Pete Maravich Assembly Center

Coordinates: 30°24′51″N 91°11′04″W / 30.4142°N 91.1845°W / 30.4142; -91.1845
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Pete Maravich Assembly Center
"The PMAC"
"The Deaf Dome"
Wrestling (1972–1985)
Volleyball (1974–present)
Gymnastics (1975–present)
Louisiana Bayou Beast (PIFL
) (1998)
Pete Maravich Assembly Center - Court View

The Pete Maravich Assembly Center is a 13,215-seat multi-purpose

Tiger Stadium is known as "Death Valley".[4]

The slightly oval building is located directly to the north of

LSU basketball, gymnastics and volleyball.[3]
There are 11,230 permanent seats in the arena: 6,931 upper-level seats, 4,299 lower-level seats and 2,000 seats on retractable risers.

The "L" Club meeting room and Tiger Athletic Foundation offices are also located in the arena.[5]

Prior to building the Assembly Center, LSU played its games at John M. Parker Agricultural Coliseum (aka, the "Cow Palace"), located on the southeast corner of the campus.[6]

LSU Basketball Practice Facility

Main article: LSU Basketball Practice Facility

The LSU Basketball Practice Facility is the practice facility for the

LSU Lady Tigers basketball teams. The facility is connected to the Pete Maravich Assembly Center through the Northwest portal. The facility features separate, full-size duplicate gymnasiums for the women's and men's basketball teams. They include a regulation NCAA court in length with two regulation high school courts in the opposition direction. The courts are exact replicas of the Maravich Center game court and have two portable goals and four retractable goals. The gymnasiums are equipped with a scoreboard, video filming balcony and scorer's table with video and data connection. The facility also houses team locker rooms, a team lounge, training rooms, a coach's locker room and coach's offices.[7]

The building also includes a two-story

Bob Petit is located in front of the facility.[7]

LSU Volleyball Practice Facility

The LSU Tigers Volleyball Practice Facility is located in the arena. It includes a state-of-the-art locker room facility, film room, equipment room and training rooms off the arenas southwest corridor. The auxiliary gym located underneath the north section of the arena is a volleyball-only practice facility.[8]

NCAA tournament

The Maravich Assembly Center has been a host site for both the men's and women's NCAA basketball tournament.

It played host to the

LSU defeated Purdue and Memphis State (now Memphis) to begin an unlikely run to the Final Four as a #11 seed, the first of only four 11 seeds to reach the national semifinals (the others being George Mason in 2006, VCU in 2011 and Loyola-Chicago in 2018).[3][4]

The arena has played host to the

NCAA Women's Basketball First and Second Rounds in 1997, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2009, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2022, and 2023. The Tigers launched their run to the 2023 national championship by defeating Hawaii and Michigan at the PMAC.[5]

National Invitation Tournament (NIT)

The Maravich Assembly Center has played host to NIT men's tournament games in 1982, 1983, 2002, and 2018.[9]

SEC Tournaments

The Maravich Center played host to the 1981 SEC women's basketball tournament, the 1988 SEC men's basketball tournament and two SEC Volleyball Tournaments.[5]

Events

In addition to sporting events, the arena hosts concerts, stand-up comedy shows, graduations, convocations, lectures and other special events. A stage can be lowered into place at the north end allowing 4,000 additional seats for theatrical productions. An additional 1,000 seats can be placed on the floor.[5]

The arena has hosted concerts by

Sonny and Cher, Sting, Styx, The Doobie Brothers, The Go-Go's, The Jackson 5, The Moody Blues, The O'Jays, The Rolling Stones, The Who, The Wreckers, Tina Turner, U2, Van Halen, Willie Nelson, Yes and ZZ Top.[10][11]

In October 1977, the rock band

plane crash on their way to play at the arena from their last show ever in Greenville, SC. Several band members including lead singer Ronnie Van Zant, died in the crash. The concert was scheduled during LSU's homecoming the night before the Tigers' football game vs. the Oregon Ducks
.

The arena has also hosted comedy shows by Bob Hope, Eddie Murphy, and George Carlin.[10]

Non-LSU tenants

After the NBA's New Orleans Hornets (now New Orleans Pelicans) were displaced by Hurricane Katrina in 2005, the arena was under consideration as a possible temporary home for the team. The Hornets played just one of six scheduled home games at the Maravich Assembly Center during the 2005–06 season.

In 1998, the arena played host to the Louisiana Bayou Beast of the Professional Indoor Football League. The Beast played 2 preseason games, 8 regular season games, and the PIFL Championship Game on August 15, 1998, in the Maravich Center.

The arena hosted the Louisiana High School Athletic Association boys basketball state semifinals and championship games from 1983 through 1996. It also hosted the Louisiana high school wrestling state tournament, which was not sanctioned at the time by the LHSAA, in 1972, '73 and '74.

Hurricane Katrina

In the aftermath of

LSU's Carl Maddox Field House which had been transformed into a large emergency shelter.[12]

See also

References

  1. ^ "LSU Men's Basketball Facilities". LSU Tigers. 22 April 2019. Retrieved 28 January 2021.
  2. ^ 1634–1699: McCusker, J. J. (1997). How Much Is That in Real Money? A Historical Price Index for Use as a Deflator of Money Values in the Economy of the United States: Addenda et Corrigenda (PDF). American Antiquarian Society. 1700–1799: McCusker, J. J. (1992). How Much Is That in Real Money? A Historical Price Index for Use as a Deflator of Money Values in the Economy of the United States (PDF). American Antiquarian Society. 1800–present: Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis. "Consumer Price Index (estimate) 1800–". Retrieved February 29, 2024.
  3. ^ a b c "LSU Men's Basketball Facilities". LSU Athletics. July 17, 2012. Retrieved November 12, 2013.
  4. ^ a b "Pete Maravich Assembly Center (United States)". TVtrip. Retrieved November 12, 2013.
  5. ^ a b c d "LSU Women's Basketball Facilities". LSU Athletics. September 1, 2013. Retrieved November 12, 2013.
  6. ^ "Pete Maravich Assembly Center". Sports-Venue.info. Archived from the original on November 12, 2013. Retrieved November 12, 2013.
  7. ^ a b "LSU Basketball Practice Facility". LSU Athletics. April 1, 2012. Retrieved November 12, 2013.
  8. ^ "LSU Volleyball Facilities". LSU Athletics. August 7, 2013. Retrieved November 12, 2013.
  9. ^ "Pete Maravich Assembly Center". LSU Athletics. Retrieved November 12, 2013.
  10. ^ a b "What do Elvis, The Who & Tina Turner have in common? They all played at LSU". nola.com. May 22, 2015. Retrieved July 3, 2015.
  11. ^ "Pete Maravich Assembly Center". lsusports.net. Retrieved July 3, 2015.
  12. ^ "Hurricane Recovery & Relief Information". www.lsu.edu. Archived from the original on 2005-09-10.

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