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Wallace Presbyterian Church

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Wallace Presbyterian Church is a Presbyterian church in College Park, Maryland, United States. Founded in 1910 to serve as the "national church" for the United Presbyterian Church of North America (UPCNA), Wallace grew to have several hundred members and became a prominent evangelical congregation within the Presbyterian tradition. It was also a church home for several prominent United Presbyterians who served in Congress or in U.S. government service in the capital. The congregation and its leaders were also active participants in debates about doctrine and church practice that resulted in schism within the mainline Presbyterian churches in the 1970s and 1980s. After leaving the mainline, Wallace eventually became part of the Presbyterian Church in America (PCA). Since its founding, it has had three main locations throughout its history: first in Washington, D.C., then moving to Hyattsville, Maryland, in the 1950s and to its present building in College Park in 2009, where it is an eye-catching presence near the University of Maryland campus. As of 2025, Wallace describes itself as one of the most diverse churches in the PCA.

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20740 , College Park Woods
Maryland, United States
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Xfinity Center is the indoor arena and student activities center that serves as the home of the University of Maryland Terrapins men's and women's basketball teams. Ground was broken in May 2000 and construction was completed in October 2002 at a cost of $125 million. It replaced Cole Field House as the Terrapins' home court, which had served as the home of Maryland basketball since 1955. The on-campus facility was originally named the Comcast Center after Comcast Corporation purchased a 20-year, $25 million corporate naming agreement when the arena opened in 2002. In July 2014, it was renamed Xfinity Center after Comcast's cable brand, Xfinity. Xfinity Center, which has a capacity of 17,950, opened for Midnight Madness on October 11, 2002, and the first official men's game was a 64–49 victory over Miami University (Ohio) on November 24, 2002. In its first season, 281,057 fans visited to watch Terrapin basketball games for a per-game average of 17,566 as Maryland finished fifth in the nation in attendance. On January 25, 2012, the court was renamed in honor of Gary Williams, the men's basketball coach who retired the previous year. Though Xfinity Center is the largest arena in the state of Maryland, it is the second-largest arena in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area by seating capacity, just behind Capital One Arena in Washington, D.C., which has an official seating capacity of roughly 500 more than Xfinity Center. The facility is also used for concerts, graduation ceremonies including those for the University of Maryland, state high school basketball tournaments, and other special events. Concert seating capacity is nearly 19,000.