Emil and Patricia Jones Convocation Center

Emil and Patricia Jones Convocation Center

285px February 21, 2014 Chicago Public League boys basketball championship game between Cliff Alexander's Curie High School and Jahlil Okafor's Whitney Young High School with the scoreboard showing the score tied at the end of regulation.
Location	Chicago State University 9501 South King Dr. Chicago, IL 60628
Coordinates
Owner	Chicago State University
Operator	Chicago State University
Capacity	7,000
Construction
Broke ground	October 4, 2002
Opened	Fall 2007
Construction cost	$38 million
Architect	Loebl Schlossman & Hackl Chicago IL William E. Brazley & Associates, Ltd. Matteson IL
Tenants
Chicago State Cougars men's basketball Chicago State Cougars women's basketball

The Emil and Patricia Jones Convocation Center (the JCC) is a 7,000-seat multi-purpose arena in Chicago, Illinois. Completed in 2007, the arena is home court for the Chicago State University Cougars men's and women's basketball teams. The arena replaced the Dickens Athletic Center, which only had capacity to seat 2,500 persons.

The convocation center is unique among Illinois university athletic projects, because Chicago State University did not have to raise any money for the project. The money was allocated from the State of Illinois treasury by then Senate President Emil Jones.

The venue hosted the 2012 and 2013 Great West Conference Men's Basketball Tournament.

External links

• Jones Convocation Center — official site
• "Problems and Discontent Bedevil Chicago State": November 29, 2009 Chicago News Cooperative for the New York Times.