Bob Devaney Sports Center
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| Bob Devaney Sports Center | |
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| Location | 1600 Court St Lincoln, NE 68508 |
| Opened | November 27, 1976 |
| Owner | University of Nebraska |
| Operator | University of Nebraska |
| Construction cost | $13 million |
| Former names | NU Sports Complex |
| Tenants | Nebraska Cornhuskers (Basketball, gymnastics, swimming, & track and field)) |
| Capacity | 13,595 (basketball) 5,000 (track and field) 1,000 swimming (these are three different facilities) |
The Bob Devaney Sports Center is a sports complex on the campus of the University of Nebraska in Lincoln, Nebraska that includes a 13,595-seat multi-purpose arena, a 1,000-seat covered 25-yard swimming and diving facility (Devaney Center Natatorium) and a 5,000-seat covered track and field (athletics) facility (Devaney Sports Center Indoor Track) that features a 200-meter hydraulic-banked track, one of only 3 in the United States and 7 in the world. The arena opened in 1976 and is named after former Nebraska football coach and athletic director Bob Devaney. It is home to the Cornhuskers basketball, gymnastics, indoor track and field and swimming and diving teams. The building replaced the Nebraska Coliseum, the current home of the volleyball and wrestling teams.
It hosted the 1980, 1984 and 1988 men's NCAA basketball tournament Midwest first- and second-round games, and the 1993 women's NCAA tournament first round. In the arena's first thirty years, the men's basketball team has never had a losing home schedule.
[edit] External links
- Bob Devaney Sports Center (from Huskers.com) - multi-purpose 13,595-seat arena from the NU men's basketball program viewpoint
- Bob Devaney Sports Center - same as above, from the NU women's basketball program viewpoint
- Bob Devaney Center Natatorium - indoor swimming and diving facility
- Bob Devaney Sports Center Indoor Track - indoor track and field (athletics) facility
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