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Pizzitola Sports Center
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| Paul Baily Pizzitola Memorial Sports Center | |
|---|---|
| Location | Hope St & Lloyd St Providence, RI 02906 |
| Broke ground | 1987 |
| Opened | February, 1989 |
| Owner | Brown University |
| Operator | Brown University |
| Construction cost | $7.6 million |
| Architect | Eggers Group, New York City |
| Tenants | |
| Brown University Bears (Basketball, volleyball, gymnastics, wrestling & squash) | |
| Capacity | |
| 2,800 | |
The Paul Bailey Pizzitola Memorial Sports Center is a 2,800-seat multi-purpose athletic center in Providence, Rhode Island and was built in 1989. It is home to the Brown University Bears men's and women's basketball, volleyball, gymnastics, wrestling & squash teams. It was built adjacent to Meehan Auditorium on Lloyd Street as a replacement for Marvel Gymnasium, which was located next to Brown Stadium on Elmgrove Ave. The building was named for Paul Bailey Pizzitola '81, whose father contributed $2 million to its construction. The lobby of the building is named for Brown attendee (1887-89), Penn graduate and football legend John Heisman, Pennsylvania class of 1891.
| Current Basketball Arenas in the Ivy League |
|---|
| Jadwin Gymnasium (Princeton) • Lavietes Pavilion (Harvard) • Leede Arena (Dartmouth) • Levien Gymnasium (Columbia) • Newman Arena (Cornell) • The Palestra (Penn) • Payne Whitney Gym (Yale) • Pizzitola Sports Center (Brown) |