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McCarthey Athletic Center: Opened in 2004, the 6,000 seat arena, aka “The Kennel,” is well known as one of the nation’s toughest home court advantages. It is home to the Kennel Club, recognized as one of the best student sections in the country, and has been sold out for every men’s basketball game since the building opened.
The 148,000 square-foot facility includes state of the art locker rooms and coaching office suites for both the men’s and women’s basketball programs. There are two levels to the McCarthey Athletic Center. The event level, includes basketball locker rooms, media room, ticket office, four visiting team locker rooms, athletic administrative offices, the Herak Club Room and an indoor rowing room for the men’s and women’s rowing teams. The concourse level of McCarthey Athletic Center houses men’s and women’s basketball coaching offices, six luxury suites, and concessions stands.
Funded entirely through donor support and installed by Daktronics in the fall of 2017, the video and sound in McCarthey received a major renovation. The upgrades and additions include a centerhung videoboard system with 21-foot by 12.5-foot rectangle screens facing the sidelines, 12.5-foot by 12.5-foot squares facing the baselines and a pair of 36-foot by 9-foot endwall boards that replaced the previously existing video screens and accompanying stat panels. The project keeps the McCarthey Athletic Center on the cutting edge of college athletics and will continue to draw fans into the excitement of the action.
In addition to hosting basketball events, including the NCAA Women’s Basketball Championships First & Second Rounds, the McCarthey Athletic Center has the ability to host non-athletic events such as concerts, banquets, graduations, meetings and receptions.
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