Grover Center

Grover Center
Location	West Green, Ohio University; Athens, Ohio 45701
Coordinates	39°19′25″N 82°06′11″W
Owner	Ohio University
Operator	Ohio University
Capacity	6,800[1]
Construction
Built	1960
Opened	December 1, 1960
Construction cost	$1.8 million; ($70.9 million in 2019 dollars[2])
Tenants
	Ohio Bobcats (NCAA) (1960–1968)

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.

Renovations

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

"Ohio Basketball at 100" (PDF). ohio.edu. Retrieved July 4, 2014.
Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis. "Consumer Price Index (estimate) 1800–". Retrieved January 1, 2020.
"New Role Awaits Grover Center". grfx.cstv.com/. Retrieved July 4, 2014.
"Ohio Basketball at 100" (PDF). ohio.edu. Retrieved December 29, 2015.

External links

Gover Center at Ohio University

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[1] "Ohio Basketball at 100" (PDF). ohio.edu. Retrieved July 4, 2014.

[inflation-US-2] Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis. "Consumer Price Index (estimate) 1800–". Retrieved January 1, 2020.

[3] "New Role Awaits Grover Center". grfx.cstv.com/. Retrieved July 4, 2014.

[4] "Ohio Basketball at 100" (PDF). ohio.edu. Retrieved December 29, 2015.

Ohio Bobcats men's basketball
Venues	Ewing Hall (1907–1908) Ohio Gymnasium (1908–1923) Men's Gymnasium (1924–1960) Grover Center (1960–1968) Convocation Center (1968–present)
Culture & lore	History Rufus the Bobcat
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