The James Madison University Convocation Center is a 7,156-seat multi-purpose arena

Arena

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 in Harrisonburg, Virginia

Harrisonburg, Virginia

Harrisonburg is an independent city in the Shenandoah Valley region of Virginia in the United States. Its population as of 2010 is 48,914, and at the 2000 census, 40,468. Harrisonburg is the county seat of Rockingham County and the core city of the Harrisonburg, Virginia Metropolitan Statistical...

. The arena opened in 1982. It is home to the James Madison University

James Madison University

James Madison University is a public coeducational research university located in Harrisonburg, Virginia, U.S. Founded in 1908 as the State Normal and Industrial School for Women at Harrisonburg, the university has undergone four name changes before settling with James Madison University...

 Dukes basketball

Basketball

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 team

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. It hosted the 1984 Colonial Athletic Association

Colonial Athletic Association

The Colonial Athletic Association is a NCAA Division I college athletic conference whose full-time members are located in East Coast states from Massachusetts to Georgia. Most of its members are public universities, with five in Virginia alone, and the conference is headquartered in Richmond,...

 (then the ECAC South) men's basketball tournament.
It is one of the rotating host venues for the CAA Women's Basketball Tournament

CAA Women's Basketball Tournament

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, having hosted the tournament six times since 1987.
The Convocation Center also hosts numerous other functions, including concerts, and the winter commencement ceremony.