Spiro Sports Center

631 Howard Avenue | Grymes Hill | built 1921

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1951
Wagner College builds the Sutter Gymnasium, the core of the later sports center
Sutter Gymnasium was built on the Wagner College campus in 1951. In 1999 the college used it as the base for a large expansion, and the combined building became the Spiro Sports Center, home of the Seahawks basketball teams.
“It was built in 1999 as an extensive addition to the Sutter Gymnasium, which was constructed in 1951.”
Source: Wikipedia
1999
The Spiro Sports Center opens as a 2,100-seat arena added to Sutter Gymnasium
Wagner College completed the Spiro Sports Center in 1999 as a major addition to its 1951 gym. The multi-purpose arena seats 2,100 and is home court for the Seahawks men's and women's basketball teams; it also holds a pool, a fitness center and weight room, locker rooms and the athletic department's offices.
Source: Wikipedia
2018
Spiro hosts the Northeast Conference men's basketball tournament for a fourth time
The Northeast Conference men's basketball tournament came to the Spiro Sports Center in 2018, after earlier tournaments held here in 1999, 2003 and 2016. The arena is the home floor of Wagner College's Seahawks basketball teams.
Source: Wikipedia

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