McCarthey Athletic Center or "MAC" is a 6,000-seat indoor arena in the northwest United States, located on the campus of Gonzaga University in Spokane, Washington. Opened in November 2004, it is home to the university's Bulldog basketball programs, members of the West Coast Conference (WCC) in Division I of the NCAA.Often called "The New Kennel," its nickname was inherited from the school's former basketball arena, Charlotte Y. Martin Centre, popularly known as "The Kennel," which had been home to the Bulldogs for 39 years. As the MAC has become the established basketball arena on campus, more fans have begun calling it simply "The Kennel," with the Charlotte Y. Martin Centre being known as the "Martin Centre." The elevation of the court is approximately 1900ft above sea level.Formerly the largest basketball arena in the WCC, it lost this distinction when BYU joined in 2011; the Marriott Center in Provo seats 19,000 – more than triple the MAC capacity.
