Burt Flickinger Center is a multipurpose indoor venue located in downtown

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. The venue is named after Burt Prentice Flickinger, Jr., an heir to the

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food distribution company who spearheaded efforts to bring the 1993 World University Games to Buffalo. The venue was originally constructed for the 1993 World University Games and is now used full-time by the Erie Kats,

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's athletic program. The City Campus of SUNY Erie is across the street within the Old Post Office. The facility contains a field house that seats 3,200 and an Olympic-sized swimming pool that seats 1,500. The venue hosted several

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shows from the ECW promotion between 1997 and 2000, including The Buffalo Invasion and November to Remember 1999.

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defeated Anthony Green to win the New York State Heavyweight Championship during a

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card at the venue in 1999. The venue was formerly home to the

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of the

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in 2005 and the Buffalo 716ers of the

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in 2015–16. The venue has been the home of

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swimming and diving meets since 2011.

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