Operator Ohio University Opened 1 December 1960 Owner Ohio University | Built 1960 Capacity 6,800 | |
Location West Green, Ohio University
Athens, Ohio 45701 Construction cost $1.8 million
($66.4 million in 2017 dollars) Similar Ohio University Convocat, Bob Wren Stadium, Ossian C Bird Arena, Pruitt Field, Peden Stadium | ||
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. 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.
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Map of Grover Center, Athens, OH 45701, USA
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 in size. The total cost of the 5 year renovation was $24.5 million.
References
Grover Center Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA