GSU Sports Arena
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| place | 125 Decatur Street Southeast Atlanta , Georgia 30303
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| Coordinates | 33 ° 45 '5.8 " N , 84 ° 23' 11" W |
| owner | Georgia State University |
| operator | Georgia State University |
| start of building | 1972 |
| opening | 1973 |
| surface | parquet |
| capacity | 3,854 seats |
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The Georgia State University Sports Arena ( GSU Sports Arena for short ) is a sports hall on the campus of Georgia State University in the US city of Atlanta in the state of Georgia . The hall is available to HSU's sports department, the Georgia State Panthers . The main users are the NCAA - Basketball teams of men and women. The women's NCAA volleyball team also uses the sports facility. The hall offers space for 3,854 spectators for basketball games.
history
Construction of the GSU Sports Arena began in 1972 and the arena was completed the following year. In 1996 the sports facility was used to host the Olympic badminton competitions. The arena is divided into four levels. The first is where the university's athletics department is located, the second is where the changing rooms are located and the third is the main hall. The audience tiers are distributed over the third and fourth levels. A new field was relocated before the 2003/04 season. On December 12, 2003 the field was named Charles “Lefty” Driesell Court in honor of the former coach “Lefty” Driesell (1997-2003). In 2006 a display board with a screen was installed on a hall wall . In the summer of 2015, the hall received a video cube under the roof, which replaced the old display board.
In May 2012, Georgia State University unveiled a master plan for upgrading the university's sports facilities. At the GSU Sports Arena, among other things, the playing field is to be rotated by 90 ° . The number of seats is to be increased from 3,400 to 4,100. In total the hall would hold up to 5,000 visitors.
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Interior of the hall (November 2011)
June 2012
Web links
- georgiastatesports.com: Georgia State Sports Arena (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ admin.xosn.com: Georgia State Panthers Media Guide 2014/15 - Hall capacity - page 1 ( PDF , English)
- ↑ georgiastatesports.com: History of the Georgia State Sports Arena (English)
- ↑ examiner.com: Georgia State debuts new centerhung video board at GSU Sports Arena Article dated August 4, 2015
- ↑ georgiastatesports.com: Georgia State Athletics Master Plan (English)
- ↑ georgiastatesports.com: Sports Arena Master Plan (English)
Competition venues for the 1996 Summer Olympics
