Operator Samford University Broke ground January 16, 2006 Capacity 4,974 Owner Samford University | Surface Hardwood Architect Stanmar Inc. Opened 18 October 2007 | |
Location 800 Lakeshore Drive
Birmingham, AL 35229 USA Construction cost $28 million
($32.3 million in 2017 dollars) Address 800 Lakeshore Dr, Birmingham, AL 35209, USA Team Samford Bulldogs men's basketball Similar Seibert Stadium, Benjamin Johnson Arena, Bartow Arena, Timmons Arena, Ramsey Center | ||
Virtual tour the pete hanna center
The Pete Hanna Center is the building housing the 4,974-seat Thomas E. and Marla H. Corts Arena on the campus of Samford University in Homewood (a suburb of Birmingham), in the U.S. state of Alabama.
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- Virtual tour the pete hanna center
- Bulldog conversation with sean wright director of the pete hanna center
- References
It is home to the Samford Bulldogs basketball and volleyball teams, having replaced Seibert Hall. The facility opened in October 2007 and is named for Pete Hanna, the owner, president and chief executive officer of Hanna Steel Corporation. The arena is named for Thomas and Marla Corts, former president and first lady of Samford University.
The Pete Hanna Center opened on October 18, 2007 with a lecture by best-selling author Walter Isaacson. The 101,000-square-foot (9,400 m2) Hanna Center seats 5,000 in Corts Arena and is the home to Samford University Commencement, as well as playing host to concerts, high school basketball, conferences and a yearly stop from the Harlem Globetrotters. A record crowd of 5,116 watched the Samford men's basketball team take on Davidson College on January 31, 2009. The Hanna Center also contains a workout facility for students, faculty and staff, athletics offices, locker rooms, athletic training and strength and conditioning facilities.
Most recently, the Pete Hanna Center was the host of the 2009 T-Mobile Invitational. The prestigious national high school basketball tournament was played December 29–30, 2009 at the Hanna Center. The Hanna Center is also the host of the yearly Birmingham stop of the World Famous Harlem Globetrotters.