The Paul Bailey Pizzitola Memorial Sports Center, often referred to as "the Pitz" by students,Ivy Hoops Doubleheader On YES This Weekend
at ivyleaguesports.com. Accessed November 22, 2009
Archived
November 22, 2009 is a 2,800-seat multi-purpose athletic center in

Providence, Rhode Island Providence is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Rhode Island. One of the oldest cities in New England, it was founded in 1636 by Roger Williams, a Reformed Baptist theologian and religious exile from the Massachusetts Bay ...

, USA, which was built in 1989. It is home to the

Brown University Brown University is a private research university in Providence, Rhode Island. Brown is the seventh-oldest institution of higher education in the United States, founded in 1764 as the College in the English Colony of Rhode Island and Providenc ...

Bears men's and women's basketball, volleyball, gymnastics, wrestling and squash teams.Paul Bailey Pizzitola Memorial Sports Center
at brownbears.com. Accessed November 22, 2009
Archived
November 22, 2009 It was built adjacent to

Meehan Auditorium The George V. Meehan Auditorium is a 3,059-seat hockey arena, in Providence, Rhode Island. The arena opened in 1961 and was dedicated on January 6, 1962. It is named for George V. Meehan, the benefactor of the arena, which he hoped would "service ...

on Lloyd AvenueLetter size printable PDF of the entire Brown campus
at planetary.brown.edu. Accessed November 22, 2009
Archived
November 22, 2009 as a replacement for

Marvel Gymnasium Marvel Gymnasium was a 3,000-seat multipurpose gymnasium in Providence, Rhode Island. It was home to the Brown University Bears basketball team as well as other teams. The gymnasium included a basketball court and seating, a second-floor running ...

, which was located next to

Brown Stadium Richard Gouse Field at Brown Stadium is a football stadium located in Providence, Rhode Island. It is the home of Brown University's football and outdoor track teams. The athletic teams at Brown University, known as the Bears, compete in the Ivy ...

on Elmgrove Ave.Marvel Gymnasium
at brown.edu. Accessed November 22, 2009
Archived
November 22, 2009 The building was named for Paul Bailey Pizzitola (class of 1981), whose father contributed $2 million to its construction. The lobby of the building is named for the Brown attendee (1887–89) and American football legend

John Heisman John William Heisman (October 23, 1869 – October 3, 1936) was a player and coach of American football, baseball, and basketball, as well as a sportswriter and actor. He served as the head football coach at Oberlin College, Buchtel College ...

(class of 1891).

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File:PizzitolaCenter2.jpg, View from Lloyd Avenue File:Pizzitola_Memorial_Sports_Center_interior.jpg, Pizzitola interior File:Marvel Gymnasium Tickets sign in Pizzitola.jpg, TICKETS sign salvaged from Marvel Gymnasium and installed at the Pizzitola ticket window

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