Bob Devaney Sports Center

Bob Devaney Sports Center
Construction
"The Bob"
Former names	NU Sports Complex
Location	1600 Court Street Lincoln, Nebraska 68508, United States
Owner	University of Nebraska
Operator	University of Nebraska
Capacity	13,595 (basketball) 5,000 (track and field) 1,000 swimming (these are three different facilities)
Surface	Multi-surface
Broke ground	1974
Opened	November 27, 1976
Construction cost	$13 million ($54.1 million in 2016 dollars^[1])
Architect	Leo A Daly
Tenants
Nebraska Cornhuskers (Volleyball, wrestling, gymnastics, swimming, & track and field)

The Bob Devaney Sports Center is a sports complex on the campus of the University of Nebraska in Lincoln, Nebraska, United States that includes a 13,595-seat multi-purpose arena, a 1,000-seat covered 25-yard swimming and diving facility (Devaney Center Natatorium) and a 5,000-seat covered track and field (athletics) facility (Devaney Sports Center Indoor Track) that features a 200-meter hydraulic-banked track, one of only three in the United States and seven in the world. The arena opened in 1976 and is named after former Nebraska football coach and athletic director Bob Devaney. It is home to the Cornhuskers gymnastics, indoor track and field and swimming and diving teams, and was also home to the school's basketball teams through the 2012–13 season. The building largely replaced the Nebraska Coliseum, the current home of the volleyball and wrestling teams.

It hosted the 1980, 1984 and 1988 men's NCAA basketball tournament Midwest first- and second-round games, and the 1993 women's NCAA tournament first round. In the arena's first 30 years, the men's basketball team never had a losing home schedule.

Pinnacle Bank Arena, a new arena in the Haymarket district that opened in August 2013, replaced the Devaney Center for the basketball teams in the fall of 2013. The volleyball team moved into a renovated Devaney Center in the fall of 2013.

The Bob Devaney Sports Center actually opened in March 1976 when it was used for the Nebraska Boys State Basketball Tournament. The Nebraska Cornhuskers decided to wait to the beginning of the next season because they wanted the home advantage of the old Coliseum.

Despite Nebraska's men's and women's basketball teams moving out of the Bob Devaney Sports Center, the arena will continue to host games for the Nebraska Boys and Girls State Basketball Tournaments.

References

↑ Consumer Price Index (estimate) 1800–. Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis. Retrieved November 10, 2015.

External links

Bob Devaney Sports Center (from Huskers.com) - multi-purpose 13,595-seat arena from the NU men's basketball program viewpoint
Bob Devaney Sports Center - same as above, from the NU women's basketball program viewpoint
Bob Devaney Center Natatorium - indoor swimming and diving facility
Bob Devaney Sports Center Indoor Track - indoor track and field (athletics) facility

University of Nebraska–Lincoln

Academics	College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources College of Architecture College of Arts and Sciences College of Business Administration College of Education and Human Sciences College of Engineering and Technology Hixson–Lied College of Fine and Performing Arts Graduate Studies College of Journalism and Mass Communications College of Law

Athletics	Football Baseball Men's basketball Women's basketball Volleyball Soccer Men's gymnastics Women's gymnastics Rifle Crew Club Curling Memorial Stadium Bob Devaney Sports Center Haymarket Park Nebraska Coliseum Pinnacle Bank Arena Herbie Husker Lil' Red

Campus	City Campus East Campus Innovation Campus Behlen Observatory Great Plains Art Museum Howell Theatre International Quilt Study Center Lied Center for Performing Arts Don L. Love Memorial Library Maxwell Arboretum Midwest Roadside Safety Facility Jeffrey S. Raikes School Ross Media Arts Center University of Nebraska Press Prairie Schooner Sheldon Museum of Art University of Nebraska State Museum

Student life	Cornhusker Marching Band Daily Nebraskan Dear Old Nebraska U (There Is No Place Like Nebraska) Hail Varsity Innocents Society KRNU Alumni

Nebraska Cornhuskers men's basketball

Venues	Nebraska Coliseum (1926–1976) Bob Devaney Sports Center (1976–2013) Pinnacle Bank Arena (2013–present)

Culture & lore	History Herbie Husker Lil' Red "Dear Old Nebraska U" "Hail Varsity"

People	Head coaches

Seasons	1897–98 1898–99 1899–00 1900–01 1901–02 1902–03 1903–04 1904–05 1905–06 1906–07 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16

Coordinates: 40°49′49″N 96°41′52″W / 40.830207°N 96.697644°W / 40.830207; -96.697644

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