Burnham Pavilion is a multi-purpose

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. It was built in 1921–22 at a cost of $153,000 by

Bakewell and Brown Arthur Brown Jr. (1874–1957) was an American architect, based in San Francisco and designer of many of its landmarks. He is known for his work with John Bakewell Jr. as Bakewell and Brown, along with later works after the partnership dissolved ...

and originally named the "Stanford Pavilion". It was home to the

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Cardinal

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team prior to

Maples Pavilion Maples Pavilion is a 7,392-seat multi-purpose arena on the campus of Stanford University in Stanford, California. Opened in 1969, Maples underwent a $30 million renovation in March 2004 and reopened ahead of schedule, in time for conference pla ...

opening in 1968. When it opened, it was the largest arena used exclusively for basketball. On March 10, 1953, the Pavilion hosted a first round

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matchup between the

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and Hardin-Simmons University. It was known for many years as the "Old Pavilion" but was renamed ''Burnham Pavilion'' in 1989 after

Malin Burnham Malin Burnham (born November 12, 1927, in San Diego, California) is an American sailor, real estate developer and philanthropist. Sailing At the age of 17, he won the Star World Championships in 1944 (crewing for Gerald Driscoll) and 1945 (tog ...

, a principal contributor to a renovation that increased capacity to 1,400. As of 2009 it houses the gymnastics teams, the

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team and the men's volleyball team.

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