Cameron Indoor Stadium is an indoor arena located on the campus of Duke University in Durham, North Carolina . The 9,314-seat facility is the primary indoor athletic venue for the Duke Blue Devils and serves as the home court for Duke men's and women's basketball and women's volleyball. It opened in January 1940 and was known as Duke Indoor Stadium until 1972, when it was named for Eddie Cameron , who served at Duke as men's basketball coach from 1928 to 1942, as football coach from 1942 to 1945, and as athletic director from 1951 to 1972. The arena is located adjacent to its predecessor, Card Gymnasium , which opened in 1930.
19-605: The David S. Mack Sports and Exhibition Complex , also known as Mack Sports Complex, or just "The Mack" for short, is a 5,023-seat multi-purpose arena in Hempstead, New York . Replacing the Hofstra Physical Fitness Center , the arena opened on January 2, 2000, as Hofstra Arena and was renamed for Mack in 2006. It is home to the Hofstra University Pride men's and women's basketball teams , as well as
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
57-403: A facility is typically called a stadium . The use of one term over the other has mostly to do with 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
76-553: 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 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
95-451: 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 the electronic board over center court. Before the 2009–10 season, additional changes were made, including installing LED ribbon boards to
114-465: A sports venue in New York is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Arena An arena 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
133-535: 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
152-476: 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 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
171-534: Is that the event space is the lowest point, allowing maximum visibility. Arenas are usually designed to accommodate 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
190-634: 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 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;
209-493: The 69–64 Duke win was broadcast by NBC . Regionally televised games in the Atlantic Coast Conference, including from 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
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#1732854677772228-772: The Pride had previously won 28 consecutive regular season home games at the Mack. The Mack was also home to the nation's second longest home win streak (behind Gonzaga University ) in 2006, before the Pride's NIT Quarterfinals loss to Old Dominion University . Hofstra University Men's Basketball has developed an excellent fan base on Long Island, especially in Nassau County , as it continues to have winning seasons year after year. Mack Sports Complex also hosts other events year round, such as college fairs, graduations and Kellenberg Memorial High School's Blue and Gold Sports Night. "The Mack" also hosted
247-475: The final presidential debate of the 2008 U.S. presidential election between Republican John McCain and Democrat Barack Obama as well as the town hall format of the second presidential debate of the 2012 presidential election between Republican Mitt Romney and incumbent president Barack Obama . On September 26, 2016, it hosted the first presidential debate of the 2016 election between Republican Donald Trump and Democrat Hillary Clinton . This article about
266-629: 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
285-430: 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 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
304-729: The nationally ranked Pride wrestling team. It hosted the 2000 and 2001 title games of the America East Conference men's basketball tournaments, and also hosted two Postseason NIT games in 2006 (against Nebraska of the Big Twelve, and Old Dominion of the CAA). In 2006, Hofstra Arena was renamed the 'David S. Mack Sports and Exhibition Complex'. Hofstra belongs to the CAA (Coastal Athletic Association). Before an overtime loss to Drexel University in February,
323-527: 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 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
342-550: 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
361-399: 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
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