Joyce Center Addition
Following the Commencement Address by President Barack Obama, the Joyce Center South Dome (Basketball Arena) was shut down temporarily until October for the renovation of the basketball arena and addition of Purcell Pavilion outside the building. The project includes:
- New, blue chair-back seating from top to bottom of the arena, including all-new upper-arena sections. All seating will be replaced in the lower bowl (including platform seats), and the wooden bleachers in the upper bowl will be removed and replaced with treads and risers and permanent arena seats. The exchange of the bleacher sections for chair back seats will change the capacity from the current 11,418 to approximately 9,800.
- A stadium club/hospitality area (approximately 16,500 square feet) in the south end of the arena, with a separate, private entry and with premium club seating for nearly 800 fans (that figure is part of the projected 9,800 capacity). Included in this area will be food service and restroom facilities.
- New fixed concession areas, increased numbers of women's restrooms and increased handicapped seating options.
Completion Date is October 10th, 2009.
The Building was originally opened in December 1968 as the Athletic and Convocation Center (ACC). The facility was renamed in 1987 after longtime University Executive Vice President Rev. Edmund P. Joyce, C.S.C.
pictures taken - 5/27/09
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