3 ▁for ▁hockey , ▁ 6 , 7 5 4 ▁for ▁basketball ▁and ▁about ▁ 9 , 0 0 0 ▁for ▁concert s . ▁Er ie ▁In sur ance ▁Arena ▁now ▁has ▁en larg ed ▁lo bb ies , ▁more ▁box ▁office ▁windows , ▁lux ury ▁su ites , ▁administrative ▁offices , ▁mechanical ▁rooms , ▁training ▁areas , ▁new ▁lo cker ▁rooms , ▁and ▁a ▁club ▁level ▁spons ored ▁by ▁the ▁Er ie ▁Times - News . ▁Fund ing ▁for ▁the ▁renov ations ▁derived ▁from ▁$ 3 2 ▁million ▁p led ged ▁by ▁former ▁Pennsylvania ▁governor ▁Ed ▁R end ell , ▁combined ▁with ▁$ 1 0 ▁million ▁paid ▁by ▁Er ie ▁County . ▁The ▁ar ena ▁has ▁hosted ▁numerous ▁high ▁school ▁and ▁college ▁basketball ▁games . ▁Two ▁of ▁the ▁most ▁notable ▁basketball ▁games ▁were ▁between ▁C athedral ▁Pre par atory ▁School ▁and ▁Mc D ow ell ▁and ▁local ▁colleg es , ▁G annon ▁University ▁and ▁Mer cy h urst ▁University . ▁Both ▁games ▁featured ▁rival ▁schools . ▁Both ▁games ▁generated ▁the ▁most ▁attended ▁high ▁school ▁and ▁college ▁basketball ▁games ▁in ▁city ▁history , ▁both ▁s elling ▁out ▁at ▁ 5 , 5 0 0 . ▁ ▁In ▁September ▁ 2 0 1 4 , ▁the ▁Er ie ▁County ▁Convention ▁Center ▁Author ity ▁completed ▁a ▁$ 1 . 4 ▁million ▁upgrade ▁to ▁the ▁ar ena ▁which ▁had ▁been ▁dropped ▁from ▁the ▁previous ▁renov ation ▁due ▁to ▁a ▁tight ened ▁budget . ▁This ▁upgrade ▁included ▁a ▁closed - circ uit ▁video ▁system , ▁high -