Maples Pavilion

**Maples Pavilion**
Construction
Hosting the USF Dons in November 2005
Full name	Roscoe Maples Pavilion
Location	655 Campus Drive Stanford, California
Coordinates	37°25′47″N 122°09′38″W / 37.4296°N 122.1605°W / 37.4296; -122.1605Coordinates: 37°25′47″N 122°09′38″W / 37.4296°N 122.1605°W / 37.4296; -122.1605
Owner	Stanford University
Operator	Stanford University
Capacity	Basketball: 7,233
Broke ground	1967
Opened	January 3, 1969 47 years ago
Renovated	March 2004
Construction cost	$3.24 Million ($20.9 million in 2016 dollars^[1])
Architect	John Carl Warnecke
Tenants
Stanford Cardinal (1969–present)

Maples Pavilion is a 7,392-seat multi-purpose arena on the campus of Stanford University in Stanford, California. Opened 47 years ago in early 1969, Maples underwent a $30 million renovation in March 2004 and reopened ahead of schedule, in time for conference play that December.^[2]^[3]^[4] It was named after its principal donor, Roscoe Maples, a member of the class of 1904.^[5] Prior to 1969, Stanford played at the Old Pavilion, opened in 1922.

Maples is home to multiple Stanford Cardinal athletics teams, including men's and women's basketball and women's volleyball. The raucous student section that roots for the men's basketball team is called the "6th Man" and it is located in several rows along courtside.^[6]

Prior to the renovation, the original floor at Maples had a very springy feel to it.^[3] Designed by Stanford graduate John Carl Warnecke (1919–2010), it was installed when the Pavilion opened in 1969. Nine inches (23 cm) of crosshatched wood and air was supposed to create a coil-spring effect preventing injuries, but often had the opposite effect.^[4]^[7] It caused a "Missed Stair Effect," a phenomenon that occurs when the body senses where the floor should be upon landing after a jump. With the springy feeling of the floor, often the level would be different from when the player jumped, causing a strange sensation throughout the body.

On October 14, 2010, the Dalai Lama advocated a secular approach to compassion to a standing room only crowd.

Upon his death in 1963, Roscoe W. Maples bequeathed most of his $2 million estate to the university. A member of the class of 1904, he left school before graduating to support his parents, and was later successful in the lumber business in Oregon.^[5]

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References

↑ Consumer Price Index (estimate) 1800–. Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis. Retrieved November 10, 2015.
↑ "Maples Pavilion remodel on schedule". Spokesman-Review (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. August 20, 2004. p. C7.
1 2 "Stanford missing familiar Maples' floor". Lodi News-Sentinel (California). Associated Press. December 27, 2004. p. 16.
1 2 Moseley, Rob (January 25, 2005). "Brand new floor plan". Eugene Register-Guard (Oregon). p. E1.
1 2 Thacher, Steve (February 13, 1969). "New pavilion to be dedicated". Stanford Daily (California). p. 3.
↑ Bosley, Don (January 29, 1998). "Stanford sixth-man keeps it fun around Maples Pavilion". Moscow-Pullman Daily News (Idaho, Washington). (Sacramento Bee). p. 1D.
↑ Mague, Anthony (February 11, 2004). "Stanford’s injury-causing, springy floor to be removed". Daily Orange (Syracuse, New York). Retrieved August 3, 2015.

External links

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Helms and Premo-Porretta national championships in bold; NCAA Final Four appearance in italics; NCAA championship in bolded italics

Basketball arenas in the Pac-12 Conference

McKale Center (Arizona) Wells Fargo Arena (Arizona State) Haas Pavilion (California) Coors Events Center (Colorado) Matthew Knight Arena (Oregon) Gill Coliseum (Oregon State) Maples Pavilion (Stanford) Pauley Pavilion (UCLA) Galen Center (USC) Huntsman Center (Utah) Hec Edmundson Pavilion (Washington) Beasley Coliseum (Washington State)

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