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The process that led to construction of the auditorium began in 1957 when incumbent university President Grady Gammage desired a unique facility for the ASU campus. [8] In 1956, a collapsed roof rendered the school's combination auditorium/gymnasium unusable. [9] [10] Gammage recruited his friend Frank Lloyd Wright to design the
Desert Financial Arena [3] (formerly ASU Activity Center and Wells Fargo Arena) is a 14,198-seat [4] multi-purpose arena located at 600 E Veterans Way in Tempe, Arizona, United States, in the Phoenix metropolitan area. It sits immediately east of Mountain America Stadium on the northern edge of the Tempe campus of Arizona State University (ASU).
After gaining accreditation in 1933, the college started offering graduated programs in 1937. The Tempe campus is also the largest of the four campuses, with 54,866 students enrolled in its programs. [8] There are many notable landmarks on campus, including Grady Gammage Memorial Auditorium, designed by Frank Lloyd Wright.
Mullett Arena (originally ASU Multi-Purpose Arena) is an indoor multipurpose arena at Arizona State University in Tempe, Arizona.. The 5,000-seat arena is the home of the men's ice hockey, women's ice hockey, women's gymnastics, women's volleyball, and men's wrestling teams as well as the NBA G League's Valley Suns and Arena Football One's Arizona Bandits.
Tempe Town Lake is home to many national and international events, such as Ironman Arizona and Rock n Roll Marathon. Gammage Auditorium was also the site of one of the three Presidential debates in 2004, and Super Bowl XXX was played at Sun Devil Stadium. Additionally, Tempe is the spring training host city of the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim.
This station has three names: Valley Metro calls the train platforms of this station Veterans Way/College Ave and the local bus bays the Tempe Transportation Center. Both are part of the same facility and immediately adjacent to Mountain America Stadium which serves as the station's third name, as shown on the train platform signs.
University Dr/Rural, also known as ASU Tempe Campus or simply University for the school and street, is a station on the Metro light rail line in Tempe, Arizona, United States. The station is not actually at the intersection of its named streets, sitting some distance south of University Drive, with the platforms running northwest from Rural ...
The College Theatre – built in 1933 and located at 505-509 S. Mill Ave.. The theatre, now named the Valley Art Theatre, is Arizona's oldest and longest operating movie theatre. Designed and constructed by Red Harkins at the age of 25. Listed in the Tempe Historic Property Register.