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| Location | 4400 Martin Luther King Jr. Parkway Beaumont, Texas 77710 |
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| Coordinates | 30°2′38″N 94°4′15″W / 30.04389°N 94.07083°W |
| Owner | Lamar University |
| Operator | Lamar University |
| Executive suites | Red Room: 20 to 150 Morgan Suites: 7 Suites with 16 seats each (face football field) |
| Capacity | Maximum: 10,746 Basketball: 10,080 (Permanent seating: 8,102 and telescopic chairback seating system: 1,978) |
| Record attendance | Men's Game: 10,010 (on January 10, 1987 vs McNeese State Cowboys)[1] Women's Game: 9,143 (on March 17, 1991 vs LSU Lady Tigers)[2][3] |
| Surface | Multi-surface |
| Construction | |
| Broke ground | June 20, 1983 |
| Built | June 20, 1983–November 1984[4] |
| Opened | November 24, 1984 |
| Renovated | 2005, 2008 (Major repairs due to Hurricanes Rita and Ike)[5][6] |
| Expanded | 1985 |
| Construction cost | $12.5 million ($36.7 million in 2023 dollars[7]) |
| Architect | LaBiche Architectural Group |
| Structural engineer | Walter P Moore[8] |
| Tenants | |
| Lamar Cardinals men's basketball Lamar Cardinals women's basketball | |
| Website | |
| Montagne Center | |
Neches Federal Credit Union Arena at the Montagne Center, built in 1984, is a mixed-use event center that houses a 10,746-seat a multi-purpose arena and a variety of event spaces in Beaumont, Texas. The Montagne Center was designed especially for the basketball program with a wing designated for instructional purposes. The Montagne Center is currently home to the Lamar University Cardinals, the Lady Cardinals basketball teams, and the Lamar University Pathway Program, Lamar University's language program. The arena was previously the home of the Lady Cardinals volleyball team until renovations to McDonald Gym were completed in 2006–07. The Montagne's instructional area has been home to Lamar's language program since 2010 when the Lamar Language Institute (LLI) first moved there, then transitioned to TIEP at Lamar in 2011, and became the Lamar University Language Program (LUPP) in 2017.
- ^ "Lamar Basketball 2011-12 Info Guide" (PDF). Lamar University Department of Intercollegiate Athletics. p. 7. Retrieved January 29, 2015.
- ^ "FINAL 1991 DIVISION I WOMEN'S BASKETBALL STATISTICS REPORT" (PDF). National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). Retrieved February 12, 2015.
- ^ "LSU Women's Basketball 2009-10 Media Guide". LSU Athletics. 19 October 2009. Retrieved February 12, 2015.
- ^ "Lamar University Montagne Center | Beaumont, TX 77705".
- ^ http://www.lamar.edu/_files/documents/news/cardinal-cadence/2005-2004-issues/LR_cadence_vol334.pdf [bare URL PDF]
- ^ http://www.lamar.edu/_files/documents/news/cardinal-cadence/2009-2008-issues/LR_cadence_vol362.pdf [bare URL PDF]
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Arenas". Walter P Moore. Archived from the original on July 8, 2000. Retrieved November 10, 2013.