The LSU Tigers basketball and Lady Tigers Basketball Practice Facility is an indoor arena connected to the Pete Maravich Assembly Center through the Northwest portal.[1][2] The facility features separate, full-size duplicate gymnasiums for the men's and women's basketball teams. Each gym spans 11,324 square feet (1,052.0 m2) and includes a regulation NCAA court in length with two regulation high school courts in the opposition direction.[3] The courts are exact replicas of the Maravich Center game court and have two portable goals and four retractable goals. Each gymnasium is equipped with a scoreboard, video filming balcony, and scorer's table with video and data connection that enable instant replay. The facility also houses team locker rooms, a team lounge, training rooms, coach's offices and locker rooms, a media room, laundry facility and storage areas.[4]
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| Location | Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803 USA |
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| Coordinates | 30°24′54″N 91°11′05″W / 30.4151°N 91.1846°W |
| Owner | Louisiana State University |
| Operator | LSU Athletics Department |
| Capacity | 1600 (800 each gym) |
| Surface | Hardwood |
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| Broke ground | 2008 |
| Opened | 2010 |
| Construction cost | $15 million |
| Architect | Tom Holden Architects and RDG Sports |
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| LSU Tigers basketball (NCAA) LSU Lady Tigers basketball (NCAA) | |
The building also includes a two-story lobby and staircase that ascends to the second level where a club room holds 500 people for pre-game and post-game events.[4] The club room is connected to the Pete Maravich Assembly Center concourse. The lobby includes team displays and graphics, trophy cases and memorabilia of LSU Basketball. A 900-pound bronze statue of LSU legend Shaquille O'Neal is in front of the facility.[3]
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References
edit- ^ "Ribbon-cutting opens new LSU basketball practice facility". WAFB TV. Retrieved 2013-10-02.
- ^ "LSU opens new basketball practice facility". NCAA. Retrieved 2014-03-06.
- ^ a b "LSU Basketball Practice Facility". lsusports.net. Archived from the original on 2016-02-10. Retrieved 2013-07-26.
- ^ a b "LSU has grand opening for basketball practice facility". The Times-Picayune. Retrieved 2014-03-06.
External links
edit- LSU Basketball practice facility at LSUSports.net Archived 2016-02-10 at the Wayback Machine