Christl Arena

Christl Arena
Holleder Center
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Full nameEdward C. Christl Jr. Arena
Location600 Thayer Road
West Point, NY 10996
Coordinates41°23′11″N 73°57′57″W / 41.38641°N 73.96571°W / 41.38641; -73.96571
OwnerU.S. Military Academy
OperatorU.S. Military Academy
Capacity5,043 (basketball)
SurfaceHardwood
Construction
Broke groundApril 1983
Opened1 October 1985
Construction cost$16 million
(entire Holleder Center)
($45.3 million in 2023 dollars[1])
Tenants
Army Black Knights
(men's and women's basketball)
NCAA Men's Gymnastics Championships (2005, 2010, 2017)

Christl Arena is a 5,043-seat, multi-purpose arena in West Point, New York. It was built in 1985 as part of the Major Donald W. Holleder Center, which also houses Tate Rink.[2] It is home to the United States Military Academy's Army Black Knights men's and women's basketball teams. It was named after 1st Lieutenant Edward C. Christl Jr. '44, a former basketball captain who was killed in combat in Austria during World War II while serving with the 65th Infantry Division.[3] 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, as well as portions of the 2006 and 2008 Patriot League women's basketball tournament, including the 2006 Patriot League championship game, as Army defeated Holy Cross, clinching the first Division I NCAA Tournament bid in program history.

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  2. ^ Koch, Gregory. "Christl Arena – Army Black Knights | Stadium Journey". Retrieved 7 May 2020.
  3. ^ Noles, Jim (2018). Undefeated: From Basketball to Battle – West Point's Perfect 1944 Season. Philadelphia: Casemate Publishers. ISBN 978-1-61200-512-6. OCLC 1096218534.