Alumni Memorial Fieldhouse
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| Alumni Memorial Fieldhouse | |
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| Location | Saint Joseph's University Philadelphia, PA 19131 |
| Opened | November 11, 1949 |
| Owner | Saint Joseph's University |
| Operator | Saint Joseph's University |
| Tenants | |
| Saint Joseph's Hawks (Men's & Women's basketball) |
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| Capacity | |
| 3,200 | |
Alumni Memorial Fieldhouse is a 3,200-seat multi-purpose arena in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The arena opened in 1949. It is home to the Saint Joseph's University Hawks basketball. The men's team's first home game was a loss to the University of Rhode Island on November 26, 1949. The first women's varsity home game was a loss to Immaculata University on January 17, 1974. The building was dedicated to all college soldier-heroes on its dedication day, Veterans Day 1949.[1]
In addition to serving as an arena for the basketball teams, Alumni Memorial Fieldhouse also contains locker rooms for students, faculty, and other varsity teams, an additional recreation room, squash courts, a swimming pool, and a weight room.
On October 26, 1967, the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. spoke to 3,400 people in the Fieldhouse. Today, a bronze plaque in the lobby recognizes his visit.
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| Current Basketball Arenas in the Atlantic 10 |
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| A.J. Palumbo Center (Duquesne) • Alumni Memorial Fieldhouse (Saint Joseph's) • Bauman-Eberhardt Center (Saint Louis women) • Cintas Center (Xavier) • Dale F. Halton Arena (Charlotte) • Liacouras Center (Temple) • Mullins Center (Massachusetts) • Reilly Center (St. Bonaventure) • Robins Center (Richmond) • Rose Hill Gym (Fordham) • Ryan Center (Rhode Island) • Scottrade Center (Saint Louis men) • Smith Center (George Washington) • Tom Gola Arena (La Salle) • UD Arena (Dayton) |
