From Surf Wiki (app.surf) — the open knowledge base

Gersten Pavilion

Sports arena at Loyola Marymount University

Summary

Sports arena at Loyola Marymount University

Field	Value
name	Gersten Pavilion
image	Gersten Pavillion.tif
nickname	Hank's House
mapframe	yes
mapframe-zoom	15
coordinates
location	One LMU Drive
Los Angeles, CA 90045
opened	January 15, 1981
owner	Loyola Marymount University
operator	Loyola Marymount University
surface	Hardwood
construction_cost	$4.2 million
($ in dollars)
architect	John Aleksich
tenants	Loyola Marymount Lions
(Men's and Women's basketball, Women's Volleyball)
seating_capacity	3,900 (2016)

| mapframe-zoom = 15 Los Angeles, CA 90045 ($ in dollars) (Men's and Women's basketball, Women's Volleyball)

The Gersten Pavilion is a 3,900-seat multi-purpose arena in Los Angeles, California. It is the home of the Loyola Marymount University Lions. It was built in 1981 and has been used for home games by the university's men's basketball, women's basketball, and volleyball teams since January 1982.

It was also the part-time practice home for the Los Angeles Lakers. It was the site for the weightlifting competition for the 1984 Summer Olympics. The arena will forever be linked to the events that transpired on March 4, 1990, when LMU star Hank Gathers collapsed on the court from cardiomyopathy during a West Coast Conference men's basketball tournament game and later died. The tourney was promptly suspended and LMU was awarded the NCAA bid based on their regular season title. The facility also hosted the WCC tournament in 1997.

The arena is known among LMU alumni as "Hank's House" in honor of Gathers and the phrase "This is Hank's House" is recited before the start of every men's basketball game.

References

[http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1984/1984v1pt1.pdf 1984 Summer Olympics official report.] {{webarchive. link. (November 2, 2010 Volume 1. Part 1. pp. 150-2.)
Drooz, Alan. (March 7, 1990). "As in His Life, Gathers Stirs Ovations : Memorial: Family, friends fill Gersten Pavilion to pay tribute to the late Loyola Marymount star.". [[Los Angeles Times]].
Plaschke, Bill. (January 31, 2010). "Hank Gathers lives on in his house". [[Los Angeles Times]].

Wikipedia Source

This article was imported from Wikipedia and is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Content has been adapted to SurfDoc format. Original contributors can be found on the article history page.

college-basketball-venues-in-california loyola-marymount-lions-men's-basketball loyola-marymount-lions-women's-basketball loyola-marymount-lions-men's-volleyball loyola-marymount-lions-women's-volleyball basketball-venues-in-los-angeles venues-of-the-1984-summer-olympics olympic-weightlifting-venues westchester,-los-angeles college-volleyball-venues-in-the-united-states volleyball-venues-in-los-angeles 1981-establishments-in-california sports-venues-completed-in-1981 1981-in-los-angeles indoor-arenas-in-california

Want to explore this topic further?

Ask Mako anything about Gersten Pavilion — get instant answers, deeper analysis, and related topics.

Research with Mako

Free with your Surf account

Content sourced from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

This content may have been generated or modified by AI. CloudSurf Software LLC is not responsible for the accuracy, completeness, or reliability of AI-generated content. Always verify important information from primary sources.

Report