Cajundome
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| The Lafayette Cajundome in the evening light (August 2009) | |
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| place | 444 Cajundome Boulevard Lafayette , Louisiana 70506
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| Coordinates | 30 ° 13 '6.4 " N , 92 ° 2' 20" W |
| owner | University of Louisiana at Lafayette |
| operator | Cajundome Commission |
| start of building | January 27, 1982 |
| opening | November 10, 1985 |
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Parquet ice surface artificial turf |
| costs | 64 million US dollars |
| architect | Neil Nehrbass |
| capacity | 11,550 places ( basketball ) 12,121 places ( wrestling ) 11,433 places ( ice hockey ) 13,500 places ( concerts ) |
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The Cajundome is a multifunctional arena in the US city of Lafayette in the southern state of Louisiana . The building opened in 1985 and is mainly used for college sports and professional ice hockey. Depending on the configuration, it offers space for 4,500 to 13,500 visitors.
History and use
The construction of the with a dome spanned Arena found during the tenure of Mayor William Dudley Lastrapes Jr. instead, costing around 64 million US dollars . The University of Louisiana at Lafayette contributed $ 50 million and the property. The rest of the sum went to the city of Lafayette. On November 10, 1985, the cajundome was finally officially opened. Country singer Kenny Rogers gave the first concert in front of 13,500 spectators. It is the hall's record number of visitors to this day. Since then, the Louisiana – Lafayette Ragin 'Cajuns , the basketball team of the University of Louisiana at Lafayette, have played their home games in the arena in the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). The stadium also hosts the Louisiana High School State Basketball Championship annually. The highest number of spectators at a Ragin 'Cajuns basketball game came on December 16, 1992 in the hall. The game against the Loyola Marymount Lions (87:73) saw 11,479 visitors.
From 1995 to 2005, the Cajundome was also home to the now defunct Hockey - Franchise Louisiana Icegators from the ECHL . During this time, the arena was nicknamed The Frozen Swamp ( German Der gefrorene Sumpf ). Since 2010 an ice hockey team has been playing in the Cajundome again with a team of the same name from the Southern Professional Hockey League . In addition, the 1998, 1999, and 2007 NCAA Sun Belt Conference championships were held. The Lafayette SwampCats from the Eastern Indoor Soccer League (1997) and the Lafayette Roughnecks from arenafootball2 (2001) stayed in the Cajundome for one year each .
On April 30, 2002, the new congress center was inaugurated in the direct vicinity of the arena. The $ 16.7 million extension adds a 3,465 m² exhibition hall and conference space totaling 3,687 m² to the 3,716 m² Cajundome.
At the end of 2005, the dome served as emergency shelter for victims of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita for 58 days . A total of 18,500 people were accommodated there over time. Medical care took place in the congress center.
The hall received a new basketball field for the 2007/08 season. For the following season the scoreboard and the sound system were renewed.
In addition, various concerts and other events, such as World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE), took place in the Cajundome .
Web links
- cajundome.com: Official website (English)
- ragincajuns.com: Cajundome on the website of the Ragin 'Cajuns (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d e ragincajuns.com: Cajundome on the Ragin 'Cajuns website (English)
- ↑ theadvertiser.com: 30 years later, the Cajundome's still got it (English)
- ↑ theadvertiser.com: How the Cajundome changed the future of aid after hurricanes (English)
- ↑ setlist.fm: concert list of the Cajundome (English)