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The Boston native moved to Providence to attend Brown University. [5] Lupo stated that his dream was to own a club where Bo Diddley would play (which came to fruition in 1977). Prior to opening the club, Lupo had worked as a house painter and a bartender. On September 5, 1975, he opened the first incarnation of Lupo's in the former Conrad ...
The Providence Friars men's basketball team has been the only major tenant of the arena since its inception, having played almost all of its home basketball games at the arena since 1972 with the exception of the 2020-21 season where their home games were at the on-campus arena Alumni Hall due to COVID-19 concerns. The Providence Friars men's ...
After 29 years of playing at various locations throughout Rhode Island, the Providence College Men's Basketball Team played its first game in Alumni Hall on December 3, 1955, beating rival Brown University, 77-55. The next 17 seasons saw the Friars post an impressive 179-27 (.869) record in Alumni Hall.
The Lindemann Performing Arts Center is a performing and visual arts facility at Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island. [1] The building is located at 144 Angell Street on Brown's main campus in the city's College Hill neighborhood, and opened in October 2023.
The Paul Bailey Pizzitola Memorial Sports Center, often referred to as "the Pitz" by students, [1] is a 2,800-seat multi-purpose athletic center in Providence, Rhode Island, USA, which was built in 1989. It is home to the Brown University Bears men's and women's basketball, volleyball, gymnastics, wrestling and squash teams. [2]
Opened in 1993, [1] it is the largest convention center in Rhode Island, with about 130,000 square feet (12,000 m 2) of exhibition space, including a 100,000-square-foot (9,300 m 2) exhibit hall. It is connected by skybridges to the Amica Mutual Pavilion, and the adjacent Omni Hotels Omni Providence Hotel (formerly The Westin). [2]
On February 21, 2018, the final 13:03 of the second half in a Providence-Seton Hall men's game was played at Alumni Hall the following day after the court at the Dunkin' Donuts Center had slippery conditions due to the ice underneath the court, used for Providence Bruins games, melting. With Alumni Hall only seating 2,620 fans, and the Dunkin ...
Schneider Arena was named in honor of Rev. Herman D. Schneider, O.P., the founder of Providence College hockey and a longtime teacher at the school. It is located at the far northern end of campus, on the corner of Huxley Ave. and Admiral St., and is notable for the reflective energy-conserving ceiling that was installed in 1992.