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19-620: The Jubilee Arena also known as Jubilee Rink and l'Aréna Jubilee was an indoor arena located in Montreal , Quebec, Canada . It was located at the area bounded by rue Alphonse-D. Roy Street (then known as rue Malborough) and rue Ste. Catherine Est. It was used for games of the Montreal Canadiens hockey club of the National Hockey Association (NHA) and National Hockey League (NHL) from 1909 to 1910 and again in 1919, and it

38-794: A Duke victory over Villanova in the Preseason NIT that was Krzyzewski's 500th win as Duke head coach. Sports Illustrated ranked it fourth on its list of the top 20 sporting venues of the 20th century, and USA Today referred to it as "the toughest road game in the ACC." Additionally, the facility hosted the Southern Conference men's basketball tournament from 1947 to 1950 and the MEAC men's basketball tournament in 1972 and 1973. Records at Cameron Indoor Stadium All-Time: 946–171 (.847) Coach K : 572–76 (.883) Since 1997–98: 396–37 (.915) Duke

57-544: A full-time basis. On the afternoon of April 23, 1919, Jubilee Arena also burned down, forcing the Habs to build and move into the Mount Royal Arena which opened in 1920. The site of the old arena is now occupied by industrial tenants bearing no reminder of the former hockey venue. 45°32′16″N 73°32′32″W  /  45.537798°N 73.542223°W  / 45.537798; -73.542223 Indoor arena An arena

76-519: A multitude of spectators. The word derives from Latin harena , a particularly fine-grained sand that covered the floor of ancient arenas such as the Colosseum in Rome , Italy, to absorb blood. The term arena is sometimes used as a synonym for a very large venue such as Pasadena's Rose Bowl , but such a facility is typically called a stadium . The use of one term over the other has mostly to do with

95-535: Is 284–30 (.904) at home since the 2004–05 season, second only to Allen Fieldhouse in winning percentage at home. On November 26, 2019, the Duke men's team non-conference home winning streak of 150 games ended with an overtime loss to Stephen F. Austin , 85–83. It had been at that point the longest active non-conference home winning streak in college basketball, with Duke's last non-conference home loss coming against St. John's almost 19 years earlier on February 26, 2000, when

114-421: Is a large enclosed platform, often circular or oval-shaped, designed to showcase theatre , musical performances , and/or sporting events . It is composed of a large open space surrounded on most or all sides by tiered seating for spectators, and may be covered by a roof. The key feature of an arena is that the event space is the lowest point, allowing maximum visibility. Arenas are usually designed to accommodate

133-478: Is sufficient standing room to ensure 10,000 could fit. For high-profile games, students are known to pack in as many as 1,600 into the student sections, designed for a maximum of 1,100. Prior to the 2002–2003 basketball season, air conditioning units were installed in Cameron for the first time as a response to health and odor concerns for players and fans alike. Prior to the 2008–09 season, a new video scoreboard replaced

152-635: The Palestra at the University of Pennsylvania . Originally called "Duke Indoor Stadium", it was renamed for Cameron on January 22, 1972; that day the Blue Devils beat archrival North Carolina 76–74. The first nationally televised game took place on January 28, 1979, against Marquette; the 69–64 Duke win was broadcast by NBC . Regionally televised games in the Atlantic Coast Conference, including from

171-568: The (then) Duke Indoor Stadium, had begun in the late 1950s. The building originally included seating for 8,800, though standing room was sufficient to ensure that 9,500 could fit in on a particularly busy day. Then, as now, Duke students were allocated a large number of the seats, including those in the lower sections directly alongside the court. Renovations in 1987–1988 removed the standing room areas, added an electronic scoreboard and display over center court, wood paneling, brass railings and student seats, bringing capacity to 9,314, though now there

190-725: The Montreal Arena, and the other three members of the ECHA would earn less revenues when playing there, these owners dissolved the ECHA, formed the Canadian Hockey Association (CHA) and invited applications from other teams. At a meeting on November 25, the CHA rejected the application of the Wanderers, represented at the meeting by player Jimmy Gardner , as well as the application of Ambrose O'Brien 's Renfrew Creamery Kings . Before leaving

209-498: The building, Gardner and O'Brien decided to form the NHA, which was finalized on December 2. Poor ticket sales collapsed the CHA eight weeks after it was formed, and the popular ECHA/CHA Ottawa Hockey Club (reigning Stanley Cup champion) and Montreal Shamrocks immediately joined the seven-week-old NHA. In 1918, when the Montreal Arena burned down, the Canadiens moved into Jubilee Arena on

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228-769: The electronic board over center court. Before the 2009–10 season, additional changes were made, including installing LED ribbon boards to the front of the press table and painting the upper seats Duke blue. Cameron is one of two major arenas that use backboards suspended from the ceiling instead of anchored on the floor, the other being the CU Events Center in Boulder, Colorado. The Faces performed at Cameron on September 17, 1973. The Grateful Dead played four shows here between 1973 and 1982 (December 8, 1973; September 23, 1976; April 12, 1978; April 2, 1982). The students and fans are known as " Cameron Crazies " for their support of

247-457: The facility is called Cameron Indoor Stadium . Domed stadiums, which, like arenas, are enclosed but have the larger playing surfaces and seating capacities found in stadiums, are generally not referred to as arenas in North America. There is also the sport of indoor American football (one variant of which is explicitly known as arena football), a variant of the outdoor game that is designed for

266-496: The stadium were drawn up in 1935 by basketball coach Eddie Cameron . The stadium was designed by Julian Abele , who studied at the Ecole des Beaux Arts in Paris, France. The same architectural firm that built the Palestra was brought in to build the new stadium. The arena was dedicated on January 6, 1940, having cost $ 400,000. At the time, it was the largest gymnasium in the country south of

285-550: The team and loud cheering that has been recorded as high as 121.3 dB , which is louder than a power saw at 3 feet or a jackhammer. For access to major games, including those against the University of North Carolina, students reside in tents for months in an area outside of Cameron known as " Krzyzewskiville ", named after head coach Mike Krzyzewski . The hardwood floor was dedicated and renamed Coach K Court in November 2000 following

304-399: The then #2 Blue Devils lost 83–82. The streak was the longest non-conference home win streak in Duke men's basketball history, breaking the previous record, which lasted 95 games, from February 2, 1983, to December 2, 1995, beginning with a 73–71 win over William & Mary and ending with a 65–75 loss to Illinois . Duke is now 274–7 in non-conference home games since 1983, starting with

323-531: The type of event. Football (be it association , rugby , gridiron , Australian rules , or Gaelic ) is typically played in a stadium, while basketball , volleyball , handball , and ice hockey are typically played in an arena, although many of the larger arenas hold more spectators than do the stadiums of smaller colleges or high schools. There are exceptions. The home of the Duke University men's and women's basketball teams would qualify as an arena, but

342-560: The usual smaller playing surface of most arenas; variants of other traditionally outdoor sports, including box lacrosse as well as futsal and indoor soccer , also exist. The term "arena" is also used loosely to refer to any event or type of event which either literally or metaphorically takes place in such a location, often with the specific intent of comparing an idea to a sporting event. Such examples of these would be terms such as "the arena of war", "the arena of love" or "the political arena". Cameron Indoor Stadium The plans for

361-649: Was home of the Montreal Wanderers NHA club from 1910. It was originally built in 1908 and held seating for 3,200 spectators. Ownership of the Jubilee Rink played a significant role in the 1909 formation of the NHA. In November 1909, the owner of the Eastern Canada Hockey Association (ECHA) Wanderers club announced he would move the team to the Jubilee, which he also owned. As it was smaller than

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