Athletic director David Benedict said the school and the operators of the XL Center agreed that it would not make financial sense to utilize the 16,000-seat arena during the coronavirus pandemic. ''Our teams love competing in downtown Hartford, but the conditions brought about by COVID-19 have made that impractical,'' Benedict said in a statement. ''Our men's hockey and basketball teams will compete (on campus) in the Mark Edward Freitas Ice Forum and Gampel Pavilion, respectively.
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