Viejas Arena has also hosted WCW Bash at the Beach in 1998. Because of its status as SDSU's home court, the Aztecs were not allowed to open the tournament at home (under 'pod system' rules). These fears were unfounded, however, and play went on as scheduled. In the 2006 tourney, the first-round games were delayed and the building evacuated due to a bomb-sniffing dog picking up scents of a potentially dangerous substance. Viejas Arena hosted the men's NCAA basketball tournament first and second rounds in 20. The naming rights agreement with the Viejas Band of Kumeyaay Indians went into effect July 1 and will pay the university about $6 million over the next 10 years. The arena was renamed to Viejas Arena under a 10-year naming rights agreement announced March 17, 2009. It was originally named Cox Arena after Cox Communications, which owns one of the local cable television systems in the greater San Diego regional area, and which paid fees to become the arena's corporate sponsor. Viejas Arena was built on the site of the old Aztec Bowl football stadium (a Works Progress Administration project) on the SDSU campus, and the university (or its affiliated corporation) still owns the arena.

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