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team through the 2017–18 school year.Elon men's basketball celebrates 100th season
y Pam Richter at elon.edu, URL accessed November 6, 2009. 11/6/09 The gym was renovated in 1992 to install air conditioning, new flooring, additional seating, offices, classrooms and renovated locker rooms and again in 2010 with the addition of stadium-style seating in a horseshoe shape, new scoreboards and video boards, new locker rooms, and a new entrance. The floor was renamed Robertson Court in thanks to a donor. The 2017–18 school year was the last for Elon's teams at Alumni Gym. Elon opened the Schar Center, with a capacity of 5,100, for the 2018 volleyball season.

Current use and future plans

During the months between the last Phoenix basketball games at Alumni Gym and the opening of the Schar Center, Alumni Gym hosted several university events, and was used for Elon's May 2018 commencement due to rain. As Schar Center was preparing to open, the basketball and volleyball teams moved their offices from the Koury Center, attached to Alumni Gym, to the new arena, and the athletic ticket office was also moved to the new arena. Some of the vacated space became the new offices of the university's campus recreation department, which took control of the former gym space on June 1, 2018. The gym now serves as the home court for club basketball teams for both sexes, as well as the site of intramural championship games. The former concession stands now serve as the university's outdoor recreation offices. Smaller university events continue to be held in the facility. According to Elon's campus recreation director, long-term plans call for the facility to become a campus wellness center, though no timetable had been set as of summer 2018.

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Current use and future plans

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