- Bob Devaney Sports Center
Infobox_Stadium
stadium_name = Bob Devaney Sports Center| nickname =
location = 1600 Court St
Lincoln, NE 68508
broke_ground =
opened = November 27, 1976
closed =
demolished =
owner = University of Nebraska
operator = University of Nebraska
surface =
construction_cost= $13 million
architect =
former_names = NU Sports Complex| tenants = Nebraska Cornhuskers
(Basketball, gymnastics, swimming, & track and field))
seating_capacity = 13,595 (basketball)
5,000 (track and field)
1,000 swimming
(these are three different facilities)The Bob Devaney Sports Center is a
sports complex on the campus of the University of Nebraska inLincoln, Nebraska that includes a 13,595-seat multi-purposearena , a 1,000-seat covered 25-yardswimming anddiving facility (Devaney Center Natatorium) and a 5,000-seat covered track and field (athletics) facility (Devaney Sports Center Indoor Track) that features a 200-meter hydraulic-banked track, one of only 3 in theUnited States and 7 in the world. The arena opened in1976 and is named after former Nebraska football coach and athletic directorBob Devaney . It is home to the Cornhuskersbasketball ,gymnastics , indoortrack and field andswimming anddiving teams. The building replaced theNebraska Coliseum , the current home of thevolleyball and wrestling teams.It hosted the 1980, 1984 and 1988 men's
NCAA basketball tournament Midwest first- and second-round games, and the 1993 women's NCAA tournament first round. In the arena's first thirty years, the men's basketball team has never had a losing home schedule.External links
* [http://www.huskers.com/SportSelect.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=100&DB_LANG=&KEY=&SPID=24&SPSID=400 Bob Devaney Sports Center (from Huskers.com)] - multi-purpose 13,595-seat arena from the NU men's basketball program viewpoint
* [http://www.huskers.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=181&SPID=41&DB_OEM_ID=100&ATCLID=576872 Bob Devaney Sports Center] - same as above, from the NU women's basketball program viewpoint
* [http://www.huskers.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=181&SPID=41&DB_OEM_ID=100&ATCLID=711 Bob Devaney Center Natatorium] - indoor swimming and diving facility
* [http://www.huskers.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=100&ATCLID=3124 Bob Devaney Sports Center Indoor Track] - indoor track and field (athletics) facility
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