Kaplan Arena

Building in Virginia, United States

Kaplan Arena

Full name| Kaplan Arena at William and Mary Hall
Former names| William & Mary Hall (1971-2005)
Location| 751 Ukrop Way, Williamsburg, VA 23186
Coordinates| 37°16′24″N 76°43′11″W﻿ / ﻿37.273472°N 76.719625°W﻿ / 37.273472; -76.719625
Owner| College of William & Mary
Capacity| 11,300
Construction
Opened| December 5, 1971 (1971-12-05)
Construction cost| $5.3 million
($42.9 million in 2024 dollars[1])
General contractor| Southeastern Construction Company
Tenants
William & Mary Tribe (NCAA) (1971–present)

Kaplan Arena is a building used for athletic events for the William & Mary Tribe sports teams at the College of William & Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia. The building contains an 8,600-seat arena, which can seat 11,300 with extra bleachers.[2] The arena's floor measures almost 24,000 square feet (2,200 m2).[3] The building was formerly known as William & Mary Hall. From 2005 to 2016, only the arena proper was called Kaplan Arena, before the entire building was renamed to honor alumni Jane Thompson Kaplan and Jim Kaplan.[4]

The building's lower level houses the coaching and staff offices for the school's athletic department. It also hosts a seminar room, medical suite, and a gymnastics workout area.[2] Completed in 17 months by the Southeastern Construction Company of Charlotte, North Carolina, the building cost $5.3 million but was financed by state revenue bonds.[2]

## History

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Part of a series on the

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* Wren Building
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* Alumni House
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* Sunken Garden
* Crim Dell bridge
* Hearth: Memorial to the Enslaved

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* Phi Beta Kappa Memorial Hall
* Earl Gregg Swem Library
* Muscarelle Museum of Art
* Alan B. Miller Hall

Athletic facilities

* Zable Stadium
* Albert–Daly Field
* Jimmye Laycock Football Center
* Millie West Tennis Facility
* McCormack-Nagelsen Tennis Center
* Plumeri Park
* Kaplan Arena

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Its name was granted in 2005 as part of a publicized funding effort by then-college president Gene Nichol, initially applying only to the arena proper. Between the 1920s and 1970s, the William & Mary Indians played basketball in Blow Gym, which now houses the registrar, bursar, and other university offices. It hosted the last ECAC South men's basketball tournament in 1985 (the conference added more championships in the 1985–86 school year and was renamed the CAA). Retired jersey banners depicting some of W&M's own basketball greats hang from the rafters of Kaplan Arena. The arena opened in 1971 and is home to the Tribe basketball, gymnastics and volleyball teams.[2]

The Harlem Globetrotters and roller derby, as well as other sports and entertainment acts, have also utilized Kaplan Arena as a venue over the years. "[People] in the Williamsburg area have seen auto shows, dog shows, Prince Charles, Glenn Close, a Billy Graham crusade, Bette Midler, Billy Joel, the 1976 televised presidential debates between candidates Jimmy Carter and Gerald Ford, the Shakespeare Players, a three-ring circus, and even a Howdy Doody show."[2] It also hosted the 9th G7 summit in 1983 for some of the world's political leaders, including Ronald Reagan, Margaret Thatcher, and François Mitterrand. The Dalai Lama visited William & Mary on October 11, 2012, and spoke to a crowd of over 8,000 people at Kaplan Arena.[5]

The first event held at the Kaplan Arena was a basketball game between the William & Mary Indians against the top 5 ranked University of North Carolina Tar Heels. The event took place before construction of the building was complete. The most noticeable thing lacking during that game were doors on the back of the arena. Photos of the game show the sold out crowd dressed in winter coats and hats. The Tar Heels opted to spend halftime on their team bus as opposed to the unfinished locker room. North Carolina won the game 101-72.

The first musical concert in Kaplan Arena, performed in 1971, was by Sly & the Family Stone. The record for the largest crowd to attend a concert was 13,514 for The Police on January 25, 1982.[2] Other notable performers have included Bruce Springsteen, The Pretenders, My Chemical Romance, Muse, R.E.M., Sting, The Roots, The Grateful Dead, Nirvana, The Chainsmokers, Williamsburg native Bruce Hornsby, 10,000 Maniacs, Beach Boys, Chicago, the Stone Temple Pilots, and Kendrick Lamar.[2]

## See also

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* List of NCAA Division I basketball arenas

## References

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1. ^ 1634–1699: McCusker, J. J. (1997). How Much Is That in Real Money? A Historical Price Index for Use as a Deflator of Money Values in the Economy of the United States: Addenda et Corrigenda (PDF). American Antiquarian Society. 1700–1799: McCusker, J. J. (1992). How Much Is That in Real Money? A Historical Price Index for Use as a Deflator of Money Values in the Economy of the United States (PDF). American Antiquarian Society. 1800–present: Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis. "Consumer Price Index (estimate) 1800–". Retrieved February 29, 2024.
2. ^ a b c d e f g TribeAthletics.com — Kaplan Arena at William and Mary Hall. Accessed August 9, 2011.
3. ^ William and Mary Hall — wm.edu Archived 2008-07-19 at the Wayback Machine. Accessed March 19, 2008.
4. ^ "William & Mary Hall renamed Kaplan Arena in honor of Jane Thompson Kaplan '56 and Jim Kaplan '57". College of William & Mary. September 23, 2016. Archived from the original on October 6, 2016. Retrieved October 5, 2016.
5. ^ "William & Mary- Dalai Lama brings his wisdom, wit and philosophy to W&M". Retrieved 27 September 2016.

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