GCU Arena

Russ Pennell Springs a Surprise on Chapel

How does Russ Pennell follow Russ Pennell? That was the question at Chapel this morning, after the Antelopes’ head coach for men’s basketball opened with […]

GCU Arena Hits ‘Home Run’ in Its First Concert

GCU Arena announced itself as a game-changer for the University on Friday night with a knockout staging of its first concert, a Christian rock show […]

A Year’s Wait Is Over: Welcome, GCU Arena!

The spectacular renaissance of Grand Canyon University came into sharp focus Thursday with the formal opening of GCU Arena, an iconic, 5,000-seat facility envisioned as […]

Meet Hap Hopper, GCU’s Chairman of the Boards

Basketball fans know Hap Hopper by his work. “If you’ve seen the boards at the US Airways Center during a Suns game, you’ve seen Hap,” […]

Arena’s Unofficial Opening a High Note for All

A few minutes after 7 p.m. Thursday, the 11-member Chapel Band burst into song and GCU Arena came to life before an audience of about […]

‘Super Flushers’ Take the Plunge at GCU Arena

It didn’t have quite the drama of a Cape Canaveral space launch, but Monday afternoon’s “super flush” of GCU Arena’s toilets and urinals qualified as […]

Slideshow: Contractor Insists on Safety First on Arena Project

The August job walk at the Arena, the last one before the grand opening Sept. 1, was one for the record books. About 200 people, […]

Slideshow: Arena Job Walk 7.5.11

The countdown is on. “57 more days and then I’m out of here,” jokes Superintendent Neal Baker of Perini Construction. Starting July 5, there are […]

A Year Later, It’s an Arena (But It’s Still Hot Outside)

One year ago Saturday, more than 300 GCU employees and guests assembled on a grassy plot on the southeastern corner of campus, the site where […]