The West Coast Conference men’s and women’s basketball championships will keep their location of the Orleans Arena through 2012 after the conference and the venue reached a three-year contract extension last week, according to a conference release.
The 2009 WCC championship, the first-ever at a neutral site, set conference records for total championship attendance (33,320) and single-session championship attendance (7,845). It’s no wonder the WCC wasted no time in making the deal with the Las Vegas arena.
“I am very pleased that the West Coast Conference and The Orleans Arena have agreed to extend our partnership for the next three years,” said Jamie Zaninovich, Commissioner of the West Coast Conference. “Thanks to the efforts of The Orleans management and staff, our 2009 basketball championship was an overwhelming success and we expect to improve upon the experience for our student-athletes, coaches and fans with this contract extension.”
