Convocation Center is a 6,426-seat multi-purpose arena in Harrisonburg, Virginia. The arena opened in 1982, and was home to the James Madison Dukes men's basketball and James Madison Dukes women's basketball teams through the 2019–20 sea ...

. Atlantic Union Bank is the arena's naming partner. The first games at the arena were played on November 25, 2020, when the men's team beat

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89–55, followed by the women's team winning 69–55 over

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. Atlantic Union Bank Center was the host of the 2021 CAA men's basketball tournament. The conference moved the men's basketball tournament to Harrisonburg from the

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as a result of the ongoing

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. The tournament was won by

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