Charlotte Y. Martin Centre
| The Kennel | |
| Full name | Charlotte Y. Martin Centre |
|---|---|
| Former names | John F. Kennedy Memorial Pavilion (1965–1987) |
| Location | Spokane, Washington |
| Owner | Gonzaga University |
| Operator | Gonzaga University |
| Capacity | 4,000 |
| Construction | |
| Broke ground | June 3, 1964 |
| Opened | December 3, 1965 |
| Renovated | 1986 |
| Construction cost | $1.1 million ($8.26 million in 2024 dollars[1]) |
| Tenants | |
| Gonzaga Bulldogs - NCAA (1965–present) |
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Charlotte Y. Martin Centre is an athletics center in the northwest United States, on the campus of Gonzaga University in Spokane, Washington. Its multi-purpose arena has a seating capacity of 4,000.[2]
Ground was broken in June 1964 on the $1.1 million center, which opened in late 1965 as the John F. Kennedy Memorial Pavilion, with a capacity of 3,800 for basketball.[3][4] The center included a 6-lane 25-yard (22.9 m) swimming pool.[3] The first varsity event on December 3 was a men's basketball game against Washington State, won by the Cougars 106-78 before an overflow crowd of 4,300 spectators.[5] Charlotte Martin, the daughter-in-law of former governor Clarence D. Martin,[6] donated $4.5 million for the renovation of the complex and it was renamed for her as part of Gonzaga's centennial celebrations on March 17, 1987.[4][7][8] Mrs. Martin died less than eight months later, at age 68.[6]
It is the home of the Gonzaga Bulldogs women's volleyball team, and was home of men's and women's basketball teams from its opening until the $25 million McCarthey Athletic Center opened in the fall of 2004.[9] An exception was the partial hiatus in the 1979–80 season when the men's team returned to its former home of the Spokane Coliseum for WCAC home games only,[8][10][11] The Pavilion was affectionately known as The Kennel, a reference to the nature of the crowds who turned up to Bulldog basketball games.[4]
In late 1968, the English rock group Led Zeppelin played their fifth-ever American concert in at the Kennedy Pavilion on December 30; the first known bootleg recording of the band originated from this performance.[4][12]
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