Robert A. Mott Athletics Center

• Cal Poly hosted the 1969 NCAA College Division Wrestling Championships in the facility, winning the national title with a then-division record of 127 team points. On March 15, 1969, according to the San Luis Obispo Tribune, "the Saturday night finals attracted 4,000-plus fans to the Cal Poly gym. The 'official head count' was announced at 3,500 but that figure did not take into consideration the fans already in the gym when the count was started."[10]
• In March 1981, the men's basketball team hosted New Hampshire College (now Southern New Hampshire University) in the Division II NCAA Tournament Elite Eight. Cal Poly won 77-73 to advance to the Final Four, with a crowd of 3,217 (at the time a facility record for basketball[11]) in attendance.
• Mott Athletics Center hosted the 1994 and 2005 Pac-10 Wrestling Championships, with the total attendance for the latter two-day four-session event totaling 7,738. The Mustangs finished the meet in fourth place and crowned one individual champion, Vic Moreno at 125 pounds (57 kg). At the 1994 meet, Oregon State won the team title, before Arizona State won the 2005 conference championship.
• In 2006, Mott Athletics Center was home to the first and second rounds of the NCAA volleyball tournament, each with sold-out crowds. Cal Poly defeated Michigan 3-1[12] before falling to Cal 3-1.[13]

• On October 11, 1962, Cal Poly hosted a preseason exhibition in Mott Athletics Center between the Los Angeles Lakers and San Francisco Warriors, the clubs' only exhibition to be played in-state that year. The Lakers, led by Jerry West and Elgin Baylor, defeated fellow Pro Basketball Hall of Fame member Wilt Chamberlain and his Warriors, 110-96.[14][15] It was actually the Lakers' second preseason contest in Mott, as on Oct. 2, 1961, the Boston Celtics, led by Hall of Famers Bill Russell and Sam Jones, earned a 121-116 win[16] before a near-capacity crowd. Jones scored a team-high 26 points in the win, while Russell added 21. (West scored 31 points in defeat, while Baylor added 25.[17])
• The ABA came to the arena on October 13, 1968, when the Oakland Oaks defeated the L.A. Stars in an exhibition, 156-116.[18] Rick Barry scored 46 points in the game, shooting 15 of 28 from the floor and 16 of 17 from the foul line.
• In October 1995, the athletics center was the site of the 1995-96 Golden State Warriors training camp. Chris Mullin, Latrell Sprewell, B.J. Armstrong and No. 1 overall draft pick Joe Smith put on a show during an open practice to the public drawing a standing-room-only crowd of over 3,500.[19]
• Then in 1997, the Sacramento Kings, highlighted by an appearance by Corliss Williamson, conducted their one-week camp at Cal Poly. Like the Warriors, the Kings opened doors to the public for an intrasquad scrimmage to conclude camp.[20]

• On September 22, 1982, the arena hosted an exhibition volleyball match between Cal Poly and the Chinese Women's Junior National Team, with China winning 15-4, 15-8, 15-8 in front of a crowd of 1,723 fans.[21]
• On June 6, 1988, the gym hosted an exhibition match between the U.S. Olympic women's volleyball team and the East German team, as a sellout crowd watched the Americans rally for a five-set win, 10-15, 15-10, 12-15, 16-14, 15-9.[22]
• The Denmark Women's National Basketball Team came to the gym on November 12, 1996, defeating Cal Poly in an exhibition, 82-70.[23]

• On May 22, 2010, the building hosted San Luis Obispo's first mixed martial arts card,[24] with approximately 1,500 fans attending, including Stephen Neal, Lou Ferrigno and Urijah Faber. Seven professional fights were featured, generating roughly $20,000 as a fundraiser for the Cal Poly wrestling program.[25]

Musicians including Eddie Money,[26] The Pretenders,[27] The Doors,[28] Kenny Loggins,[29] Cheap Trick,[30] Rage Against the Machine and Public Enemy[31] performed in the arena from the late 1960s to early 1990s, often to capacity crowds of 3,000.[32]

Mott Athletics Center (then referred to as Mott Gym) appeared in several collegiate basketball video games on PlayStation and Xbox consoles, including College Hoops 2K7, College Hoops 2K8 and the NCAA Basketball series, all of which featured Cal Poly men's basketball as a playable team.