Patrick Gym
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The Roy L. Patrick Gymnasium is a 3,228 seat (3,266 for men's and women's basketball) multi-purpose arena
in Burlington, Vermont
. It was built in 1963. It is used mainly as the home arena of the University of Vermont
Catamounts. It hosted the 2004, 2005, 2007, and 2010 America East
men's basketball tournament championship game, as the higher seed in the final hosts the game. The championship games were all televised on ESPN
or ESPN2
. Vermont has consistently been among the America East leaders in home attendance and in 2004-05, it became the only America East men's basketball program to sell out every game for an entire season.
The gym is also used as the venue for the Vermont State Division I Boys and Girls Basketball Championship semifinals and final. Patrick Gym was the host of the 2004-05 Boston Celtics Training Camp. In the 1960s, the Celtics played several exhibition games at Patrick Gym.
Patrick Gym is also a concert
venue, seating up to 4,000. It can also accommodate conventions
and trade shows; there are 22251 square feet (2,067.2 m²) of arena floor space, with an additional 31218 square feet (2,900.2 m²) at the indoor track and 36189 square feet (3,362.1 m²) at the indoor tennis
courts, both of which are adjacent to Patrick Gymnasium. The current bleachers at Patrick Gym were installed in 1982, and new lighting and the current floor were installed in 1990.
Arena
An arena is an enclosed area, often circular or oval-shaped, designed to showcase theater, musical performances, or sporting events. It is composed of a large open space surrounded on most or all sides by tiered seating for spectators. The key feature of an arena is that the event space is the...
in Burlington, Vermont
Burlington, Vermont
Burlington is the largest city in the U.S. state of Vermont and the shire town of Chittenden County. Burlington lies south of the U.S.-Canadian border and some south of Montreal....
. It was built in 1963. It is used mainly as the home arena of the University of Vermont
University of Vermont
The University of Vermont comprises seven undergraduate schools, an honors college, a graduate college, and a college of medicine. The Honors College does not offer its own degrees; students in the Honors College concurrently enroll in one of the university's seven undergraduate colleges or...
Catamounts. It hosted the 2004, 2005, 2007, and 2010 America East
America East Conference
The America East Conference is a NCAA Division I college athletic conference whose members are located mainly in the northeastern United States. The conference was known as the ECAC North from 1979 to 1988 and the North Atlantic Conference from the fall semester of 1988 to the end of the spring...
men's basketball tournament championship game, as the higher seed in the final hosts the game. The championship games were all televised on ESPN
ESPN
Entertainment and Sports Programming Network, commonly known as ESPN, is an American global cable television network focusing on sports-related programming including live and pre-taped event telecasts, sports talk shows, and other original programming....
or ESPN2
ESPN2
ESPN2 is an American sports cable television network owned by ESPN. The channel debuted on October 1, 1993.Originally nicknamed "the deuce," ESPN2 was initially branded as a network for a younger generation of sports fans featuring edgier graphics as well as extreme sports like motocross,...
. Vermont has consistently been among the America East leaders in home attendance and in 2004-05, it became the only America East men's basketball program to sell out every game for an entire season.
The gym is also used as the venue for the Vermont State Division I Boys and Girls Basketball Championship semifinals and final. Patrick Gym was the host of the 2004-05 Boston Celtics Training Camp. In the 1960s, the Celtics played several exhibition games at Patrick Gym.
Patrick Gym is also a concert
Concert
A concert is a live performance before an audience. The performance may be by a single musician, sometimes then called a recital, or by a musical ensemble, such as an orchestra, a choir, or a musical band...
venue, seating up to 4,000. It can also accommodate conventions
Convention (meeting)
A convention, in the sense of a meeting, is a gathering of individuals who meet at an arranged place and time in order to discuss or engage in some common interest. The most common conventions are based upon industry, profession, and fandom...
and trade shows; there are 22251 square feet (2,067.2 m²) of arena floor space, with an additional 31218 square feet (2,900.2 m²) at the indoor track and 36189 square feet (3,362.1 m²) at the indoor tennis
Tennis
Tennis is a sport usually played between two players or between two teams of two players each . Each player uses a racket that is strung to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over a net into the opponent's court. Tennis is an Olympic sport and is played at all levels of society at all...
courts, both of which are adjacent to Patrick Gymnasium. The current bleachers at Patrick Gym were installed in 1982, and new lighting and the current floor were installed in 1990.