卡塞尔竞技场

华盛顿街675号. SW

卡塞尔竞技场 is the arena for basketball, wrestling, volleyball, and other sports and events. It also has 办公室 and practice gyms for the Athletic Department. This view shows the distinctive arches that flank the building.

229年,297-square-foot facility houses a 10,052-seat basketball arena, 更衣室, two auxiliary gymnasiums, 办公室, and other athletic facilities.

One notable design element: The roof is supported by laminated wood arches.

Although capacity crowds are a frequent occurrence in 卡塞尔竞技场, the largest crowd ever recorded was an overflow of 11,500 for Purdue on Dec. 3, 1966.

斯图亚特·K. 卡塞尔

The coliseum honors the memory of 1932 alumnus 斯图亚特·Kent 卡塞尔, an agricultural Extension instructor (1933-41), chief business officer (1945-66), and vice president for administration (1966-76). Highly esteemed and visionary, 卡塞尔 steered the physical growth of Virginia Polytechnic Institute (now 弗吉尼亚理工大学) into a major university. He helped run VPI when one president became ill and was instrumental in organizing the VPI Educational Foundation.

建筑历史

Construction for the main portion of 卡塞尔竞技场 began in 1961. It was completed in December 1964 at a cost of $2.700万年. 卡塞尔 was first used on Jan. 3, 1962 -- before its completion -- for a basketball game with Alabama, which 弗吉尼亚理工大学 won 91-67. In addition to athletic games, the coliseum has been used for commencement exercises, presidential inaugurations, 音乐会, 演讲, 和比赛.

Originally known as Student Activities and Physical Education Building, it was renamed 卡塞尔竞技场 on Nov. 5, 1976. Additions were completed in 1984 and 1998.

最初建立:: 1961
映射网格:: N-8
Abbreviation / Number:: Col / 187
坐标:: 37.22245, -80.41893