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. It also hosted

preliminary matches during the

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and was the home arena to the Atlanta Glory. It was opened in 1996 at a cost of $8 million. It sits adjacent to the college's old gym, Archer Hall, which seats 1,000. The arena was named after Frank Forbes, an athletic director at

and the school's first basketball coach.

References

1996 Summer Olympics official report.
Volume 1. p. 542.
1996 Summer Olympics official report.
Volume 3. p. 451. ;Notes Venues of the 1996 Summer Olympics Sports venues in Atlanta College basketball venues in Georgia (U.S. state) Morehouse College Olympic basketball venues Sports venues completed in 1996 {{Summer-Olympic-venue-stub