John Paul Jones Arena
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| Location | 295 Massie Road Charlottesville, VA 22903 |
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| Coordinates | 38°02′46″N 78°30′25″W / 38.046°N 78.507°W |
| Owner | University of Virginia |
| Operator | SMG |
| Capacity |
Basketball: 14,593 *End stage 180°: 12,467 *End stage 270°: 14,075 *End stage 360°: 15,177 *Center stage: 15,405 *Theatre: 7,352 |
| Record attendance | 15,219 (11/12/06 vs. Arizona) |
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| Broke ground | May 30, 2003 |
| Opened | August 1, 2006 |
| Construction cost | $131 million ($171 million in 2017 dollars) |
| Architect | VMDO Architects |
| Structural engineer | Ellerbe Becket |
| General contractor | Barton Malow |
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Virginia Cavaliers (Men's & Women's Basketball) |
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Basketball: 14,593
John Paul Jones Arena, or JPJ, is an arena owned by the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, Virginia. Since its opening in 2006, it has served as the home to the Virginia Cavaliers men's and women's basketball teams, as well as for concerts and other events. With seating for 14,593 fans (nearly twice the capacity of its predecessor, University Hall), John Paul Jones Arena is the largest indoor arena in Virginia. The arena opened for basketball on November 12, 2006, with Virginia defeating No. 10 ranked Arizona 93-90, handing the Wildcats their first season-opening loss in over six years.
The arena is named after the father of billionaire Paul Tudor Jones, who donated $35 million toward the construction of the arena. It is not named after Admiral John Paul Jones, although Paul Tudor Jones himself purchased paintings of the famous Admiral that are displayed at the arena, and the Admiral's words "I Have Not Yet Begun To Fight" are also permanently inscribed there.
JPJ has now been open more than ten years and Virginia men's basketball is 149–38 (.797) here as of February 6, 2017. The Cavaliers are even better, 110–22 (.833), under Tony Bennett.
The design features Roman pergolas on the outside as well as the inside, a modern take on the university's Greek-inspired Jeffersonian architecture.
Paul Tudor Jones, who earned a B.A. in Economics from UVA in 1976, donated $35 million of his personal funds for the construction of the arena. Granted naming rights in exchange for the donation, he opted to name the arena in honor of his late father, John Paul Jones, a 1948 graduate of the University of Virginia School of Law. The arena is sometimes incorrectly assumed to be named for the Admiral John Paul Jones.
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