Charlotte Y. Martin Centre

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Charlotte Y. Martin Centre is an athletics center on the campus of Gonzaga University housing a 4,000 seat multi-purpose arena in Spokane, Washington. It opened on December 3, 1965 as the John F. Kennedy Memorial Pavilion, with a capacity of approximately 4,000 patrons.[1] The arena was renamed as part of Gonzaga's centennial celebrations on March 17, 1987, for which major renovations were done to the venue that doubled its size.[2][1]

It is the home of the Gonzaga University Bulldogs women's volleyball team, and was home to the school's men's and women's basketball teams from its opening, with a partial hiatus in the 1979-80 season when the men's team returned to its former home of the Spokane Coliseum for West Coast Conference home games only,[2][3] until the McCarthey Athletic Center opened in 2004. The venue was affectionately known as 'The Kennel', a reference to the nature of the crowds who turned up to basketball games.[1]

English rock group Led Zeppelin played their fifth-ever American concert at the Kennedy Pavilion on December 30, 1968; the first known bootleg recording of the band originated from this performance.[4][1]

[edit] Notes and references

  1. ^ a b c d Venue information and background
  2. ^ a b Through The Ages – Homes of the Bulldogs (PDF). 2007 Gonzaga University Men's Basketball Media Guide p. 108. Gonzaga University Athletics. Retrieved on 2007-05-29.
  3. ^ Year-by-Year Results (PDF). 2007 Gonzaga University Men's Basketball Media Guide pp. 123-133. Gonzaga University Athletics. Retrieved on 2007-06-03.
  4. ^ Gonzaga '68. YouTube. Retrieved on 2008-05-15.
Preceded by
Spokane Coliseum		 Home of Gonzaga Bulldogs
men's basketball
1965 – 2004		 Succeeded by
McCarthey Athletic Center
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