The Forbes Arena is a 6,000-seat multi-purpose arena

Arena

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 in Atlanta, Georgia

Atlanta, Georgia

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, USA

United States

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. It is home to the Morehouse College

Morehouse College

Morehouse College is a private, all-male, liberal arts, historically black college located in Atlanta, Georgia. Along with Hampden-Sydney College and Wabash College, Morehouse is one of three remaining traditional men's colleges in the United States....

  Maroon Tigers basketball

Basketball

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 team

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. It also hosted basketball

Basketball at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Basketball contests at the 1996 Olympic Games were held from July 20, 1996 to August 4, 1996. Games took place at the Morehouse College Gymnasium and the Georgia Dome. For the second straight Olympic games, the American men's team composed almost entirely of NBA players won the gold medal...

 preliminaries during the 1996 Summer Olympics

1996 Summer Olympics

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 and was the home arena to the Atlanta Glory

Atlanta Glory

The Atlanta Glory was a women's professional basketball team in Atlanta, Georgia. It was a member of the American Basketball League. The Glory played its home games in Forbes Arena.The team folded before the start of the abortive third ABL season in 1998....

. It was opened in 1996 at a cost of $8 million. It sits adjacent to the college's old gym, Archer Hall, which sits 1,000. For this feature, Morehouse College

Morehouse College

Morehouse College is a private, all-male, liberal arts, historically black college located in Atlanta, Georgia. Along with Hampden-Sydney College and Wabash College, Morehouse is one of three remaining traditional men's colleges in the United States....

 hosts high school basketball tournaments, playoffs, and all-star games that utilize both buildings.

The arena was named after Franklin Forbes, an athletic director at Morehouse College

Morehouse College

Morehouse College is a private, all-male, liberal arts, historically black college located in Atlanta, Georgia. Along with Hampden-Sydney College and Wabash College, Morehouse is one of three remaining traditional men's colleges in the United States....

and the school's first basketball coach.