Human Performance Center is a 1,200-seat multi-purpose arena

Arena

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 in New Orleans, Louisiana

Louisiana

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. The venue, known to fans as the "Chamber of Horrors", has been since the 2005–06 season the temporary home to the University of New Orleans

University of New Orleans

The University of New Orleans, often referred to locally as UNO, is a medium-sized public urban university located on the New Orleans Lakefront within New Orleans, Louisiana, United States. It is a member of the LSU System and the Urban 13 association. Currently UNO is without a proper chancellor...

 Privateers basketball

Basketball

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 team

Team

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s while Lakefront Arena

Lakefront Arena

The Senator Nat G. Kiefer University of New Orleans Lakefront Arena is a 10,000-seat multi-purpose arena, in New Orleans, Louisiana and was built in 1983. It is named in honor of Nat G. Kiefer, the late state senator who aided UNO’s efforts to obtain state funding for the building...

 is being repaired following Hurricane Katrina

Hurricane Katrina

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. UNO basketball teams previously played at this venue from the 1969–70 inception of the UNO men's program through the opening of Lakefront Arena in 1983. During that period, the venue was officially known as the Health & Physical Education Center.

Since 2008, the Human Performance Center has been the home venue of the Big Easy Rollergirls

Big Easy Rollergirls

Big Easy Rollergirls or BERG is an all-female, flat-track roller derby league in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA. In 2011, BERG converted from an LLC to a non-profit corporation, but does not have 501 status...

, New Orleans' WFTDA flat track roller derby league.