Joseph J. Gentile Arena

Outdoor view

Interior prior to 2011 renovations.

The Joseph J. Gentile Arena, also known as the Joseph J. Gentile Center or "The Joe", is a 4,486-seat^[1] multi-purpose arena on the campus of Loyola University in Chicago, Illinois. The arena opened in 1996. It is the home of the Loyola Ramblers men's and women's basketball programs. Renovations at the facility began in the summer of 2011.^[2]

On March 3, 2011, the $26 million Norville Center for Intercollegiate Athletics opened adjacent to the Gentile Arena. The Norville Center houses the university's athletic training facilities, locker rooms, as well as the offices of the athletic department that were formerly housed in Alumni Gym.^[3]

The Gentile Center was the site of the 1999 Midwestern Collegiate Conference NCAA Women's Volleyball Tournament.

The Gentile Center was also the site of the 2014 NCAA Men's Collegiate Volleyball Championships on May 1 and May 3, 2014.

Joe Gentile was a Chicago area car dealer who donated money to the university for the arena.^[4]

Coordinates: 42°0′2″N 87°39′32″W / 42.00056°N 87.65889°W / 42.00056; -87.65889

References

External links

Gentile Arena Profile at LoyolaRamblers.com

Loyola Ramblers men's basketball

Venues	Alumni Gym (1924–1996) Joseph J. Gentile Arena (1996–present)

Culture & lore	Racial integration leader Wolf Rambler Rowdies

People	Head coaches NBA draftees

Seasons	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

NCAA national championship in bold

Loyola University Chicago

Academics	Business Law Medicine Saint Joseph College Seminary

Facilities	Alumni Gym Beazley Institute for Health Law and Policy Chicago Dental Infirmary The Clare Institute for Consumer Antitrust Studies John Felice Rome Center Joseph J. Gentile Arena Loyola Press Loyola University Medical Center Loyola University Museum of Art Madonna Della Strada Chapel Mundelein College

Athletics	Men's basketball Men's soccer

Organizations	Alpha Delta Gamma

Media	Loyola Consumer Law Review Loyola Phoenix WLUW

Related	Chicago's Jesuit University CTA station List of Loyola University Chicago people

Basketball arenas in the Missouri Valley Conference

Carver Arena (Bradley, men's) Renaissance Coliseum (Bradley, women's) Knapp Center (Drake) Ford Center (Evansville) Redbird Arena (Illinois State) Hulman Center (Indiana State) Joseph J. Gentile Arena (Loyola) JQH Arena (Missouri State) McLeod Center (Northern Iowa) SIU Arena (Southern Illinois) Charles Koch Arena (Wichita State)

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