Pete Hanna Center

Pete Hanna Center
Location	800 Lakeshore Drive; Birmingham, AL 35229 USA
Coordinates	33.4638°N 86.7973°W
Owner	Samford University
Operator	Samford University
Capacity	4,974
Surface	Hardwood
Construction
Broke ground	January 16, 2006[1]
Opened	October 18, 2007
Construction cost	$28 million; ($34.5 million in 2019 dollars[2])
Architect	Stanmar Inc.
Tenants
	Samford Bulldogs

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.

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.[3]

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.

During the 2021 World Games in Birmingham, the Pete Hanna Center will be the venue for two sports, floorball and korfball.

References

http://www4.samford.edu/News/011706_1.html
Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis. "Consumer Price Index (estimate) 1800–". Retrieved January 1, 2020.
"Trustees Finalize Names for New Facility, Samford University". Archived from the original on 2008-10-29. Retrieved 2009-02-04.

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[1] ttp://www4.samford.edu/News/011706_1.html

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

[3] "Trustees Finalize Names for New Facility, Samford University". Archived from the original on 2008-10-29. Retrieved 2009-02-04.

Samford Bulldogs men's basketball
Venues	Seibert Hall (1959–2007) Pete Hanna Center (2007–present)
People	Head coaches
Seasons	1901–02 1902–03 1903–04 1904–05 1905–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20

Pete Hanna Center

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