The Curtis Culwell Center (formerly the Garland Special Events Center) is an arena and conference center in Garland, Texas. It opened in 2005 and was designed by HKS, Inc. and constructed at a cost of $31.5 million by Lee Lewis Construction with engineering by Walter P. Moore, Blum Consulting Engineers, and RLK Engineers Inc. The arena has 6,800 seats, and is the property of the Garland Independent School District (GISD). It is used by the men's basketball teams of the GISD.