M&T Bank Arena, previously known as TD Bank Sports Center and People's United Center, is a multi-purpose arena in Hamden, Connecticut.Its design is unusual in that it consists of two separate playing and seating areas, one intended for basketball and one intended for ice hockey, joined together within a common facility.Officially, the hockey side is known as the Frank Perrotti, Jr.The center opened on January 27, 2007, and is home to the Quinnipiac University men's and women's basketball and men's and women's ice hockey teams.[5] Its creation is part of an ambitious plan by Quinnipiac to improve its drawing power for student athletes.