Photos: Navigating McKale Center
From its beginning, McKale Center was a venue worth waiting for.
It took three years to gather the funds to build it and two years of construction to make McKale Center a reality.
The University of Arizona Alumni Association voted in 1967 to name the proposed arena after Dr. J.F. “Pop” McKale. (The popular former Arizona…
The McKale Center roof is adorned with a band of copper sheets, which cost $107,000 to install in 1973 (as seen in the photo above).
Construction begins at the site of McKale Center. Here, it was nothing more than a deep hole in the ground.
Due to construction delays, the Wildcats play their first game at McKale Center with just one month remaining in the season. Arizona defeats W…
An emotional moment of silence precedes the game against ASU. Just four days after his father — Malcolm Kerr, president of American University…
A free throw with 7:10 remaining in a game against UCLA gives Arizona forward Sean Elliott the title of Pac-10 career scoring leader — pushing…
At a memorial for Lute Olson’s late wife, Bobbi, the floor in McKale is renamed “Lute & Bobbi Olson Court.” The floor was previously recog…
Arizona men’s basketball season tickets are available. Single-game tickets for nonconference home games can be purchased online at www.arizona…
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McKale Center is no more. Not on game night. The name is the same, but all has changed. Litt…
