Meehan Auditorium

Meehan Auditorium
George V. Meehan Auditorium
Meehan Outside.JPG
Location Hope St & Lloyd Ave
Providence, RI
Opened 1961
Owner Brown University
Operator Brown University
Surface 200x85 ft (hockey)
Construction cost $1.8 million
Capacity 3,100 (hockey)
Tenants
Brown Bears (men's and women's ice hockey)

The George V. Meehan Auditorium is a 3,059-seat hockey arena, in Providence, Rhode Island. The arena opened in 1961 and was dedicated on January 6, 1962. On September 28, 1964, at the same time that he was campaigning to stay in office, U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson addressed the bicentennial convocation of Brown University at Meehan, in favor of educational opportunity, freedom of conscience and the proposed National Endowment for the Humanities.[1] It is named for George V. Meehan, the benefactor of the arena, which he hoped would "service and promote" the Brown Bears ice hockey program, which now belongs to the Ivy and ECAC Hockey leagues.

In 1965, Meehan Auditorium hosted the Frozen Four ice hockey semi-finals of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). It is recognizable for its large white domed roof, and is located on the highest corner (Hope Street and Lloyd Avenue) of Brown's main athletic complex on College Hill in Providence. It was renovated in 2002, bringing its capacity up to its current level.

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Preceded by
University of Denver Arena
Denver, Colorado
Host of the
Frozen Four

1965
Succeeded by
Williams Arena
Minneapolis, Minnesota

Coordinates: 41°49′53″N 71°23′57″W / 41.831432°N 71.399031°W / 41.831432; -71.399031


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