Bob Devaney Sports Center

Bob Devaney Sports Center
"The Bob"
Former names	NU Sports Complex
Location	1600 Court Street; Lincoln, Nebraska 68508, United States
Owner	University of Nebraska
Operator	University of Nebraska
Capacity	7,907 (Volleyball); 5,000 (track and field); 1,000 swimming; (these are three different facilities)
Surface	Multi-surface
Construction
Broke ground	1974
Opened	November 27, 1976
Construction cost	$13 million; ($69.6 million in 2023 dollars)
Architect	Leo A Daly
Tenants
	Nebraska Cornhuskers; (Volleyball, wrestling, gymnastics, swimming, & track and field)

The Bob Devaney Sports Center is a sports complex on the campus of the University of Nebraska in Lincoln, Nebraska, United States that includes a 7,907-seat multi-purpose arena, a 1,000-seat covered 25-yard swimming and diving facility (Devaney Center Natatorium) and a 5,000-seat covered track and field (athletics) facility (Devaney Sports Center Indoor Track) that features a 200-meter hydraulic-banked track, one of only three in the United States and seven in the world. The arena opened in 1976 and is named after former Nebraska football coach and athletic director Bob Devaney. It is home to the Cornhuskers gymnastics, indoor track and field and swimming and diving teams, and was also home to the school's basketball teams through the 2012–13 season. The building largely replaced the Nebraska Coliseum, which was the former home of the volleyball and wrestling teams.

It hosted the 1980, 1984 and 1988 men's NCAA basketball tournament Midwest first- and second-round games, and the 1993 women's NCAA tournament first round. In the arena's first 30 years, the men's basketball team never had a losing home schedule.

Pinnacle Bank Arena, a new arena in the Haymarket district of Lincoln that opened in August 2013, replaced the Devaney Center for the basketball teams in the fall of 2013. The main arena was then downsized from 13,595 seats to 7,907 seats, and became the new home of the volleyball team.

The Bob Devaney Sports Center actually opened in March 1976 when it was used for the Nebraska Boys State Basketball Tournament. The Nebraska Cornhuskers decided to wait to the beginning of the next season because they wanted the home advantage of the old Coliseum.^{[citation needed]}

Despite Nebraska's men's and women's basketball teams moving out of the Bob Devaney Sports Center, the arena will continue to host games for the Nebraska Boys and Girls State Basketball Tournaments.

References

^ 1634–1699: McCusker, J. J. (1997). How Much Is That in Real Money? A Historical Price Index for Use as a Deflator of Money Values in the Economy of the United States: Addenda et Corrigenda (PDF). American Antiquarian Society. 1700–1799: McCusker, J. J. (1992). How Much Is That in Real Money? A Historical Price Index for Use as a Deflator of Money Values in the Economy of the United States (PDF). American Antiquarian Society. 1800–present: Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis. "Consumer Price Index (estimate) 1800–". Retrieved February 29, 2024.

External links

Bob Devaney Sports Center (from Huskers.com) - multi-purpose 13,595-seat arena from the NU men's basketball program viewpoint
Bob Devaney Sports Center - same as above, from the NU women's basketball program viewpoint
Bob Devaney Center Natatorium - indoor swimming and diving facility
Bob Devaney Sports Center Indoor Track - indoor track and field (athletics) facility

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[inflation-US-1] 1634–1699: McCusker, J. J. (1997). How Much Is That in Real Money? A Historical Price Index for Use as a Deflator of Money Values in the Economy of the United States: Addenda et Corrigenda (PDF). American Antiquarian Society. 1700–1799: McCusker, J. J. (1992). How Much Is That in Real Money? A Historical Price Index for Use as a Deflator of Money Values in the Economy of the United States (PDF). American Antiquarian Society. 1800–present: Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis. "Consumer Price Index (estimate) 1800–". Retrieved February 29, 2024.

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