LSU Basketball Practice Facility

The LSU Tigers basketball and Lady Tigers Basketball Practice Facility is an indoor arena connected to the Pete Maravich Assembly Center through the Northwest portal.^[1][2] The facility features separate, full-size duplicate gymnasiums for the men's and women's basketball teams. Each gym spans 11,324 square feet (1,052.0 m²) and includes a regulation NCAA court in length with two regulation high school courts in the opposition direction.^[3] The courts are exact replicas of the Maravich Center game court and have two portable goals and four retractable goals. Each gymnasium is equipped with a scoreboard, video filming balcony, and scorer's table with video and data connection that enable instant replay. The facility also houses team locker rooms, a team lounge, training rooms, coach's offices and locker rooms, a media room, laundry facility and storage areas.^[4]

LSU Basketball Practice Facility

Location	Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803 USA
Coordinates	30.4151°N 91.1846°W / 30.4151; -91.1846
Owner	Louisiana State University
Operator	LSU Athletics Department
Capacity	1600 (800 each gym)
Surface	Hardwood
Construction
Broke ground	2008
Opened	2010
Construction cost	$15 million
Architect	Tom Holden Architects and RDG Sports
Tenants
LSU Tigers basketball (NCAA) LSU Lady Tigers basketball (NCAA)

The building also includes a two-story lobby and staircase that ascends to the second level where a club room holds 500 people for pre-game and post-game events.^[4] The club room is connected to the Pete Maravich Assembly Center concourse. The lobby includes team displays and graphics, trophy cases and memorabilia of LSU Basketball. A 900-pound bronze statue of LSU legend Shaquille O'Neal is in front of the facility.^[3]

Gallery

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  LSU Basketball Practice Facility
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  LSU Basketball Practice Facility Building
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  LSU Basketball Practice Facility - Lobby
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  LSU Basketball Practice Facility - Lobby View from Practice Court
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  LSU Basketball Practice Facility - Trophy Case