The Forbes Arena is a 6,000-seat multi-purpose

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, USA. It is home to the

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Maroon Tigers

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. It also hosted

preliminary matches during the 1996 Summer Olympics 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 Franklin L. 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.
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