Health and Physical Education Arena
Multi-purpose arena in Houston, Texas
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Health and Physical Education Arena (H&PE Arena) is an 8,100-seat multi-purpose arena in Houston, Texas on the campus of Texas Southern University.
Health and Physical Education Arena | |
The front of the H&PE Arena, 2017 | |
 Interactive map of H&PE Arena | |
| Location | Houston, Texas |
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| Coordinates | 29°43′22″N 95°21′55″W |
| Operator | Texas Southern University |
| Capacity | 8,100 |
| Construction | |
| Opened | 1989 |
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It was designed by Houston architect Willie C. Jordan Jr. and built in 1989 and is home to the Texas Southern University Tigers basketball and volleyball teams.[1][2] The arena played host to Houston Cougars men's basketball games during the 2017–18 season, as well as all Houston Cougars women's basketball home games in the same season,[3] due to renovations of their arena, and hosted both teams for the first month of the 2018–19 season due to construction delays to the Cougars' home arena.[4] Originally, the plan was to play most of the Cougars' men's conference games as well as a non-conference game against Arkansas at Toyota Center, with the remainder of the games at TSU.[5] However, all of the games were eventually scheduled for H&PE Arena.[6] H&PE Arena had previously hosted Houston's first-round game against Akron in the 2017 National Invitation Tournament due to the renovations at UH.[7][8] The arena also hosted home games during the 2018 JBA season for the Houston Ballers of the Junior Basketball Association.
The H&PE Arena hosted a Democratic presidential debate on September 12, 2019, as well as a one-one-one pickup basketball charity game between U.S. Senator Ted Cruz and late-night talk show host Jimmy Kimmel.[9]