Pizzitola Sports Center

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Paul Baily Pizzitola Memorial Sports Center
Location Hope St & Lloyd St
Providence, RI 02906
Broke ground 1987
Opened February, 1989
Owner Brown University
Operator Brown University
Construction cost $7.6 million
Architect Eggers Group, New York City
Tenants
Brown University Bears (Basketball, volleyball, gymnastics, wrestling & squash)
Capacity
2,800

The Paul Bailey Pizzitola Memorial Sports Center is a 2,800-seat multi-purpose athletic center in Providence, Rhode Island and was built in 1989. It is home to the Brown University Bears men's and women's basketball, volleyball, gymnastics, wrestling & squash teams. It was built adjacent to Meehan Auditorium on Lloyd Street as a replacement for Marvel Gymnasium, which was located next to Brown Stadium on Elmgrove Ave. The building was named for Paul Bailey Pizzitola '81, whose father contributed $2 million to its construction. The lobby of the building is named for Brown attendee (1887-89), Penn graduate and football legend John Heisman, Pennsylvania class of 1891.


Current Basketball Arenas in the Ivy League
Jadwin Gymnasium (Princeton) • Lavietes Pavilion (Harvard) • Leede Arena (Dartmouth) • Levien Gymnasium (Columbia) • Newman Arena (Cornell) • The Palestra (Penn) • Payne Whitney Gym (Yale) • Pizzitola Sports Center (Brown)


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