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Conte Forum

Multi-purpose arena in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts

Field	Value
name	Conte Forum
nickname	Kelley Rink
fullname	Silvio O. Conte Forum
logo_image	Boston college wordmark 1 2021.png
logo_size	100
image	BC-ConteForum1.JPG
caption	Exterior view of the arena in 2006
type	Arena
current_use	Basketball
Ice hockey
city	Chestnut Hill, MA
country	United States
coordinates
broke_ground	July 1986
opened
public_transit	at Boston College
owner	Boston College
operator	Boston College Athletics
surface	Multi-surface
construction_cost	$25 million
($ in dollars)
architect	Sasaki
structural_engineer	Thornton Tomasetti
general_contractor	Richard White Sons, Inc.
tenants	{{plainlist
seating_capacity	7,884 (hockey)
8,606 (basketball)
dimensions	200' x 87' (hockey)
website

Ice hockey ($ in dollars)

Boston College Eagles (NCAA) teams:
basketball and hockey 8,606 (basketball)

The Silvio O. Conte Forum, commonly known as Conte Forum, Kelley Rink (for ice hockey games), or simply Conte, is an 8,606-seat multi-purpose arena which opened in 1988 in Boston, Massachusetts on the campus of Boston College in the Chestnut Hill neighborhood. Conte Forum is home to the Boston College Eagles men's and women's basketball and ice hockey teams as well as the Boston College Marching Band.

History

Conte Forum is named for former United States congressman Silvio O. Conte, an alumnus of Boston College and Boston College Law School. The ice rink is named in honor of long-time BC hockey coach John "Snooks" Kelley. The entire arena is traditionally called "Kelley Rink" during hockey games.

Before the arena opened in 1988, the BC basketball teams played their home games in Roberts Center to the immediate southwest of Alumni Stadium, on the site of the present-day Merkert Chemistry Center. Games expected to draw more than its 4,400 capacity were moved off-campus to Boston Garden. The Eagles hockey teams played at McHugh Forum which was positioned parallel to Alumni Stadium. Conte Forum was built on the site of McHugh Forum, and is situated perpendicular to the football stadium. The arena is directly adjacent to Alumni, with some luxury boxes overlooking both the football field and arena floors.

Conte Forum seats 8,606 spectators in its basketball configuration and 7,884 when set up for hockey. The facility also houses 950-seat Power Gym which is used for BC volleyball games and as an auxiliary basketball court.

As the largest indoor venue on the BC campus, Conte Forum hosts larger university-related events including conferences and debates. It is the site of the annual "Pops-on-the-Heights" during the annual Parents' Weekend in the fall, a gala concert featuring the Boston Pops Orchestra which raises over $1.5 million for BC's academic scholarship fund. In the event of inclement weather, Conte Forum also hosts the university's commencement exercises.

Since 2008, Conte Forum has also hosted the Boston College AHANA Leadership Council Showdown in the spring, an increasingly popular dance competition between BC's various dance and cultural organizations. Conte has also hosted numerous concerts, including in recent years Akon, Third Eye Blind, hellogoodbye, The Roots, Kanye West, and The Academy Is, as well as Will Ferrell's Funny or Die Comedy Tour.

On January 5, 2014, the Conte Forum was the venue for Boston mayor Marty Walsh's inauguration.

In Boston's proposed bid for the 2024 Summer Olympics, Conte Forum was selected as a potential venue for various events, such as Wrestling and Judo. However, the city eventually withdrew the bid.

Gallery

File:Conte Forum Hoops.jpg|Conte Forum during a BC vs. West Virginia basketball game. File:BC vs. Duke 2010.jpg|BC vs. Duke men's basketball game. File:Conte Forum basketball.jpg|Conte Forum before a BC basketball game. File:Kelley Rink BC vs. Merrimack 2010.jpg|Kelley Rink before a BC hockey game. File:1949-2001-2008 BC Championship Banners.jpg|BC hockey's 1949, 2001, and 2008 national championship banners in the Conte Forum rafters. File:Conte Forum during a BC Men's Basketball Game, 11-26-2025.jpg|Conte Forum during BC vs. Harvard men's basketball. November 26, 2025.

References

(25 October 1988). "No Place Like BC's New Home".
"Boston College, Silvio O. Conte Forum". Thornton Tomasetti.
"Campus Guide: Conte Forum - Office of the University Historian - Boston College".
[http://bceagles.cstv.com/sports/m-hockey/spec-rel/conte-forum-infoNEW.html CONTE FORUM] {{webarchive. link. (2012-07-08)
"Boston College Alumni - Support Boston College".
"Showdown Growing in Attendance".
https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2014/01/05/walsh-choice-inaugural-venue-break-with-more-than-century-tradition {{Dead link. (February 2022)

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