1984 - Portland Pilots Basketball Arena

The Earle A. & Virginia H. Chiles Center is a 4,852-seat multi-purpose arena in Portland, Oregon, USA. The arena opened in 1984. It is home to the University of Portland Pilots men’s and women’s basketball teams as well as the women’s volleyball team.

The Pilots have had limited success in other sports. The men’s basketball team has gone to the NCAA tournament twice (1959 and 1996). Their women’s basketball team has gone to the NCAA Tournament four times (1994-1997), qualified for the cancelled 2020 NCAA Tournament, and participated in the WNIT three times (1998, 2009, and 2022). Their baseball team has also gone to the NCAA tournament five times (1957, 1958, 1979, 1989, and 1991). Their volleyball team also made the postseason for the first time in 2018 after qualifying for the National Invitational Volleyball Championship.