Lloyd Noble Center

Lloyd Noble Center
Construction
The Oklahoma Sooners men's basketball team warms up before a game against the Texas Longhorns
Location	2900 Jenkins Avenue Norman, OK 73072
Coordinates	35°11′15″N 97°26′40″W / 35.187438°N 97.444504°W / 35.187438; -97.444504Coordinates: 35°11′15″N 97°26′40″W / 35.187438°N 97.444504°W / 35.187438; -97.444504
Owner	University of Oklahoma
Operator	University of Oklahoma
Capacity	11,562 (2013–present) 12,000 (2001–2013) 11,100 (1994–2001) 10,871 (1975–1994)
Surface	Multi-surface
Broke ground	1973
Opened	October 27, 1975
Renovated	2001
Construction cost	$6 million ($26.4 million in 2016 dollars^[1])^[2] $17.1 million (renovation)
Architect	Sorey, Hill & Sorey^[3] Ellerbe Becket (renovations)
Tenants
Oklahoma Sooners (NCAA DI) (1975–present)

The Lloyd Noble Center is an 11,562-seat multi-purpose arena located in Norman, Oklahoma, some 19 miles (31 km) south of downtown Oklahoma City. It opened in 1975 and is home to the University of Oklahoma Sooners men's and women's basketball teams.

History

Before the construction of the facility, the teams played in the much smaller OU Field House, located on campus near Oklahoma Memorial Stadium. With the success of Sooner basketball in the 1970s and star forward Alvan Adams, demand became sufficient to upgrade to the modern and spacious Lloyd Noble Center, named after an alumnus and former member of the OU Board of Regents who gave OU's first ever $1 million gift to finance the center. The Sooners frequently sold out the arena during the Billy Tubbs era, with All-American forward Wayman Tisdale leading the high-scoring team to several Big Eight Conference titles and NCAA Tournament appearances. This led to the popular colloquialism around Norman that Lloyd Noble Center is "the house that Alvan built and Wayman filled."

In January 2006, the NBA and the New Orleans Hornets decided to move two games from the Pete Maravich Assembly Center in Baton Rouge to Oklahoma City due to the devastation of Hurricane Katrina and the subsequent low attendance it caused. The Ford Center in Oklahoma City was unavailable for one of the games against the Sacramento Kings, so it was moved to the Lloyd Noble Center.

The center was named after Samuel Lloyd Noble (1896-1950), a Houston oilman and philanthropist, and founder of the Noble Corporation and the Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation.

Concerts

As a concert venue, the Lloyd Noble Center can hold between 2,848 and 4,516 in a theater set-up, 6,165 for end-stage concerts, and 11,238 for center-stage concerts. The arena contains 18,000 square feet (1,700 m²) of arena floor space as well as 22,534 square feet (2,093.5 m²) of concourse space, allowing for trade shows to be held at the arena. The arena stands only 51 feet (16 m) tall since the majority of the structure is under ground (including the entire lower arena level), and contains a 40-by-60-foot portable stage and a state-of-the-art scoreboard and video system. There are 12 concession stands at the concourse.

Amy Grant recorded half of her live albums, In Concert and In Concert Volume Two, here.

References

↑ "Consumer Price Index (estimate) 1800–". Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis. Retrieved November 10, 2015.
↑ Upchurch, Jay C. (2003). "The House That Basketball Built". Sooner Magazine. Archived from the original on January 7, 2004. Retrieved November 10, 2013.
↑ Chronicles of Oklahoma. Oklahoma City: Oklahoma Historical Society. 1993. p. 366.

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Basketball arenas of the Big 12 Conference

Ferrell Center (Baylor) Hilton Coliseum (Iowa State) Allen Fieldhouse (Kansas) Bramlage Coliseum (Kansas State) Lloyd Noble Center (Oklahoma) Gallagher-Iba Arena (Oklahoma State) Schollmaier Arena (TCU) Frank Erwin Center (Texas) United Supermarkets Arena (Texas Tech) WVU Coliseum (West Virginia)

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