Siegel Center

It now is used purely for VCU athletics and includes a weight room, auxiliary basketball court, and a café.

Seven million dollars of the cost was donated by local businessman Stuart C. Siegel; the center bears his name as a result.

Its main tenant is the VCU Rams men's basketball team, which enjoys one of the nation's best home-court winning percentages since moving into the facility.

Until interrupted by the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, there were 166 consecutive sold out home games at the Siegel Center between January 2011 and November 2021.

[6] In 2011, a $3.4 million facelift to the Siegel Center saw offices renovated, with the addition of luxury suites, a 120-club seat balcony, and the Tommy J.

Plans were at one time in the works to upgrade the Siegel Center's capacity to 10,000 seats with a total cost of $12 million.

[10] However, while the Rams once held a sellout streak of 166 consecutive games and a wait list for tickets of over 1,000, a combination of decrease in demand for tickets from the fanbase combined with the coronavirus pandemic brought the sellout streak to an end in 2021.

A wide angle photograph of the Siegel Center with a sold out crowd during a "White Out" game against the Richmond Spiders.
The Siegel Center in 2024, sold out against the Richmond Spiders
Interior look at the Siegel Center during a men's basketball white-out
Final Four display on the concourse of the Siegel Center, commemorating VCU's 2011 NCAA tournament run