Walter Pyramid
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| Full name | Walter Pyramid |
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| Former names | The Pyramid |
| Location | 1250 Bellflower Boulevard Long Beach, CA 90840 |
| Coordinates | 33°47′14″N 118°6′51″W / 33.78722°N 118.11417°WCoordinates: 33°47′14″N 118°6′51″W / 33.78722°N 118.11417°W |
| Owner | Long Beach State University |
| Operator | Long Beach State University |
| Capacity | 4,200 (With additional seating, a record attendance of 6,912 occurred on November 16, 2012 versus North Carolina) |
| Surface | Beechwood |
| Scoreboard | Yes |
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| Broke ground | December 17, 1992 |
| Opened | November 30, 1994 |
| Construction cost | $23 million ($35.5 million in 2016 dollars) |
| Architect | Don Gibbs |
| General contractor | Nielson Construction Company |
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The Walter Pyramid, formerly known as The Pyramid, is a 5,000-seat, indoor multi-purpose arena on the campus of Long Beach State University in Long Beach, California.
The Walter Pyramid was officially opened on November 30, 1994, when it hosted a Long Beach State 49ers men's basketball game against the Detroit Titans, which aired live on ESPN. A standing-room only crowd of 5,021 saw Long Beach come away victorious with a final score of 71-64.
The Walter Pyramid was designed by Don Gibbs and built by the Nielson Construction Company of San Diego. The building of Walter Pyramid cost approximately $22 million dollars. Each side of the perimeter of Walter Pyramid measures 345 feet (105 m), making it a mathematically true pyramid. It is one of only three true pyramid-style buildings in the United States, the others being Luxor Las Vegas in Las Vegas, Nevada and Pyramid Arena in Memphis, Tennessee.
The Walter Pyramid rises 18 stories above the Long Beach skyline and its exterior is uniformly clad in sheets of dark-blue corrugated aluminum.
On March 5, 2005, Long Beach State officially renamed The Pyramid to Walter Pyramid in honor of Dr. Mike and Arline Walter. The Walters were given this recognition for a $2.1 million donation given to the university. In addition to being the vice-president of Levi Strauss & Co., Dr. Mike Walter was also a dean for Long Beach State's College of Business Administration from 1993 to 2000.
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