Events already held in the Convocation Center are the CSU 2007 Commencement Ceremony, USA Men’s Volleyball match versus Italy, three Chicago Public School basketball tournaments, and the 2008 IHSA 3A-4A super sectional games. Future events the JCC hopes to accommodate are concerts, comedy shows, sporting events, and conferences.

The Emil and Patricia A. Jones Convocation Center (JCC), named after “patron saint” Senate President Emil Jones Jr. and his late wife Patricia who was a graduate of Chicago State University, is a $38 million top notch multi-purpose state of the art facility. The Jones Convocation center officially open in the fall of 2007 and will now serve as the new home to the Men’s and Women basketball teams, and the Chicago State Athletic Department.



This brand new multi-purpose facility is 140,000sq.ft and has enough assembly space to seat up to 7,000 people. Some of the many features that are equipped in Jones Convocation Center are a total of eight locker rooms, one weight room, updated training room, academic study rooms, multiple concession areas, ticket booths, conference and receptions areas, service areas, storage, and many other amenities that will make this facility the best that the city of Chicago or the state of Illinois has ever seen. 



The facility is also equipped with a state of the art sky box located at the very top of the arena with a capacity of about 100 people.