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Alumni Hall (Navy)

Alumni Hall
Brigade Activities Center, Bob Hope Performing Arts Center
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The Alumni Hall court just prior to tipoff of a 2016 men's basketball game between Holy Cross and Navy
Location 461 College Parkway
Annapolis, Maryland 21402 USA
Owner U.S. Naval Academy
Operator U.S. Naval Academy
Capacity 5,710 (basketball)
6,500 (multi purpose)
Surface Hardwood
Construction
Broke ground December, 1987
Opened October 5, 1991
Construction cost $30.8 million
($54.2 million in 2017 dollars)
Architect Daniel, Mann, Johnson & Mendenhall
General contractor Donohoe Construction Company
Tenants
Navy Midshipmen
(men's and women's basketball)

Coordinates: 38°59′04″N 76°29′16″W / 38.984491°N 76.487782°W / 38.984491; -76.487782

Alumni Hall is an indoor stadium at the United States Naval Academy, in Annapolis in the U.S. state of Maryland. Completed in 1991, it seats 5,710 and serves as the primary assembly hall for the Brigade of Midshipmen. It is used for athletic contests — including basketball and wrestling — and is home for the Naval Academy women's and men's basketball teams, members of the Patriot League. Additionally, it is adaptable for lectures, assemblies, theatrical productions, concerts and official ceremonies and is home for the Bob Hope Performing Arts Center. It also plays host to numerous dinners and receptions through two first-class dining facilities.

The hall has two exterior, landscaped memorial plazas donated by the classes of 1942, '58 and '59.

Mounted on the interior wall facing the building's mail entrance are three large mural-sized paintings donated by the class of 1961. The work of the prominent marine artist Tom Freeman, who created and executed the paintings under a commission from the class, they depict the major fighting arms of the US Navy during the 1960s when the greatest number of members of 1961 were on active duty. From left to right, they are titled "The Marines at the Hue Citadel", "Dawn on Yankee Station", and "Rescue by USS Barb". Note that consideration is being given to having a separate entry on the paintings accompanied by pictures of each; a link will be provided should the article be written.


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