Mullins Center

This venue is always clean regardless of the event and the staff is always very helpful. After 4 years of attending hockey/​basketball games, it seems as if the staff still cannot figure out when to play music over the speakers or when the band is supposed to play– this happens at least once per game! Attendance is also pretty low on average. Tip: Try to buy tickets from the box office rather than online vendors to save a little bit of money.

Came here to see Kevin Hart and I really like the venue because it was small therefore you can see from anywhere. The concession stand was a joke, tho the prices was reasonable the food quality sucks!

Being a UMass graduate I have spent a lot of time at the Mullin Center and I have to say that it is one of my favorite venues.
This venue although smaller than other arenas is one of my favorite spaces because it is a great arena to watch sporting events and shows. We have not only seen some sports events here, but when we came for Cirque du Soleil we thoroughly enjoyed the show.
The other great thing about the Mullin Center is that they has have a practice arena on the grounds that they open for public skate. We recently brought our niece to an open skate night and she loved it.
In the end, we love this place and the parking here isn’t terrible like other venues we have visited in the past.

Seats C-​L are padded the rest are hard seats.

Where there is a sport event or a concert, a venue is needed. This does not exempt the students at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst who want a night of fun. What better way for ZooMass students to go wild than to be released to the Mullins Center?
For sporting events, students get free admission. Just flash your UCard and you’re all set. For other events, you have to buy them online or go to the Mullins Center Box Office anytime after tickets go on sale. Surprisingly, buying tickets couldn’t go smoother.
To start out your wild night, you are approached with everyone’s worst nightmare: parking. The Mullins Center, sadly, does not make this task easier. Parking is $ 5 (or meter parking for sport events) and is paid directly to someone wearing a neon yellow shirt. Unlike most places, these workers do not direct you to a parking spot. You are thrown into a lot with other cars circling trying to find the best spot. If need be, there is free parking available before you go through the gates, but you didn’t hear it from me. UMass offers bus transportation too; but your best bet is to walk.
When you approach the stadium, finding the right entrance can be difficult. Students always enter through the student section on the west side. All people who have tickets enter through the east wing. Floor admission enters down a staircase on the east side. Security guards will thoroughly search you; looking for flasks or alcohol. They are only doing their jobs; UMass does not want any lawsuits. The Mullins Center is a dry stadium so anyone who tries to destroy this reputation will not be allowed in. Students cannot have bags. Ticketholders, though, are permitted but are searched upon entering.
Finally, once you get inside, you have to decide where to go. Merchandise is sold around the stadium at various booths. Some of the stands will have raffles that will try to eat up your wallet. If that does not get you, the food stands may with their overpriced, small-​portioned, food selection. It may be better to eat before and/​or after your evening. Baby Berk is always available, and if you’re desperate, go to these stands. Your YCMP swipes may account for some of the UMass names there such as Pita Pit. There are brand names there such as Dippin’ Dots and Nathan’s Hotdogs. Believe me, you won’t starve.

Once you enter the arena, you will be surrounded by the roar of the crowd of the ZooMass animals that won’t die down. Some dedicated partiers will sneak in flasks and you can bet a bunch of people are going to light up. Most of this action will occur on the dance floor, but this does not exclude the stands. There will be a lot of dancing and a lot of smiling faces. You cannot help but smile because the excitement is contagious.
Seating depends on your preference. The floor area is for sweaty, drunk, and/​or high animals who like to be a part of the show. The stands are not completely meant for sitting because once the show starts, everyone will be up and it may be hard to see. As for sporting events, center ice/​half-​court is always ideal, however, any place is good. The student section is quite an experience too. Whether you love or hate UMass Amherst, for those three periods or four quarters, you will be happy to be a Minuteman.
Leaving the Mullins Center is not as chaotic as entering. Your symptoms will consist of euphoria and tiredness. The parking lot will be okay too since people leave at different times during the event. Otherwise, you can start walking back or catch a bus.
The Mullins Center is everything you’d expect for a place that holds sporting events and concerts. Sporting events give a sense of the student life. Concerts, though, are still fun, but remember you are at a zoo university. No matter what the occasion, you will have a good time. Without the Mullins Center, there would be little ways to determine the student life. It is only a stadium, but it brings the UMass community together.

Came here often for University concerts, sports games, and fairs. You should watch out for these events they hold very often. Some events I have attended below…
Concerts I attended here: Jay-​Z, Busta Rhymes, Trey Songs, Gym Class Heroes, Nas, Fabolous
Games: Minutemen Basketball! Loved watching Gary Forbes crush opponents.
Career Fairs: ehh… I wasn’t big on these stuff but they were cool.
Food Fair: Awesome, free food from all different places around town!!!
I’m sure there are alot more events throughout the year but these were some of the highlights I visited while I was there at the Zoo.

Stopped in to the Mullins Center to watch a basketball game from the alma mater. Can’t believe the building is about 20 years old now. UMass Mens basketball and hockey play here, as well as women’s basketball. Also have occasional concerts and trade shows. A litlle bit over 9,000 seats. Concessions pretty good as well, managed by UMASS Dining services…

yup 5 stars a roo for the phine pholks at mullins
yea, so as you might have guessed it, i was phishing on saturday. sure it was a long drive out and sure my mirror got smashed off in the toll booth to 91 (again) and all that, but the umass people know what you need to know when building an arena.
many exits, many entrances, many bathrooms, phriendly will call box office people and combined together, there you go. i had seats behind page, section LL, which when i saw it online i though i would need my binoculars, not the case, great seats, easy staffing, low concession prices.
the lot on the other hand, i saw you nighthawk police man in the crane, i have nothing to worry about but you up there with your night-​vision, you cant catch the gingerbread man.

When I was a kid, I envied the passionate raucous atmosphere found at Southern college football games. Well I found it in Massachusetts, it just happens to be during hockey. The Mullins center is not pretty, but its practical, and only a fool would call it uncomfortable. The sightliness are good, and the seating is plentiful. Believe me when I say there isn’t a bad seat in the house.
But the best reason to come out and see a game at the Bill? The fans! The student section is as loud and passionate and consistently full. The elders on the other side are welcoming and love hockey more than you do, and thats a fact (unless you are a BC fan, whereas they will deservedly tell you to go fuck yourself which is fair because, as we all know, BC sucks)

Like feeling like you’re in a cage with zoo animals? Like being harassed as an away fan even by non-​student patrons sitting in regular seats? Like watching mediocre home teams play? Attend a game at UMass’s Mullins Center, a building with the charm of City Hall Plaza that feels three times bigger (and therefore more detached from the action) than it actually is, has maddeningly long concession and bathroom lines filled with backward-​hat wearing «yah dood» wanna-​be tough guy fans, and whose home tenants combine for a grand total of one actual major sporting accomplishment, which was summarily wiped from the books due to NCAA violations.
The home atmosphere isn’t all that great compared to schools like Northeastern, Maine or UNH where the home fans actually care about hockey as opposed to just being fans of getting drunk and shouting in public. Maybe it’s better for basketball.

Remember back in the mid 90s when UMASS Basketball was actually GOOD? Yeah, me neither. Well, either way, back then the team was doing wicked awesome. And, as such, money started pouring into this skool. And what do they do with it? Did they improve the quality of classrooms? Fix those broken desks? Replace those teachers who pronounced their «V’s» as «W’s»??? NO! None of the above! They made THIS PLACE. And yeah it’s a nice stadium — huge — well designed. Every seat is a good one. Too bad I didn’t get a decent education here — but golly gosh I always had a decent seat for a game! And really, what’s more impotant?! (spelling error included for wry humor).

Positively the best place to watch a hockey game. It gets five stars despite the relatively minor flaw of a lack of beer sales on premises. I absolutely love this place though, there’s not a bad seat in the house. If you’re a student and a real hockey fan though, get there early because the people near the glass know what’s up whereas some of the people higher up are only bandwagoners. Still the nosebleeds are fun because they offer a great view of the whole ice surface. The concessions have a pretty good variety, you can get subway or even legal sea foods clam chowder and lobster bisque. I’ve never been to a concert here so I can only rate on the hockey experience which is amazing. Oh, and it’s pretty sweet as a basketball arena as well.