Sun Devil Gym
Appearance
Sun Devil Gym | |
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Full name | Sun Devil Gym |
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Location | 451 E Orange St Tempe, AZ |
Coordinates | 33°25′5″N 111°56′0″W / 33.41806°N 111.93333°W |
Owner | Arizona State University |
Operator | Arizona State University |
Capacity | 4,609 |
Construction | |
Opened | December 15, 1953 |
Construction cost | $1 million |
Sun Devil Gym is a 4,609-seat multi-purpose arena in Tempe, Arizona. It was home to the Arizona State University Sun Devils basketball team from 1953 until the Desert Financial Arena opened in 1974. The building is now known as Physical Education West and is used mostly for classrooms and events.
Prior to its opening, the basketball team played at either College Gym (cap. 1,500) on the Tempe campus, or at the Mesa Civic Center.[1]
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- Defunct college basketball venues in the United States
- Arizona State Sun Devils men's basketball
- Arizona State University buildings
- Basketball venues in Arizona
- Sports venues in Tempe, Arizona
- Sports venues completed in 1953
- 1953 establishments in Arizona
- Arizona building and structure stubs
- Arizona sport stubs
- Western United States sports venue stubs