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The Gilbert Sports and Fitness Center is a 2,411 seat multi-purpose
indoor arena
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on the campus of
California Lutheran University
California Lutheran University (CLU, Cal Lutheran, or Cal Lu) is a private university in Thousand Oaks, California. It was founded in 1959 and is affiliated with the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, but is nonsectarian. It opened in 1960 ...
, located in
Thousand Oaks
Thousand Oaks is the second-largest city in Ventura County, California, United States. It is in the northwestern part of Greater Los Angeles, approximately from the city of Los Angeles and from Downtown. It is named after the many oak tree ...
,
Ventura County, California
Ventura County () is a county in the southern part of the U.S. state of California. As of the 2020 census, the population was 843,843. The largest city is Oxnard, and the county seat is the city of Ventura.
Ventura County comprises the Oxn ...
. It is 96,000 sq. ft.
It houses two gymnasiums, including the main 1,500-seat gym, the Lundring Events Center, classrooms and labs,
Ventura County Sports Hall of Fame
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, a sports medicine facility, a fitness center, the CLU Alumni Association Athletic Hall of Fame, and offices for staff, faculty, and coaches.
It is the college's
fitness center
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In recent years, the number of fitness and health ser ...
and hosts its indoor sports activities, as well as local-regional sporting events and music concerts.
It is named after its main donor, John "Jack" Gilbert and his wife Carol.
Design
The $18 million arena opened in 2006,
and was designed by architect Vincent Dyer of JDO Associates. Other CLU projects designed by JDO/Dyer include the Samuelson Aquatics Center and the CLU Facilities Building.
Basketball venue
It is the home of the California Lutheran University Kingsmen basketball teams and the
L.A. Lightning of the
International Basketball League
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.
See also
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Cal Lutheran Kingsmen and Regals
The Cal Lutheran Kingsmen and Regals are the athletic teams that represent California Lutheran University, located in Thousand Oaks, California, in intercollegiate sports as a member of the NCAA Division III, Division III level of the National ...
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Buildings and structures in Thousand Oaks, California
California Lutheran University
Indoor arenas in California
Sports in Thousand Oaks, California
Sports venues in Ventura County, California
Basketball venues in California
Sports venues completed in 2006
2006 establishments in California
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