Own UConn Hoops History: CollectUConn Store Opens

0:00It's March 31st. This is Hartford News Today, local news powered by AI. You sudden fans? Get ready to own a piece of Hoops history. Collect you and Yukon. Athletics are launching a news store called Collect Yukon, featuring the Gample Collection. It opens this April at the shops at Evergreen Walk in South Windsor, Connecticut. They're selling authenticated memorabilia salvage straight from Gample Pavilion during its massive $99,400,000 renovate. The first phase of that Reno wraps up by November 2026. This physical spot at 200 Evergreen Way is their debut brick and mortar after kicking off online sales last March through Collect Yukon.com. Collect you partners with schools and venues to turn old materials into fan collectibles. Gample Pavilion has been home to 18 national championships for Yukon men's and women's basketball since it opened in 1990. Fans are buzzing about grabbing game-used lockers, hallway signs, rings made from original

1:02locker-bits, autographed seats by coaches Gino Ariema and Dan Hurley, even bags crafted from championship banners. Inventory will rotate with no duplicates once items sell out. A cut of the proceeds goes back to support Yukon Athletics. Chris Gross, Yukon senior associate athletic director, says every piece tells the story fans can now own. Head over to Collect Yukon.com for more details and the snag your slice of that legacy before it's gone.