Nutter Center
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This article is about the stadium at Wright State University. For the football facility at the University of Kentucky, see E.J. Nutter Training Facility.
| Wright State University Nutter Center | |
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| The Nutter Center | |
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| Former names | Ervin J. Nutter Center (1990-2011) |
| Location | 3640 Colonel Glenn Highway Dayton, Ohio 45435 |
| Coordinates | 39°46′55″N 84°3′9″W / 39.78194°N 84.0525°W |
| Broke ground | 1988 |
| Opened | December 1, 1990 |
| Owner | Wright State University |
| Operator | Wright State University |
| Surface | Hardwood/Ice |
| Construction cost | $34.5 million USD ($61.4 million in 2012 dollars[1]) |
| Architect | Populous (formerly HOK Sport) / KZF Design |
| Structural engineer | KZF Design |
| Capacity | 10,400 (Basketball) 9,919 (Ice Hockey) 11,500 (End Stage) |
| Field dimensions | Ice surface: 200 x 85 ft (61 x 26 m) |
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| Wright State University (NCAA) (1990–present) Dayton Bombers (ECHL) (1996–2009) Dayton Air Strikers (IBL) (2011-present) Dayton Warbirds (NIFL) (2005) Dayton Bulldogs (NIFL) (2006) |
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The Wright State University Nutter Center (originally Ervin J. Nutter Center and commonly Nutter Center) is a multi-purpose arena located at Wright State University in Fairborn, Ohio. In addition to hosting the Wright State Raiders basketball team, the Nutter Center serves as a music venue for touring concerts and shows. High schools in the area also commonly use the arena to host graduation ceremonies.
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[edit] History
A local businessman and inventor, Ervin J. Nutter, donated $1.5 million to Wright State University in 1986. Funds from both the state of Ohio and the university contributed an additional $8 million to construction efforts which began in 1988. Work was completed twenty months later and on December 1, 1990, the Nutter Center held it's first official event.[2]
[edit] Events
[edit] Concerts
| Date | Artist(s) |
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| January 10, 1991 | ZZ Top |
| February 7, 1991 | The Beach Boys |
| February 12, 1991 | INXS |
| February 15, 1991 | Paul Simon |
| April 13, 1991 | Scorpions, with Trixter |
| May 4, 1991 | Yes |
| May 28, 1991 | AC/DC, with L.A. Guns |
| January 13, 1992 | Guns N' Roses |
| January 14, 1992 | Guns N' Roses |
| April 4, 1992 | The Moody Blues |
| June 23, 1992 | Rush, with Primus |
| July 21, 1992 | The Cure, with Cranes |
| November 21, 1992 | Bryan Adams |
| November 25, 1992 | KISS |
| February 2, 1993 | Metallica |
| February 16, 1993 | Emerson, Lake & Palmer |
| March 20, 1993 | Def Leppard |
| March 24, 1993 | The Beach Boys |
| April 16, 1993 | Johnny Cash |
| April 20, 1993 | Elton John |
| September 25, 1993 | Robert Plant |
| October 15, 1993 | Duran Duran, with The Cranberries |
| February 4, 1994 | Janet Jackson |
| March 20, 1994 | The Moody Blues |
| May 10, 1994 | ZZ Top |
| April 24, 1994 | INXS |
| June 23, 1994 | Yes |
| June 29, 1994 | Whitney Houston |
| April 21, 1995 | Van Halen |
| April 22, 1995 | Queensrÿche |
| August 11, 1995 | Boston |
| November 24, 1995 | Tim McGraw, with Jo Dee Messina and BlackHawk |
| November 30, 1995 | Phish |
| January 14, 1996 | Ozzy Osbourne, with Korn and Life of Agony |
| March 24, 1996 | AC/DC, with The Poor |
| July 17, 1996 | KISS |
| October 22, 1996 | Rush |
| November 4, 1996 | The Who |
| December 9, 1996 | Stone Temple Pilots |
| March 11, 1997 | Phil Collins |
| April 22, 1997 | Bush, with Veruca Salt |
| May 16, 1997 | No Doubt |
| September 19, 1997 | Prince & The New Power Generation |
| October 30, 1997 | Little Richard |
| November 12, 1997 | The Beach Boys, with Chicago |
| December 7, 1997 | Phish (later released as Live Phish 12.07.97) |
| June 23, 1998 | The Moody Blues |
| December 3, 1998 | Aerosmith |
| December 11, 1998 | KISS, with Econoline Crush |
| February 9, 1999 | Bob Dylan |
| February 12, 1999 | Black Sabbath, with Pantera and Deftones (13,331 - largest attendance in venue's history) |
| March 11, 1999 | Korn, with Rob Zombie and Videodrone |
| June 9, 1999 | Elton John |
| October 13, 1999 | ZZ Top, with Lynyrd Skynyrd |
| October 29, 1999 | TLC |
| February 14, 2000 | Cher |
| February 27, 2000 | Cher |
| March 22, 2000 | Korn |
| March 30, 2000 | Red Hot Chili Peppers, with Foo Fighters and Muse |
| April 16, 2000 | Barry Manilow |
| April 17, 2000 | Creed |
| June 8, 2000 | Blink-182, with Bad Religion and Fenix TX |
| September 13, 2000 | KISS |
| November 4, 2000 | Tina Turner |
| March 29, 2001 | George Jones |
| March 31, 2001 | 98 Degrees |
| April 3, 2001 | AC/DC, with Wide Mouth Mason |
| May 11, 2001 | Sting |
| November 2, 2001 | Aerosmith, with Fuel |
| February 5, 2002 | Projekt Revolution |
| March 25, 2002 | Def Leppard |
| July 13, 2002 | Korn, with Puddle of Mudd and Deadsy |
| August 18, 2002 | Blue Öyster Cult |
| November 21, 2002 | Creed |
| January 30, 2003 | George Strait & The Ace in the Hole, with Tammy Cochran |
| March 25, 2003 | Def Leppard |
| May 4, 2003 | Martina McBride, with Alan Jackson |
| July 21, 2003 | Cher |
| August 29, 2003 | Styx, with REO Speedwagon |
| October 26, 2003 | Tracy Bonham |
| December 9, 2003 | .38 Special, with Lynyrd Skynyrd |
| December 18, 2003 | Trans-Siberian Orchestra |
| March 25, 2004 | Kenny Chesney |
| April 16, 2004 | Aerosmith, with Cheap Trick |
| April 22, 2004 | Brooks & Dunn, with Joe Nichols |
| October 2, 2004 | The Vote for Change Tour, featuring Dave Matthews Band, Ben Harper & The Innocent Criminals, My Morning Jacket and Jurassic 5 |
| October 16, 2004 | Rascal Flatts, with Chris Cagle and Julie Roberts |
| November 1, 2004 | R. Kelly |
| December 12, 2004 | Trans-Siberian Orchestra (2 shows) |
| May 18, 2005 | Michael W. Smith |
| October 17, 2005 | Green Day, with Jimmy Eat World |
| December 1, 2005 | Brad Paisley, with Sugarland and Sara Evans |
| December 4, 2005 | Trans-Siberian Orchestra (2 shows) |
| December 18, 2005 | Kenny Rogers |
| February 19, 2006 | Mötley Crüe |
| March 23, 2006 | Kenny Chesney, with Dierks Bentley, Sugarland and Carrie Underwood |
| March 24, 2006 | Kenny Chesney, with Dierks Bentley, Sugarland and Carrie Underwood |
| October 21, 2006 | Rascal Flatts, with Gary Allan and Taylor Swift |
| November 12, 2006 | Trans-Siberian Orchestra (2 shows) |
| February 17, 2007 | Rascal Flatts, with Jason Aldean |
| June 17, 2007 | Martina McBride, with Rodney Atkins and Little Big Town |
| July 29, 2007 | Alison Krauss |
| October 14, 2007 | ZZ Top |
| October 16, 2007 | Bob Dylan, with Elvis Costello and Amos Lee |
| November 14, 2007 | Trans-Siberian Orchestra |
| November 15, 2007 | Trans-Siberian Orchestra |
| November 21, 2007 | Saltimbanco |
| November 23, 2007 | Saltimbanco |
| November 24, 2007 | Saltimbanco |
| November 25, 2007 | Saltimbanco |
| January 18, 2008 | Kelly Clarkson and Reba McEntire |
| February 17, 2008 | Rascal Flatts, with Kellie Pickler |
| March 20, 2008 | Blue Man Group |
| March 27, 2008 | Carrie Underwood, with Josh Turner |
| April 24, 2008 | Sugarland, with Kellie Pickler and Ashton Shepherd |
| May 10, 2008 | Rascal Flatts, with Taylor Swift |
| June 19, 2008 | Joe Nichols |
| August 21, 2008 | Def Leppard, with Billy Idol |
| October 7, 2008 | Michael Bublè |
| October 10, 2008 | Jason Aldean, with Lady Antebellum |
| November 19, 2008 | Kenny G |
| December 15, 2008 | Hinder, with Shinedown and Rev Theory |
| January 4, 2009 | Trans-Siberian Orchestra (2 shows) |
| January 29, 2009 | Brad Paisley, with Dierks Bentley and Darius Rucker |
| June 2, 2009 | Yanni |
| November 7, 2009 | Trans-Siberian Orchestra (2 shows) |
| February 5, 2010 | Lenny Williams |
| February 6, 2010 | Rascal Flatts, with Darius Rucker |
| October 9, 2010 | Miranda Lambert, with Eric Church and Josh Kelley |
| October 29, 2010 | tobyMac, with Third Day, Michael W. Smith, Jason Gray and Max Lucado |
| November 6, 2010 | Gaither Vocal Band |
| November 10, 2010 | Trans-Siberian Orchestra |
| January 28, 2011 | Rascal Flatts, with Chris Young and Luke Bryan |
| January 29, 2011 | Kid Rock |
| February 10, 2011 | The Rock & Worship Roadshow |
| April 5, 2011 | Ke$ha |
| November 17, 2011 | Trans-Siberian Orchestra |
[edit] Sports
- 1993, 1995, 1996, 1997, 2001 & 2007 Midwestern Collegiate Conference (now Horizon League) men's basketball tournament.
- The Harlem Globetrotters on December 31, 2009.
[edit] Wrestling
- 1993 WWE's King of the Ring 1993 tournament.
- WWE vs. ECW Head to Head special held in 2006.
- Hosted its second WWE Raw, the night following WrestleMania 23 on April 2, 2007.
- Taping of WWE Friday Night Smackdown on Tuesday May 12, 2009.
- Taping of WWE RAW on Monday January 4, 2010, which featured the WWE return of Bret Hart, who served as a guest host. This episode of Raw went head-to-head against wrestling promotion TNA on TV for the very first time.
- Taping of WWE Friday Night Smackdown on Tuesday December 7, 2010.
[edit] Other
- Barack Obama's "Keeping America’s Promise" rally, on Monday, February 25, 2008.
- “Road to the Convention Rally” on August 29, 2008, at which time Sarah Palin, Governor of Alaska, was announced as presumptive Republican presidential candidate John McCain's vice-presidential candidate, or running mate.
- The Nutter Center is frequently used as a competition venue for the Winter Guard International indoor percussion and colorguard championships.
[edit] See Also
- E.J. Nutter Training Facility - a college football training facility at the University of Kentucky also named after Ervin J. Nutter
- The E.J. Nutter Science Center at The Miami Valley School - a science classroom wing of the Upper School also named after Ervin J. Nutter
[edit] References
- ^ Consumer Price Index (estimate) 1800–2008. Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis. Retrieved February 22, 2012.
- ^ "Wright State University's Ervin J. Nutter Center Historical Overview". Nutter Center. http://www.nuttercenter.com/history.aspx. Retrieved November 22, 2011.
[edit] External links
- The Nutter Center
- Wright State University
- Wright State Raiders official site
- RaiderRoundball.com - Unofficial site for Wright State Raider basketball
- KZF Design - Architecture and Engineering
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