Murphy Center
Murphy Center is a arena in Tennessee, United States that opened in 1972. Its recorded capacity is 11,520.
Key facts
Murphy Center is a arena in Tennessee, United States that opened in 1972. Its recorded capacity is 11,520. No current owner is recorded. It is operated by Kennesaw State University. The venue does not currently carry a sponsor name. Current tenants are Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders football, Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders women's basketball, Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders men's basketball, National Collegiate Athletic Association, 2011–12 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders men's basketball team, 2012–13 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders men's basketball team, 2013–14 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders men's basketball team, 2013–14 Middle Tennessee Lady Raiders basketball team, 2014–15 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders men's basketball team, 2014–15 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders women's basketball team, 2015–16 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders men's basketball team, 2015–16 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders women's basketball team, 2016–17 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders women's basketball team, 2016–17 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders men's basketball team, 2018–19 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders men's basketball team, 2018–19 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders women's basketball team.
- Location
- Tennessee, United States
- Type
- Arena
- Capacity
- 11,520
- Opened
- 1972
- Status
- Active
- Current owner
- Not recorded
- Naming rights
- No current sponsor name
- Name changes
- 0
- Playing surface
- Hardwood
Murphy Center is at latitude 35.852467, longitude -86.369803, in Tennessee, United States. The marker is drawn from the recorded coordinates. The building outline appears here once OpenStreetMap footprint geometry is available for this venue.
Data table for this chart
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Latitude | 35.852467 |
| Longitude | -86.369803 |
| City | Tennessee |
| Region | Tennessee |
| Country | United States |
| OpenStreetMap object | Not recorded |
| Footprint geometry | Not yet exported by the pipeline |
Technology
| Feature | Recorded as | Confidence | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Surface | Hardwood | Wikipedia infobox | Source |
See the venue technology guides for how these work.
Naming rights
No naming history is recorded for this venue.
Ownership and operation
| Role | Organization | Period | Status | Confidence | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operator | Kennesaw State University | Present | Current | Wikipedia infobox | Source |
Tenants
Recorded changes
24 changes to this venue have been recorded by the monthly pipeline runs.
| Date | Table | Field | From | To | Month |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 October 2026 | venue_features | (created) | not set | 2327 | 2026-10 |
| 28 September 2026 | venue_competitions | (created) | not set | 490 | 2026-09 |
| 24 September 2026 | venue_roles | (deleted) | 34687 | not set | 2026-09 |
| 23 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 34689 | 2026-09 |
| 23 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 34688 | 2026-09 |
| 23 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 34687 | 2026-09 |
| 23 September 2026 | org_aliases | (created) | not set | 2927 | 2026-09 |
| 23 September 2026 | venues | wikipedia_revid | not set | 1372217741 | 2026-09 |
| 23 September 2026 | venues | wikipedia_title | Murphy_Center | Murphy Center | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 13941 | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 13940 | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 13939 | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 13938 | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 13937 | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 13936 | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 13935 | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 13934 | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 13933 | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 13932 | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 13931 | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 13930 | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 13929 | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 13928 | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 13927 | 2026-09 |
Sources and licenses
Every ownership, naming and sponsorship row on this page carries the URL it was derived from. The site as a whole is built from these sources:
- Wikidata: CC0 1.0. Data from Wikidata, released under CC0 1.0 Universal.
- OpenStreetMap: ODbL 1.0. © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the Open Database License (ODbL 1.0). See https://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright.
- Wikipedia: CC BY-SA 4.0. Text from Wikipedia, available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License.
Row-level sources used for this venue: