Pete Maravich Assembly Center
| "The PMAC" "The Deaf Dome" |
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| Former names | LSU Assembly Center (1972–1988) |
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| Location | North Stadium Road Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803 United States |
| Owner | Louisiana State University |
| Operator | LSU Athletics Department |
| Capacity | 13,215 (2009–present) 13,472 (2006–2009) 14,164 (1990–2005) 14,236 (1983–1990) 14,262 (1981–1983) 14,327 (1975–1981) 14,351 (1972–1975) 14,192 (center-stage events) 8,945-13,312 (end-stage concerts) 8,628 (amphitheater) 4,619 (theater) |
| Surface | Hardwood |
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| Broke ground | 1969 |
| Opened | January 3, 1972 |
| Construction cost | $11.5 million ($65.8 million in 2017 dollars) |
| Architect | Robert M. Coleman & Partners |
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LSU Tigers and Lady Tigers (Basketball) (NCAA) LSU Tigers gymnastics (NCAA) LSU Tigers women's volleyball (NCAA) |
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Coordinates: 30°24′51″N 91°11′04″W / 30.4142°N 91.1845°W
The Pete Maravich Assembly Center is a 13,215-seat multi-purpose arena in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The arena opened in 1972. It is home to the Louisiana State University Tigers and Lady Tigers basketball teams, the LSU Tigers women's gymnastics team and the LSU Tigers women's volleyball team. It was originally known as the LSU Assembly Center, but was renamed in honor of Pete Maravich, a Tiger basketball legend, shortly after his death in 1988. Louisiana Governor Buddy Roemer signed an act to rename the building in Maravich's honor (under Louisiana law, no LSU or state owned building may be named after a living person). Maravich never played in the arena as a collegian but played in it as a member of the Atlanta Hawks in a preseason game. But his exploits while at LSU led the University to build a larger home for the basketball team, which languished for decades in the shadow of the school's football program. The Maravich Center is known to locals as "The PMAC" or "Pete's Palace", or by its more nationally known nickname, "The Deaf Dome", coined by Dick Vitale. The Maravich Center's neighbor, Tiger Stadium is known as "Death Valley".
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