The Walter Pyramid, formerly known as the Long Beach Pyramid, is the on-campus basketball and volleyball arena for the NCAA college basketball and college volleyball teams of Long Beach State University 49ers. 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 Volleyball is an Olympic team sport in which two teams of 6 active players (5 normal players and one 'libero' are separated by a net that is usually four feet The National Collegiate Athletic Association ( NCAA, often pronounced "N-C-Double-A" is a voluntary association of about 1200 institutions conferences organizations College basketball most often refers to the American Basketball competitive governance structure established by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA California State University Long Beach (also known as Cal State Long Beach, Long Beach State, CSU Long Beach, CSULB, LBSU Finished in 1994, it is located in Long Beach, California. Year 1994 ( MCMXCIV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1994 Gregorian calendar) Long Beach is a city located in southern California, USA, on the Pacific coast California ( is a US state on the West Coast of the United States, along the Pacific Ocean. It is a large pyramid-shaped building, uniformly clad in sheets of dark blue corrugated aluminum; it seats 5,000 spectators. A pyramid is a Building where the upper surfaces are triangular and converge on one point WikipediaNaming
The Southern California Summer Pro League uses the Pyramid during July. The Summer Pro League, officially known as the The Southern California Summer Pro League (SPL is a Basketball league held every summer in Long Beach California The league is a showcase for current and prospective NBA basketball players, including recent draft picks, current NBA players working on their skills and conditioning, and international professionals hoping to become NBA players.
History
Before the Walter Pyramid was built on campus, the Long Beach State basketball team played some of their games in the Long Beach Sports Arena in downtown Long Beach, and some on-campus at the Gold Mine, which has just 1,900 seats. Long Beach Convention and Entertainment Center is a Convention center located in Long Beach California. Long Beach is a city located in southern California, USA, on the Pacific coast The Gold Mine is a 1900 seat multi-purpose Arena in Long Beach California, on the campus of California State University Long Beach.
The arena opened for its first 49er basketball game on November 30, 1994. Events 1700 - Battle of Narva — A Swedish army of 8500 men under Charles XII defeats Year 1994 ( MCMXCIV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1994 Gregorian calendar) In that game, which was televised on ESPN, the 49ers defeated the University of Detroit Mercy, with a final score of 71-64 before a standing room only crowd of 5,021. ESPN, originally an acronym for Entertainment and Sports Programming Network, is an American Cable television network dedicated to University of Detroit Mercy (UDM is a Comprehensive university in Detroit Michigan, United States, created in 1990
The Pyramid was home to the Long Beach Stingrays, a women's professional basketball team of the now-defunct American Basketball League for a time in 1997-98. The Long Beach Stingrays was a women's professional Basketball team
The Walter Pyramid was designed by Don Gibbs and built by the Nielson Construction of San Diego. The building of The Walter Pyramid cost approximately $22 million USD. The United States dollar ( sign: $; code: USD) is the unit of Currency of the United States; it has also been It is named for Mike and Arline Walter, supporters of California State University, Long Beach. [1]
Facts about The Walter Pyramid
Each side of the perimeter of The Walter Pyramid measures 345 feet, making it a mathematically true pyramid. The perimeter is the distance around a given two-dimensional object A foot (plural feet or foot; symbol or abbreviation ft or sometimes &prime – the prime symbol) is a non-SI unit There is a Frog's Gym and a conference center located in The Walter Pyramid. Conference centre redirects here For the conference facility in Salt Lake City Utah that is owned and operated by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day
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