Pritchard Gymnasium is a 1,970-seat, 20,000 square-foot multi-purpose

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nasium located within the Stony Brook Sports Complex in

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. The gym opened in 1969 and is the current home for the

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volleyball team.

History

The Pritchard Gymnasium served as the original home for Stony Brook men's basketball from 1967 to 1990, until the Stony Brook Arena was opened in 1990. The Gymnasium underwent a $1.2 million renovation in the summer of 2008 and reopened in time for the 2009 Stony Brook women's volleyball season. The Gymnasium has been the home for several concerts, including

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, Primus,

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, and U2. Stony Brook men's basketball returned to the Pritchard Gymnasium beginning in 2008 as the Stony Brook Arena underwent renovations. The America East Tournament Finals were held at Pritchard Gym in 2014. During the time when Stony Brook played home games at Pritchard, it played two postseason games at the otherwise dormant Stony Brook Arena: a 2010 NIT game against

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, and the 2012 America East Tournament Finals against

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. The team moved back into the Stony Brook Arena, which reopened as the

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, in the fall of 2014. The Gymnasium hosted the 2018 America East Tournament in volleyball, where No. 1 seed Stony Brook won the finals on their home court to advance to their second straight NCAA Tournament.

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