to that point. Renovations Renovations to the facility began in March 2017 at the conclusion of the 2016–17 basketball season to rebuild the 50-year old arena into a modern sports and entertainment facility. The $60 million project was funded primarily by a $20 million donation from Tilman Fertitta, a UH alumnus who is also chairman of the UH board of regents. As part of the project, the interior of the arena was demolished, and a modern seating bowl was built within the existing walls with a reduced capacity of 7,100. Work was scheduled to be completed by the start of the 2018–19 men's and women's basketball seasons; however, construction delays pushed the reopening back to December 1, 2018. During renovations, the building took on water from Hurricane Harvey, which turned the stripped-down arena bowl into a "swimming pool". A red line painted in the visitor's tunnel marks the height of the flood waters during the storm. Both the men's and women's basketball teams played at Health and Physical Education Arena at Texas Southern University during the length of the renovations, which spanned the entire 2017–18 season and the first month of the 2018–19 season. The newly named Fertitta Center reopened on December 1, 2018, with the men's basketball team beating the then 18th ranked Oregon Ducks 65–61 in a nationally televised game. Year by year Events Concerts Hofheinz Pavilion has hosted Joni Mitchell, George Harrison, Elton John, Faces, Traffic, Jethro Tull, The Clash, Procol Harum, Elvis Presley, Emerson Lake & Palmer, Frank Zappa, Grateful Dead, Led Zeppelin, The Who, The Rolling Stones, The Jackson 5, Alice Cooper, Bob Dylan, The Band, Prince & The New Power Generation, Madonna, Genesis, and Yes. Nine of the fifteen songs featured in the concert film Ladies and Gentlemen – The Rolling Stones were filmed at Hofheinz Pavilion on June 25, 1972 – 5 from the 4:00 pm show, and 4 from the 9:00 pm show. On Halloween in 1976, Parliament-Funkadelic, accompanied by opening acts Bootsy's Rubber Band and Sly and the Family Stone brought their P-Funk Earth Tour to the Hofheinz Pavilion. The P-Funk and Bootsy performances were released on VHS in 1986 and on DVD in 1998. They continued to perform sold-out shows at the venue in 1977, 1978, and 1979. Popular music concerts are still held at the Fertitta Center, often when a major act decides against playing at the larger (and