# Massari Arena

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{{Short description|Multi-purpose arena in Pueblo, Colorado}}
{{Use American English|date=September 2025}}
{{Infobox stadium
| name               = Massari Arena
| nickname           = 
| image              = Massari Arena, Colorado State University Pueblo - 2017.jpg
| image_size         = 275px
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| caption            = The arena's main entrance.
| location           = 2200 Bonforte Blvd. Pueblo, CO
| coordinates        = {{coord|38.309517|-104.575499|display=inline,title}}
| broke_ground       = 
| opened             = 1971
| expanded           = 
| renovated          = 2006–08
| closed             = 
| demolished         = 
| owner              = [Colorado State University Pueblo](/source/Colorado_State_University_Pueblo)
| operator           = 
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}}
{{Refimprove|date=February 2013}}

'''Massari Arena''' is a 3,900 seat multi-purpose [arena](/source/arena) in [Pueblo, Colorado](/source/Pueblo%2C_Colorado).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gothunderwolves.com/athletics/recruits/facilities/massari |title=Massari Arena – Colorado State Pueblo |website=Gothunderwolves.com |date=1992-02-14 |accessdate=2017-07-16}}</ref>  It was built in 1971, and underwent a reconstruction starting in 2006 and ending in 2008.  The arena is the home of the [CSU Pueblo ThunderWolves](/source/CSU_Pueblo_ThunderWolves) men's and women's [basketball](/source/basketball), [wrestling](/source/wrestling), and [volleyball](/source/volleyball) programs.

The arena is named for Colorado State Senator [Vincent Massari](/source/Vincent_Massari) who led the college's push to become a four-year university. Senator Massari was instrumental in obtaining funds for a new campus in the Belmont area of Pueblo, moving from the old junior college campus on Orman Avenue.

The arena was the site of a [1980 Van Halen concert](/source/Van_Halen_World_Invasion_Tour) that provided the backdrop for an enduring [urban legend](/source/urban_legend) surrounding the band. The band's [technical rider](/source/Rider_(theater)) stated that concert organizers had to supply a bowl of [M&M's](/source/M%26M's) backstage, with all brown pieces removed. In the wake of the concert, media reports indicated that the band caused $85,000 of damage to the arena after noticing brown M&M's. In his autobiography, lead singer [David Lee Roth](/source/David_Lee_Roth) told a different story—he admitted to doing $12,000 in damage backstage, but indicated that over $80,000 of damage had been done to the arena's newly installed basketball floor because it could not support the band's extremely heavy staging.<ref name="brownout">{{cite web |url=http://www.snopes.com/music/artists/vanhalen.htm |publisher=snopes.com |title=Brown Out |date=May 17, 2007 |accessdate=February 28, 2013}}</ref>

==References==
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Category:1971 establishments in Colorado
Category:College basketball venues in Colorado
Category:Sports venues completed in 1971
Category:Buildings and structures in Pueblo, Colorado

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