Pizzitola Sports Center

Paul Baily Pizzitola Memorial Sports Center
Construction
The Pitz, The Towers

Location	Hope St & Lloyd Ave Providence, RI 02906
Owner	Brown University
Operator	Brown University
Capacity	2,800
Broke ground	1987
Opened	February, 1989
Construction cost	$7.6 million
Architect	Eggers Group, New York City
Tenants
Brown University Bears (Basketball, volleyball, gymnastics, wrestling & squash)

The Paul Bailey Pizzitola Memorial Sports Center, often referred to as "the Pitz" by students,^[1] is a 2,800-seat multi-purpose athletic center in Providence, Rhode Island which was built in 1989. It is home to the Brown University Bears men's and women's basketball, volleyball, gymnastics, wrestling & squash teams.^[2] It was built adjacent to Meehan Auditorium on Lloyd Avenue^[3] as a replacement for Marvel Gymnasium, which was located next to Brown Stadium on Elmgrove Ave.^[4] The building was named for Paul Bailey Pizzitola '81, whose father contributed $2 million to its construction. The lobby of the building is named for Brown attendee (1887–89) and football legend John Heisman, Brown class of 1891.^[2]

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References

↑ Ivy Hoops Doubleheader On YES This Weekend at ivyleaguesports.com, URL accessed November 22, 2009. Archived 11/22/09
1 2 Paul Bailey Pizzitola Memorial Sports Center at brownbears.com, URL accessed November 22, 2009. Archived 11/22/09
↑ Letter size printable PDF of the entire Brown campus at planetary.brown.edu, URL accessed November 22, 2009. Archived 11/22/09
↑ Marvel Gymnasium at brown.edu, URL accessed November 22, 2009. Archived 11/22/09

Brown University

Schools	College Graduate School Alpert Medical School School of Engineering

Research Centers	Pembroke Center for Teaching and Research on Women Watson Institute for International Studies Joukowsky Institute for Archaeology and the Ancient World

Athletics	Ivy League Brown Bears Brown Stadium Meehan Auditorium Murray Stadium Pizzitola Sports Center Stevenson Field

Campus	Buildings Statues Haffenreffer Museum of Anthropology Ladd Observatory John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library Sciences Library John Carter Brown Library John Hay Library University Hall Van Wickle Gates

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Organizations	Brown Band University Orchestra Production Workshop Opera Productions The Chattertocks of Brown University Badmaash Dance Company Sarah Doyle Women's Center

Brown Bears men's basketball

Venues	Marvel Gymnasium (1927–1989) Pizzitola Sports Center (1989–present)

Rivalries	In-state Division I schools

People	Head coaches

Seasons	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

Basketball arenas of the Ivy League

Pizzitola Sports Center (Brown) Levien Gymnasium (Columbia) Newman Arena (Cornell) Leede Arena (Dartmouth) Lavietes Pavilion (Harvard) The Palestra (Penn) Jadwin Gymnasium (Princeton) Payne Whitney Gymnasium (Yale)

Coordinates: 41°49′54″N 71°23′53″W / 41.831743°N 71.398043°W / 41.831743; -71.398043

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