Charlotte Y. Martin Centre

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Martin Centre
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Charlotte Y. Martin Centre
Full nameCharlotte Y. Martin Centre
Former names John F. Kennedy Memorial Pavilion (1965–1987)
Location Gonzaga University
Spokane, Washington
Coordinates 47°39′56″N117°24′02″W / 47.6655°N 117.4005°W / 47.6655; -117.4005
OwnerGonzaga University
OperatorGonzaga University
Capacity 4,000
Construction
Broke groundJune 3, 1964
OpenedDecember 3, 1965
59 years ago
Renovated1986
Construction cost$1.1 million
($10.6 million in 2024 [1] )
Tenants
Gonzaga Bulldogs (NCAA)
Men's basketball (1965–1979, 1980–2004)
Women's basketball (until 2004)
Women's volleyball
Website
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Charlotte Y. Martin Centre is an athletics center in the northwest United States, on the campus of Gonzaga University in Spokane, Washington. Its multi-purpose arena has a seating capacity of 4,000. [2]

Ground was broken in June 1964 on the $1.1 million center, which opened in late 1965 as the John F. Kennedy Memorial Pavilion, with a capacity of 3,800 for basketball. [3] [4] The center included a 6-lane 25-yard (23 m) swimming pool. [3] The dedication ceremony on November 21 was attended by 6,000 and included the late president's brother, U.S. Senator Ted Kennedy of Massachusetts. [5] [6] [7] The first varsity event on December 3 was a basketball game against Washington State, won by the visiting Cougars 106–78 before an overflow crowd of 4,300. [8] [9]

Charlotte Martin, the daughter-in-law of former governor Clarence D. Martin, [10] donated $4.5 million in 1987 for the renovation of the complex and it was renamed for her as part of Gonzaga's centennial celebrations on March 17. [4] [11] [12] Mrs. Martin died less than eight months later, at age 68. [10]

The Martin Centre is the home court of the women's volleyball team, and was home of men's and women's basketball teams until the fall of 2004, when the adjacent $25 million McCarthey Athletic Center (MAC) opened. [13] An exception was the partial hiatus in the 1979–80 season when the men's team returned to its former home of the Spokane Coliseum for WCAC home games only, [12] [14] [15] The Pavilion was affectionately known as The Kennel, a reference to the enthusiastic capacity crowds for Bulldog basketball, [4] a nickname which transferred to the MAC.

Prior to the Spokane Coliseum's opening in 1955, Gonzaga basketball games were played on campus at "The Cave," a gymnasium in the administration building. [3]

In late 1968, the English rock group Led Zeppelin played their fifth-ever American concert at the Kennedy Pavilion on December 30, opening for Vanilla Fudge and erroneously billed as "Len Zefflin"; [16] [17] the first known bootleg recording of the band originated from this performance. [4] [18] The bands were welcomed to Spokane with frigid sub-zero temperatures. [19]

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The 1965–66 Gonzaga Bulldogs men's basketball team represented Gonzaga University during the 1965–66 NCAA University Division men's basketball season. In the third season of the Big Sky Conference, the Bulldogs were led by fifteenth-year head coach Hank Anderson and played their home games on campus at the new Kennedy Pavilion in Spokane, Washington. They were 19–7 overall and 8–2 in conference play.

The 1970–71 Gonzaga Bulldogs men's basketball team represented Gonzaga University during the 1970–71 NCAA University Division basketball season. Charter members of the recently expanded Big Sky Conference, the Bulldogs were led by twentieth-year head coach Hank Anderson and played their home games on campus at Kennedy Pavilion in Spokane, Washington. They were 12–13 overall and 6–8 in conference play, tied for fifth place.

The 1971–72 Gonzaga Bulldogs men's basketball team represented Gonzaga University during the 1971–72 NCAA University Division basketball season. Members of the Big Sky Conference, the Bulldogs were led by Hank Anderson in his twenty-first season as their head coach. They played their home games on campus at Kennedy Pavilion in Spokane, Washington. They were 14–12 overall and 8–6 in conference play, in a three-way tie for second place.

The 1972–73 Gonzaga Bulldogs men's basketball team represented Gonzaga University during the 1972–73 NCAA University Division basketball season. Members of the Big Sky Conference, the Bulldogs were led by first-year head coach Adrian Buoncristiani and played their home games on campus at Kennedy Pavilion in Spokane, Washington. They were 14–12 overall and 6–8 in conference play, in fifth place.

The 1973–74 Gonzaga Bulldogs men's basketball team represented Gonzaga University during the 1973–74 NCAA Division I basketball season. Members of the Big Sky Conference, the Bulldogs were led by second-year head coach Adrian Buoncristiani and played their home games on campus at Kennedy Pavilion in Spokane, Washington. They were 13–13 overall and 7–7 in conference play, in fourth place.

The 1977–78 Gonzaga Bulldogs men's basketball team represented Gonzaga University during the 1977–78 NCAA Division I basketball season. Members of the Big Sky Conference, the Bulldogs were led by sixth-year head coach Adrian Buoncristiani and played their home games on campus at Kennedy Pavilion in Spokane, Washington. They were 14–15 in the regular season and 7–7 in conference play.

The 1981–82 Gonzaga Bulldogs men's basketball team represented Gonzaga University in the West Coast Athletic Conference (WCAC) during the 1981–82 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. Led by newly-promoted first-year head coach Jay Hillock, the Bulldogs were 15–12 (.556) overall, and played their home games on campus at Kennedy Pavilion in Spokane, Washington.

The 1986–87 Gonzaga Bulldogs men's basketball team represented Gonzaga University in the West Coast Athletic Conference (WCAC) during the 1986–87 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. Led by fifth-year head coach Dan Fitzgerald, the Bulldogs were 18–9 (.667) overall in the regular season (9–5 in WCAC, 2nd), and played their home games on campus at the newly renamed Charlotte Y. Martin Centre in Spokane, Washington.

The 1988–89 Gonzaga Bulldogs men's basketball team represented Gonzaga University in the West Coast Athletic Conference (WCAC) during the 1988–89 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. Led by seventh-year head coach Dan Fitzgerald, the Bulldogs were 14–13 (.519) overall in the regular season (5–9 in WCAC, sixth), and played their home games on campus at the Charlotte Y. Martin Centre in Spokane, Washington.

The 1989–90 Gonzaga Bulldogs men's basketball team represented Gonzaga University in the West Coast Conference (WCC) during the 1989–90 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. Led by eighth-year head coach Dan Fitzgerald, the Bulldogs were 8–19 (.296) overall in the regular season (3–11 in WCC, last), and played their home games on campus at the Charlotte Y. Martin Centre in Spokane, Washington.

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