Montagne Center
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| Location | 4400 Martin Luther King Jr. Parkway Beaumont, Texas 77710 |
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| Coordinates | 30°2′38″N 94°4′15″W / 30.04389°N 94.07083°WCoordinates: 30°2′38″N 94°4′15″W / 30.04389°N 94.07083°W |
| Owner | Lamar University |
| Operator | Lamar University |
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Red Room: 20 to 150 Morgan Suites: 7 Suites with 16 seats each (face football field) |
| Capacity | Maximum: 10,746 Basketball: 10,080 (Permanent seating: 8,102 and telescopic chairback seating system: 1,978) |
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Men's Game: 10,010 (on January 10, 1987 vs McNeese State Cowboys) Women's Game: 9,143 (on March 17, 1991 vs LSU Lady Tigers) |
| Surface | Multi-surface |
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| Broke ground | June 20, 1983 |
| Built | June 20, 1983 through November 1984 |
| Opened | November 24, 1984 |
| Renovated | 2005, 2008 (Major repairs due to Hurricanes Rita and Ike) |
| Expanded | 1985 |
| Construction cost | $12.5 million ($28.8 million in 2017 dollars) |
| Architect | LaBiche Architectural Group |
| Structural engineer | Walter P Moore |
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Lamar Cardinals men's basketball Lamar Cardinals women's basketball |
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The Montagne Center, built in 1984, is a 10,746-seat multi-purpose arena in Beaumont, Texas designed especially for the basketball program. The Montagne Center is currently home to the Lamar University Cardinals and Lady Cardinals basketball teams. The arena was previously the home of the Lady Cardinals volleyball team until renovations to McDonald Gym were completed in 2006-07.
After one year of operation, the arena's seating capacity was expanded from 8,000 in basketball configuration to its current seating capacity of 10,080. The 10,080 capacity is made up of 8,102 permanent seats and a telescopic chairback seating system totaling 1,978 seats. All seats in the arena are chairbacked and all are cushioned with the exception of folding back seats in the four topmost rows of seats. Including floor seating, the arena has a maximum capacity of 10,746 in event configuration.
The arena floor can host sporting events including basketball, volleyball, wrestling, boxing and martial arts tournaments. With stadium and floor seating, the Montagne Center can be configured for hosting concert events. The arena floor (which can be expanded to 165' x121') can also be transformed into hosting graduation ceremonies, proms, dances, banquets and conferences.
The Morgan Suites and Red Room are both sports suites housed in the Montagne. The Morgan suites face the football field and are priced at $25,000 a year. Each of the seven suites has seating for 16. The Red Room is a university reception center for alumni and reunion events. The Red Room is unique because one side has windows facing the North end of the Football field while the other side faces the basketball court.
The building includes the following in addition to the main arena area:
On February 19, 2011 during halftime Billy Tubbs was honored by Lamar with the naming of the Montagne Center basketball court in his and his wife's honor. The court was named the "Billy & Pat Tubbs Court". During the same halftime ceremony Lamar also honored Billy's 78-79 Cardinal squad the first team in Lamar University history to advance to the NCAA tournament.
A small piece of the 2015 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament East Regional – Syracuse, New York is now part of the Montagne Center. The goals used in the Syracuse Regional were moved to and installed in the Montagne Center in April, 2015.
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