University Arenas

Welcome to University Arenas! Home to four distinctive properties on the RIT campus in Henrietta, N.Y. and one in the neighboring suburb of Penfield, N.Y.

Our Venues

Gene Polisseni Center

Gordon Field House and Activities Center

Lobozzo Alumni House

Tait Preserve

University Gallery

300+

Hosted events in 2022-2023

10,000+

Feet of water frontage at the Tait Preserve and the Aquatics Center pools

1,250

Average miles driven per year the Zamboni (that’s the driven distance from RIT to Disney World)

100,000+

Graduates hosted since 2004

Home to the largest

Quilt Festival in the U.S. east of the Mississippi River

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Ticket Information

Purchase tickets online, over the phone, or in person. The Box Office accepts cash, Visa, MasterCard, and Tiger Bucks. Need ticketing services for your event? The Box Office offers ticketing services at any location on the RIT campus.

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Upcoming Events

April 26

Imagine RIT: Creativity and Innovation Festival
May 4

Spring Salad & Herb Planter Workshop at The Tait Preserve
May 10

Saunders College of Business Commencement Ceremony
May 10

Saunders College of Business Commencement Reception

Latest News

September 21, 2023

Brick City weekend features RIT Alumni Oktoberfest Oct. 14

Alumni brewers, winemakers, and cidermakers from 10 businesses will be on hand to answer questions and provide samples at the second annual RIT Alumni Oktoberfest on Oct. 14.
September 13, 2023

Looking for inspiration? Try visiting the Vignelli Center for Design Studies Archives

Jennifer Whitlock, the archivist at RIT’s Vignelli Center for Design Studies, says a peek into the archives vault can help students and researchers find that spark of inspiration.
June 21, 2023

RIT’s Saunders College of Business will honor Kip Palmer with 2023 Vanden Brul Award

Dwight M. “Kip” Palmer, a fifth-generation CEO of Palmer Food Services and the Palmer Family of Companies, has been named the 2023 recipient of the Herbert W. Vanden Brul Entrepreneurial Award, given annually to a successful individual or individuals who developed a business that improved the Rochester economy or whose innovative management skills changed the course of an existing business or industry.
June 6, 2023

RIT/NTID and School of Performing Arts present 2023-2024 theatrical season

The 2023-2024 theatrical season featuring a partnership between RIT’s School of Performing Arts and NTID's Department of Performing Arts will include a celebration of Deaf rap and hip hop, an adaptation of Hamlet, a multimedia dance production, and several immersive theatrical performances, among others.