Walsh Gymnasium

Walsh Gymnasium
Location	400 South Orange Avenue; South Orange, NJ 07079
Coordinates	40°44′30″N 74°14′42″W / 40.741690°N 74.244921°W
Owner	Seton Hall University
Operator	Seton Hall University
Capacity	1,655
Opened	1941
Tenants
	Seton Hall Pirates men's basketball (1941–1985); Seton Hall Pirates women's basketball; Seton Hall Pirates volleyball

Walsh Gymnasium is a multi-purpose arena in South Orange, New Jersey on the campus of Seton Hall University. The arena opened in 1941 and can seat 1,655 people.^[1] It was home to the Seton Hall Pirates men's basketball team before they moved to the Meadowlands in 1985 and then Prudential Center in 2007. Currently, the arena hosts the women's basketball and volleyball teams, but continues to host men's basketball for preseason exhibitions, postseason invitational games such as early rounds of the NIT, and occasionally a regular season non-conference game if there is a conflict with Prudential Center's event schedule. The building is part of the Richie Regan Recreation and Athletic Center, and, like the school's main library, is named for Rev. Thomas J. Walsh, Fifth Bishop of Newark and former President of the Board of Trustees.

Walsh hosted a semifinal game of the ECAC Metro Region Tournament, a National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I men's college basketball tournament organized by the Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC), in 1977.^[2]^[3] Both games for the Pirates in the 2012 NIT were played in Walsh.

In 2020, Walsh is slated to receive a significant facelift following the conclusion of the 2019-20 collegiate basketball season. Upgrades will include: Complete replacement of the seating including the court level bleachers with chair-back seating; a new center-hung scoreboard, as well as two new video boards flanking the stage; new ceiling-mounted baskets which will replace the portable baskets; a new sound system; and a new hardwood court.^[4]

References

^ "Facilities". Seton Hall University Athletics. Retrieved 4 January 2019.
^ Varsity Pride: ECAC Men's Basketball Tournaments
^ Varsity Pride: 1977 ECAC Men's Basketball Tournaments
^ "Walsh Gymnasium Renovation to Commence April 2020". Seton Hall University Athletics. 6 December 2019. Retrieved 23 January 2020.

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[Listed_capacity_is_1,655.-1] "Facilities". Seton Hall University Athletics. Retrieved 4 January 2019.

[2] Varsity Pride: ECAC Men's Basketball Tournaments

[3] Varsity Pride: 1977 ECAC Men's Basketball Tournaments

[4] "Walsh Gymnasium Renovation to Commence April 2020". Seton Hall University Athletics. 6 December 2019. Retrieved 23 January 2020.

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v t e Basketball arenas of the Big East Conference
Men only	Capital One Arena (Georgetown) CHI Health Center Omaha (Creighton) Amica Mutual Pavilion (Providence) Fiserv Forum (Marquette) Madison Square Garden (St. John's) Prudential Center (Seton Hall) Wells Fargo Center (Villanova)
Women only	Alumni Hall (Providence) D. J. Sokol Arena (Creighton) McDonough Gymnasium (Georgetown) McGrath–Phillips Arena (DePaul) Al McGuire Center (Marquette) Walsh Gymnasium (Seton Hall)
Both sexes	Carnesecca Arena (St. John's) Cintas Center (Xavier) Finneran Pavilion (Villanova) Gampel Pavilion (UConn) Hinkle Fieldhouse (Butler) Wintrust Arena (DePaul) XL Center (UConn)

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v t e Seton Hall Pirates men's basketball
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NCAA Final Four appearance in italics

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