Grover Center was originally built to be the home for the Ohio Bobcats men's basketball team. The first men's basketball game in the arena featured the Ohio Bobcats hosting the previous years national champion Ohio State Buckeyes on December 1, 1960 to a sold out crowd.[3] The Ohio Bobcats basketball team only called the Grover Center home from 1960–68 after the much larger Convocation Center opened up December 3, 1968. It is named after former Bobcat coach Butch Grover.
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| Location | West Green, Ohio University Athens, Ohio 45701 |
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| Coordinates | 39°19′25″N 82°06′11″W / 39.323682°N 82.103113°W |
| Owner | Ohio University |
| Operator | Ohio University |
| Capacity | 6,800[2] |
| Construction | |
| Built | 1960 |
| Opened | December 1, 1960 |
| Construction cost | $1.8 million ($84.5 million in 2023 dollars[1]) |
| Tenants | |
| Ohio Bobcats (NCAA) (1960–1968) | |
Renovations edit
From 1996 to 2001 renovations began to convert the building to more than 50 classrooms and labs and expanding to nearly 200,000 square feet (19,000 m2) in size. The total cost of the 5 year renovation was $24.5 million.[4]
References edit
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Ohio Basketball at 100" (PDF). ohio.edu. Retrieved July 4, 2014.
- ^ "New Role Awaits Grover Center". grfx.cstv.com/. Retrieved July 4, 2014.
- ^ "Ohio Basketball at 100" (PDF). ohio.edu. Retrieved December 29, 2015.