Grover Center

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.

Grover Center
LocationWest Green, Ohio University
Athens, Ohio 45701
Coordinates39°19′25″N 82°06′11″W
OwnerOhio University
OperatorOhio University
Capacity6,800[1]
Construction
Built1960
OpenedDecember 1, 1960
Construction cost$1.8 million
($70.9 million in 2019 dollars[2])
Tenants
Ohio Bobcats (NCAA) (1960–1968)

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]

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References

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