The John Jay Center is an athletic facility on the campus of
Robert Morris University in the
Pittsburgh suburb of
Moon Township, PA
Moon Township is a township along the Ohio River in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania. Moon is a part of the Greater Pittsburgh metropolitan area and is located northwest of Pittsburgh. The population was 27,261 at the 2020 census.
History ...
. Built in 1968, it features a capacity of 1,000 spectators. It was the primary campus indoor athletic venue until the
Charles L. Sewall Center
Charles L. Sewall Center, commonly referred to as the Sewall Center, and nicknamed "The Chuck" was a 3,056-seat multi-purpose arena in the Pittsburgh suburb of Moon Township, Pennsylvania. It was home to the Robert Morris Colonials men's and wome ...
opened for the 1985-1986 season. The Colonials
men's basketball team played their first game as an NCAA Division I team at the center on November 30, 1976, a win over Delaware State. It was the home arena for the first two Robert Morris teams to play in the NCAA tournament (in 1982 and 1983). The
Northeast Conference men's basketball championship tournament was held in the center in 1991. Today it is used for intramural sports but does maintain office space as well. By 2015 there were discussions about converting the building for academic use if and when RMU builds a new arena to replace the Sewall Center as the school's primary athletic facility.
[Paul Schofield]
"RMU Hoops Could Have New Home"
''Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
The ''Pittsburgh Tribune-Review'', also known as "the Trib," is the second largest daily newspaper serving metropolitan Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, in the United States. Although it transitioned to an all-digital format on December 1, 2016, it rem ...
'', March 21, 2015 .
References
External links
RMU profile
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Sports venues in Pennsylvania
University and college buildings completed in 1965
Defunct college basketball venues in the United States
Robert Morris Colonials basketball
Sports venues completed in 1965
Robert Morris University