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Orono (/ ˈ ɒr ə n oʊ / ORR-ə-noh) is a town in Penobscot County, Maine, United States. Located on the Penobscot and Stillwater rivers, it was first settled by American colonists in 1774. They named it in honor of Chief Joseph Orono , a sachem of the indigenous Penobscot nation who long occupied this territory.
The University of Maine (UMaine) is a public land-grant research university in Orono, Maine, United States. It was established in 1865 as the land-grant college of Maine and is the flagship university of the University of Maine System. [6] [7] It is classified among "R1: Doctoral Universities – Very high research activity". [8]
Harold Alfond Sports Arena is a multi-purpose arena in Orono, Maine, United States. The arena opened in 1977. It is home to the University of Maine Black Bears ice hockey teams. It is recognizable for its distinctive hyperbolic paraboloid architecture.
Orono is located at (44.888769, −68.671153 The Orono CDP consists of all of the town east of Interstate 95, including the primary settled area in the town.. According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 7.7 square miles (20.0 km 2), of which 7.1 square miles (18.3 km 2) is land and 0.66 square miles (1.7 km 2), or 8.55%, is water.
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Memorial Gym, nicknamed "The Pit", is a 3,100-seat multipurpose arena in Orono, Maine. It is home to the University of Maine Black Bears men's and women's basketball teams. Maine played 10 men's and women's basketball games during 2011–12 at Memorial Gym. [1] The men’s team has held a total of eight games at Memorial Gym since 2003–04.
The stadium in 2024. The stadium opened as Alumni Field in 1947 and underwent extensive renovations from 1996 to 1998. The wood and steel grandstands, built in the 1940s, were condemned and demolished in 1996, replaced with the current east grandstand, along with a temporary structure on the west side, adjacent to Alfond Sports Arena.
The Collins Center for the Arts, formerly the Maine Center for the Arts, is a performing arts center and concert hall located on the campus of the University of Maine in Orono, Maine. It has been operating since 1986, hosting both local and national artists. [1] Its seating capacity is 1,435. [2]