McGonigle Hall

McGonigle Hall
Tenants

Location	1800 Broad St Philadelphia, PA 19121
Owner	Temple University
Operator	Temple University
Capacity	3,900
Opened	December 2, 1969
Temple Owls (Recreation and offices)

McGonigle Hall is an athletic facility on the campus of Temple University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It opened on December 2, 1969, with an upset win over St. John's. The venue served as the home of men's basketball until replaced in 1997 by The Apollo of Temple, a larger facility now known as the Liacouras Center. Temple women's basketball splits games between McGonigle Hall and the Liacouras Center, the gym is also home to Temple women's fencing, women's gymnastics and volleyball.^[1]

Due to McGonigle's small size, Temple played the majority of its games at the Palestra through 1984, when the school decided to move most of its home games to McGonigle to have a home-court advantage under coach John Chaney. Big Five games were usually played at the Palestra.

After the Liacouras Center opened, in 2012, the University completed a $48 million renovation and expansion of Pearson and McGonigle Halls, providing additional classrooms, faculty and coaching staff offices as well as state-of-the-art men's and women's basketball practice facilities.

McGonigle Hall was named for Arthur T. McGonigle, a Temple University benefactor, trustee and pretzel magnate from Reading. For basketball events such as selected 1987, 1990, and 1992 Atlantic 10 Conference men's basketball tournament games, its capacity was 3,900.

Temple played a "Turn Back the Clock Game" at McGonigle Hall against Bowling Green on December 28, 2009, featuring throwback uniforms and 1980s music, attire, and concession prices.

UConn versus Temple in McGonigle Hall, 28 January 2014

References

↑ "McGonigle Hall". OwlsSports.com. Sidearm Sports. Retrieved 17 February 2016.

Temple University

Campuses	Main Campus Ambler Campus Japan Campus

Schools	Beasley School of Law Boyer College of Music and Dance Fox School of Business and Management Tyler School of Art Maurice H. Kornberg School of Dentistry School of Medicine School of Podiatric Medicine

Athletics	Temple Owls Temple Owls men's basketball Temple Owls football Liacouras Center McGonigle Hall St. Joe's – Temple rivalry Temple Stadium Veterans Stadium Lincoln Financial Field Skip Wilson Field

People	Alumni and faculty Graduate Students Association

Miscellaneous	Temple University (SEPTA station) Cecil B. Moore (SEPTA station) The Temple News Temple University Press TECH Center WRTI ROTC T For Temple U

Temple Owls men's basketball

Venues	Convention Hall (1938–1955) ? (1955–1969) McGonigle Hall (1969–1997) Liacouras Center (1997–present)

Rivalries	Saint Joseph's

Culture & lore	City 6 Philadelphia Big 5 Robert V. Geasey Trophy Hooter T. Owl "T For Temple U"

People	Head coaches

Seasons	1894–95 1895–96 1896–97 1897–98 1898–99 1899–00 1900–01 1901–02 1902–03 1903–04 1904–05 1905–06 1906–07 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17

Helms and Premo-Porretta national championship in bold; NCAA Final Four appearances in italics

Basketball arenas of the American Athletic Conference

Fifth Third Arena (Cincinnati)
Gampel Pavilion (Connecticut)
XL Center (Connecticut)
Williams Arena at Minges Coliseum (East Carolina)
Hofheinz Pavilion (Houston)
Elma Roane Fieldhouse (Memphis, women)
FedExForum (Memphis, men)
McGonigle Hall (Temple, women)
Moody Coliseum (SMU)
USF Sun Dome (South Florida)
Liacouras Center (Temple)
Devlin Fieldhouse (Tulane)
Reynolds Center (Tulsa)
CFE Arena (UCF)

Coordinates: 39°58′52″N 75°09′29″W / 39.981029°N 75.158033°W / 39.981029; -75.158033

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