Venue DataStadium & Arena Data

The Pit

The Pit is a arena in Albuquerque, United States that opened in 1966. Its recorded capacity is 14,831.

View all venues on the map

The Pit
Photo via Wikimedia Commons

Key facts

The Pit is a arena in Albuquerque, United States that opened in 1966. Its recorded capacity is 14,831. It is owned by University of New Mexico. It is operated by University of New Mexico and Associated Students of UNM. The venue does not currently carry a sponsor name. It has been known by 3 names in total, including University Arena, Dreamstyle Arena. Current tenants are New Mexico Lobos women's basketball, New Mexico Lobos men's basketball, New Mexico Lobos, 2009–10 New Mexico Lobos men's basketball team, 2010–11 New Mexico Lobos men's basketball team, 2011–12 New Mexico Lobos men's basketball team, 2012–13 New Mexico Lobos men's basketball team, 2013–14 New Mexico Lobos men's basketball team, 2013–14 New Mexico Lobos women's basketball team, 2014–15 New Mexico Lobos men's basketball team, 2015–16 New Mexico Lobos men's basketball team, 2014–15 New Mexico Lobos women's basketball team, 2015–16 New Mexico Lobos women's basketball team, 2016–17 New Mexico Lobos men's basketball team, 2016–17 New Mexico Lobos women's basketball team, 2018–19 New Mexico Lobos men's basketball team, 1974–75 New Mexico Lobos women's basketball team, 1975–76 New Mexico Lobos women's basketball team, New Mexico Activities Association State Basketball Tournaments, 1983 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship.

Location
Albuquerque, United States
Type
Arena
Capacity
14,831
Opened
1966
Status
Active
Current owner
University of New Mexico
Naming rights
No current sponsor name
Name changes
3
Location of The Pit
The Pit

The Pit is at latitude 35.067, longitude -106.632, in Albuquerque, 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
Recorded location of The Pit
FieldValue
Latitude35.067
Longitude-106.632
CityAlbuquerque
RegionAlbuquerque
CountryUnited States
OpenStreetMap objectNot recorded
Footprint geometryNot yet exported by the pipeline

Naming rights

Naming history of The Pit
196619962026University Arena (1966 to 2014)Dreamstyle Arena (2017 to 2020)WisePies Arena (aka The Pit) (2017 to present)

The Pit has carried 4 recorded names. WisePies Arena aka The Pit (2014–17) (no sponsor) ran Present. University Arena (no sponsor) ran 1966 to 2014. Dreamstyle Arena (no sponsor) ran 2017 to 2020. WisePies Arena (aka The Pit) (no sponsor) ran 2017 to present. The average tenure of a name here is 25.5 years.

Data table for this chart
Every recorded name of The Pit, with sponsor, dates and source
NameSponsorPeriodDeal valueTermConfidenceSource
WisePies Arena aka The Pit (2014–17)NonePresentNot publishedNot publishedWikipedia infoboxSource
University ArenaNone1966 to 2014Not publishedNot publishedWikipedia infoboxSource
Dreamstyle ArenaNone2017 to 2020Not publishedNot publishedWikipedia infoboxSource
WisePies Arena (aka The Pit)None2017 to presentNot publishedNot publishedWikipedia, with citationSource

Ownership and operation

Owners and operators of The Pit, past and present
RoleOrganizationPeriodStatusConfidenceSource
OwnerUniversity of New MexicoPresentCurrentWikipedia infoboxSource
OperatorUniversity of New MexicoPresentCurrentWikipedia infoboxSource
OperatorAssociated Students of UNMPresentCurrentWikipedia infoboxSource

Tenants

Tenants of The Pit and the competitions they play in
TenantCompetitionsPeriodStatusSource
New Mexico Lobos women's basketballNot mappedPresentCurrentSource
New Mexico Lobos men's basketballNot mappedPresentCurrentSource
New Mexico LobosNot mappedPresentCurrentSource
2009–10 New Mexico Lobos men's basketball teamNot mappedPresentCurrentSource
2010–11 New Mexico Lobos men's basketball teamNot mappedPresentCurrentSource
2011–12 New Mexico Lobos men's basketball teamNot mappedPresentCurrentSource
2012–13 New Mexico Lobos men's basketball teamNot mappedPresentCurrentSource
2013–14 New Mexico Lobos men's basketball teamNot mappedPresentCurrentSource
2013–14 New Mexico Lobos women's basketball teamNot mappedPresentCurrentSource
2014–15 New Mexico Lobos men's basketball teamNot mappedPresentCurrentSource
2015–16 New Mexico Lobos men's basketball teamNot mappedPresentCurrentSource
2014–15 New Mexico Lobos women's basketball teamNot mappedPresentCurrentSource
2015–16 New Mexico Lobos women's basketball teamNot mappedPresentCurrentSource
2016–17 New Mexico Lobos men's basketball teamNot mappedPresentCurrentSource
2016–17 New Mexico Lobos women's basketball teamNot mappedPresentCurrentSource
2018–19 New Mexico Lobos men's basketball teamNot mappedPresentCurrentSource
1974–75 New Mexico Lobos women's basketball teamNot mappedPresentCurrentSource
1975–76 New Mexico Lobos women's basketball teamNot mappedPresentCurrentSource
New Mexico Activities Association State Basketball TournamentsNot mappedPresentCurrentSource
1983 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball ChampionshipNot mappedPresentCurrentSource

Recorded changes

133 changes to this venue have been recorded by the monthly pipeline runs.

Change log for The Pit
DateTableFieldFromToMonth
29 September 2026venue_rolesconfidencewikidatawikipedia_infobox2026-09
29 September 2026venue_rolessource_urlhttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7757281https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Pit_(arena)2026-09
29 September 2026venue_rolessource_id132026-09
29 September 2026venue_rolesconfidencewikidatawikipedia_infobox2026-09
29 September 2026venue_rolessource_urlhttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7757281https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Pit_(arena)2026-09
29 September 2026venue_rolessource_id132026-09
29 September 2026venue_rolesconfidencewikipedia_infoboxwikidata2026-09
29 September 2026venue_rolessource_urlhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Pit_(arena)https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q77572812026-09
29 September 2026venue_rolessource_id312026-09
29 September 2026venue_rolesconfidencewikipedia_infoboxwikidata2026-09
29 September 2026venue_rolessource_urlhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Pit_(arena)https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q77572812026-09
29 September 2026venue_rolessource_id312026-09
28 September 2026venue_rolesconfidencewikidatawikipedia_infobox2026-09
28 September 2026venue_rolessource_urlhttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7757281https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Pit_(arena)2026-09
28 September 2026venue_rolessource_id132026-09
28 September 2026venue_rolesconfidencewikidatawikipedia_infobox2026-09
28 September 2026venue_rolessource_urlhttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7757281https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Pit_(arena)2026-09
28 September 2026venue_rolessource_id132026-09
28 September 2026venue_rolesconfidencewikipedia_infoboxwikidata2026-09
28 September 2026venue_rolessource_urlhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Pit_(arena)https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q77572812026-09
28 September 2026venue_rolessource_id312026-09
28 September 2026venue_rolesconfidencewikipedia_infoboxwikidata2026-09
28 September 2026venue_rolessource_urlhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Pit_(arena)https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q77572812026-09
28 September 2026venue_rolessource_id312026-09
28 September 2026venue_namessource_date2026-09-232026-09-282026-09
28 September 2026venue_namessource_date2026-09-232026-09-282026-09
28 September 2026venue_namessource_date2026-09-232026-09-282026-09
28 September 2026venue_namessource_date2026-09-232026-09-282026-09
28 September 2026venue_rolesconfidencewikidatawikipedia_infobox2026-09
28 September 2026venue_rolessource_urlhttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7757281https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Pit_(arena)2026-09
28 September 2026venue_rolessource_id132026-09
28 September 2026venue_rolesconfidencewikidatawikipedia_infobox2026-09
28 September 2026venue_rolessource_urlhttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7757281https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Pit_(arena)2026-09
28 September 2026venue_rolessource_id132026-09
28 September 2026venue_rolesconfidencewikipedia_infoboxwikidata2026-09
28 September 2026venue_rolessource_urlhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Pit_(arena)https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q77572812026-09
28 September 2026venue_rolessource_id312026-09
28 September 2026venue_rolesconfidencewikipedia_infoboxwikidata2026-09
28 September 2026venue_rolessource_urlhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Pit_(arena)https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q77572812026-09
28 September 2026venue_rolessource_id312026-09
24 September 2026venue_rolesconfidencewikidatawikipedia_infobox2026-09
24 September 2026venue_rolessource_urlhttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7757281https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Pit_(arena)2026-09
24 September 2026venue_rolessource_id132026-09
24 September 2026venue_rolesconfidencewikidatawikipedia_infobox2026-09
24 September 2026venue_rolessource_urlhttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7757281https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Pit_(arena)2026-09
24 September 2026venue_rolessource_id132026-09
24 September 2026venue_rolesconfidencewikipedia_infoboxwikidata2026-09
24 September 2026venue_rolessource_urlhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Pit_(arena)https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q77572812026-09
24 September 2026venue_rolessource_id312026-09
24 September 2026venue_rolesconfidencewikipedia_infoboxwikidata2026-09
24 September 2026venue_rolessource_urlhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Pit_(arena)https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q77572812026-09
24 September 2026venue_rolessource_id312026-09
24 September 2026org_aliases(deleted)Nusenda Credit Unionnot set2026-09
24 September 2026sponsorships(deleted)93not set2026-09
23 September 2026sponsorships(created)not set932026-09
23 September 2026venue_rolesconfidencewikidatawikipedia_infobox2026-09
23 September 2026venue_rolessource_urlhttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7757281https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Pit_(arena)2026-09
23 September 2026venue_rolessource_id132026-09
23 September 2026venue_rolesconfidencewikidatawikipedia_infobox2026-09
23 September 2026venue_rolessource_urlhttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7757281https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Pit_(arena)2026-09
23 September 2026venue_rolessource_id132026-09
23 September 2026venue_rolesconfidencewikipedia_infoboxwikidata2026-09
23 September 2026venue_rolessource_urlhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Pit_(arena)https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q77572812026-09
23 September 2026venue_rolessource_id312026-09
23 September 2026venue_rolesconfidencewikipedia_infoboxwikidata2026-09
23 September 2026venue_rolessource_urlhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Pit_(arena)https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q77572812026-09
23 September 2026venue_rolessource_id312026-09
23 September 2026org_aliases(created)not set29942026-09
23 September 2026venue_rolesconfidencewikidatawikipedia_infobox2026-09
23 September 2026venue_rolessource_urlhttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7757281https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Pit_(arena)2026-09
23 September 2026venue_rolessource_id132026-09
23 September 2026venue_rolesconfidencewikidatawikipedia_infobox2026-09
23 September 2026venue_rolessource_urlhttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7757281https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Pit_(arena)2026-09
23 September 2026venue_rolessource_id132026-09
23 September 2026venue_rolesconfidencewikipedia_infoboxwikidata2026-09
23 September 2026venue_rolessource_urlhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Pit_(arena)https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q77572812026-09
23 September 2026venue_rolessource_id312026-09
23 September 2026venue_rolesconfidencewikipedia_infoboxwikidata2026-09
23 September 2026venue_rolessource_urlhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Pit_(arena)https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q77572812026-09
23 September 2026venue_rolessource_id312026-09
23 September 2026venue_namessource_date2026-09-202026-09-232026-09
23 September 2026venue_namessource_date2026-09-202026-09-232026-09
23 September 2026venue_namessource_date2026-09-202026-09-232026-09
23 September 2026venue_namessource_date2026-09-202026-09-232026-09
23 September 2026venue_rolesconfidencewikidatawikipedia_infobox2026-09
23 September 2026venue_rolessource_urlhttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7757281https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Pit_(arena)2026-09
23 September 2026venue_rolessource_id132026-09
23 September 2026venue_rolesconfidencewikidatawikipedia_infobox2026-09
23 September 2026venue_rolessource_urlhttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7757281https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Pit_(arena)2026-09
23 September 2026venue_rolessource_id132026-09
23 September 2026venue_rolesconfidencewikipedia_infoboxwikidata2026-09
23 September 2026venue_rolessource_urlhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Pit_(arena)https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q77572812026-09
23 September 2026venue_rolessource_id312026-09
23 September 2026venue_rolesconfidencewikipedia_infoboxwikidata2026-09
23 September 2026venue_rolessource_urlhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Pit_(arena)https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q77572812026-09
23 September 2026venue_rolessource_id312026-09
23 September 2026venuesopened_yearnot set19662026-09
23 September 2026venuescapacity15411148312026-09
23 September 2026venueswikipedia_revidnot set13722425502026-09
23 September 2026venueswikipedia_titleThe_Pit_(arena)The Pit (arena)2026-09
20 September 2026venue_names(created)not setWisePies Arena (aka The Pit)2026-09
20 September 2026venue_names(created)not setDreamstyle Arena2026-09
20 September 2026venue_names(created)not setUniversity Arena2026-09
20 September 2026venue_names(created)not setWisePies Arena aka The Pit (2014–17)2026-09
20 September 2026venue_roles(created)not set221952026-09
20 September 2026venue_roles(created)not set221942026-09
20 September 2026venue_rolesconfidencewikidatawikipedia_infobox2026-09
20 September 2026venue_rolessource_urlhttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7757281https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Pit_(arena)2026-09
20 September 2026venue_rolessource_id132026-09
20 September 2026venue_roles(created)not set221932026-09
20 September 2026venue_roles(created)not set221922026-09
20 September 2026venue_rolesconfidencewikidatawikipedia_infobox2026-09
20 September 2026venue_rolessource_urlhttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7757281https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Pit_(arena)2026-09
20 September 2026venue_rolessource_id132026-09
20 September 2026venue_roles(created)not set149252026-09
20 September 2026venue_roles(created)not set149242026-09
20 September 2026venue_roles(created)not set149232026-09
20 September 2026venue_roles(created)not set149222026-09
20 September 2026venue_roles(created)not set149212026-09
20 September 2026venue_roles(created)not set149202026-09
20 September 2026venue_roles(created)not set149192026-09
20 September 2026venue_roles(created)not set149182026-09
20 September 2026venue_roles(created)not set149172026-09
20 September 2026venue_roles(created)not set149162026-09
20 September 2026venue_roles(created)not set149152026-09
20 September 2026venue_roles(created)not set149142026-09
20 September 2026venue_roles(created)not set149132026-09
20 September 2026venue_roles(created)not set149122026-09
20 September 2026venue_roles(created)not set149112026-09
20 September 2026venue_roles(created)not set149102026-09
20 September 2026venue_roles(created)not set149092026-09
20 September 2026venue_roles(created)not set149082026-09
20 September 2026venue_roles(created)not set149072026-09

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:

Row-level sources used for this venue:

Wikipedia article: The Pit (arena) (revision 1372242550). Wikidata item: Q7757281.

Slices

Organizations

More in United States