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Christl Arena
Holleder Center
Location U. S. Military Academy
West Point, NY 10996
Broke ground April, 1983
Opened October 1, 1985
Owner U. S. Military Academy
Operator U. S. Military Academy
Construction cost $16 million
(entire Holleder Center)
Tenants Army Black Knights
(men's and women's basketball)
Capacity 5,043 (basketball)

Christl Arena is a 5,043-seat multi-purpose arena in West Point, New York. An arena is an enclosed area often circular or oval-shaped designed to showcase Theater, musical performances or sporting events West Point is a federal military reservation (and a Census-designated place) located North of the Village of Highland Falls in Orange County New York It was built in 1985 as part of the Major Donald W. Year 1985 ( MCMLXXXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays 1985 Gregorian calendar) Holleder Center, which also houses Tate Rink. Tate Rink is a 2648-seat hockey rink in West Point New York. It is home to the United States Military Academy Black Knights Ice hockey Team It is home to the United States Military Academy Black Knights men's and women's basketball teams. "USMA" redirects here For other uses see USMA (disambiguation The United States Military Academy (also known as USMA, Basketball is a team Sport in which two teams of five active players each try to score points against one another by propelling a ball through a 10 feet (3 m It was named after 1st Lieutenant Edward C. Christl Jr. '44, a former basketball captain who wad killed in combat in Austria during World War II. (Maj. Holleder, '56, the namesake of the athletic center, was an All-American football and basketball player killed in combat in Vietnam in 1967. )

The arena hosted portions of the 1995 and 1999 Patriot League men's basketball tournaments. The Patriot League is a College athletic conference which operates in the Northeastern United States.

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