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Rating: 5 | Votes: 1 | Date: 03/07/2026 00:52:00

The sellout figure was invented on opening night because the PA announcer liked the number two - and 12,222 stuck for four decades. The Don Haskins Center at 151 Glory Road in El Paso opened on 3 February 1977 as the Special Events Center, a 10-million-dollar octagonal arena on the University of Texas at El Paso campus that replaced Memorial Gym as home of Miner basketball. Its street address is the story: Glory Road was renamed for the 1966 NCAA championship won by Texas Western - as UTEP was t...