Christl Arena
Construction
Holleder Center
Army vs Navy 2023

Full name	Edward C. Christl Jr. Arena
Location	600 Thayer Road West Point, NY 10996
Coordinates	41°23′11″N 73°57′57″W / 41.38641°N 73.96571°W / 41.38641; -73.96571
Owner	U.S. Military Academy
Operator	U.S. Military Academy
Capacity	5,043 (basketball)
Surface	Hardwood
Broke ground	April 1983
Opened	1 October 1985
Construction cost	$16 million (entire Holleder Center) ($43.5 million in 2022 dollars^[1])
Tenants
Army Black Knights (men's and women's basketball) NCAA Men's Gymnastics Championships (2005, 2010, 2017)

Christl Arena is a 5,043-seat, multi-purpose arena in West Point, New York. It was built in 1985 as part of the Major Donald W. Holleder Center, which also houses Tate Rink.^[2] It is home to the United States Military Academy's Army Black Knights men's and women's basketball teams. It was named after 1st Lieutenant Edward C. Christl Jr. '44, a former basketball captain who was killed in combat in Austria during World War II while serving with the 65th Infantry Division.^[3] Maj. Holleder, '56, the namesake of the athletic center, was an All-American football and basketball player killed in combat in Vietnam in 1967.

The arena hosted portions of the 1995 and 1999 Patriot League men's basketball tournaments, as well as portions of the 2006 and 2008 Patriot League women's basketball tournament, including the 2006 Patriot League championship game, as Army defeated Holy Cross, clinching the first Division I NCAA Tournament bid in program history.

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5,195 Navy 8 Feb 2014
5,178 Navy 22 Jan 2011
5,163 Navy 20 Feb 2010
5,125 Navy 28 Feb 2004
5,102 Navy 17 Feb 1995
5,055 Duke 16 Nov 1997
5,043 Navy 19 Jan 2019
5,039 Navy 15 Feb 1994
5,025 Navy 24 Feb 1990
4,462 Navy 31 Jan 2003
4,256 Navy 23 Feb 2002
4,164 Lafayette 9 Feb 1990

References

^ 1634–1699: McCusker, J. J. (1997). How Much Is That in Real Money? A Historical Price Index for Use as a Deflator of Money Values in the Economy of the United States: Addenda et Corrigenda (PDF). American Antiquarian Society. 1700–1799: McCusker, J. J. (1992). How Much Is That in Real Money? A Historical Price Index for Use as a Deflator of Money Values in the Economy of the United States (PDF). American Antiquarian Society. 1800–present: Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis. "Consumer Price Index (estimate) 1800–". Retrieved 29 February 2024.
^ Koch, Gregory. "Christl Arena – Army Black Knights | Stadium Journey". Retrieved 7 May 2020.
^ Noles, Jim (2018). Undefeated: From Basketball to Battle – West Point's Perfect 1944 Season. Philadelphia: Casemate Publishers. ISBN 978-1-61200-512-6. OCLC 1096218534.

v t e Army Black Knights men's basketball
Venues	Gillis Field House (1938–1985) Christl Arena (1985–present)
Culture & lore	Army Mules "The Army Goes Rolling Along" All-Military Classic
People	Head coaches All-Americans Statistical leaders
Seasons	List of seasons 1902–03 1903–04 1904–05 1905–06 1906–07 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24
Helms and Premo-Porretta national championships in bold

v t e Basketball arenas of the Patriot League
Bender Arena (American) Christl Arena (Army) Agganis Arena / Case Gym (Boston University) Sojka Pavilion (Bucknell) Cotterell Court (Colgate) Hart Center (Holy Cross) Kirby Sports Center (Lafayette) Stabler Arena (Lehigh) Reitz Arena (Loyola) Alumni Hall (Navy)

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