The Legacy Center
Construction
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Former names	Health and Human Performance Education Complex (2018–2021)
Location	E McNeese Street Lake Charles, Louisiana 70607
Coordinates	30°10′31.8″N 93°12′34.2″W / 30.175500°N 93.209500°W / 30.175500; -93.209500
Owner	McNeese State University
Operator	McNeese State University
Capacity	Basketball: 3,800 Concert: 4,200 Volleyball: 600
Built	2017
Opened	2018
Construction cost	$45 million
Architect	Crawford Architects Randy M. Goodloe Architect
General contractor	Alfred Palma, LLC
Tenants
McNeese Cowboys basketball McNeese Cowgirls basketball McNeese Cowgirls volleyball

The Legacy Center, originally known as the Health and Human Performance Education Complex (or H&HP Complex), is a multi-purpose arena in Lake Charles, Louisiana, on the campus of McNeese State University across the street from the Jack V. Doland Athletic Complex.^[1] The 145,000-square-foot (13,500 m²) facility includes six classrooms, 12 faculty offices, a lab, a sports training center, an arena seating around 4,200 for basketball and other events as well as a volleyball court with seating for 600.^[2] Crawford Architects and Randy M Goodloe AIA, APAC were the project architectural firms, and the general contractor was Alfred Palma, LLC.^[3]^[4]^[5]^[6]

Renaming

On August 4, 2021, McNeese announced that the arena had been renamed The Legacy Center after Lake Charles couple David and Kimberly Griffin pledged $2.5 million in donations over 10 years. The "Legacy" name reflects the Griffins' ownership of local retailer Legacy Jewelers, as well as the name of their farm, Legacy Fields.^[7]

References

^ "Health and Human Performance Education Complex". McNeese State University. Retrieved September 10, 2018.
^ Erica Bivens (August 12, 2018). "Construction on Health and Human Performance Education Complex progressing at McNeese". KPLC. Retrieved September 7, 2018.
^ "health&human performance education complex". Crawford Architects. Retrieved September 7, 2018.
^ "McNeese State University Builds Health and Human Performance Education Complex". Tradeline. Retrieved September 7, 2018.
^ "The Rise Of Human Performance Facilities". Shift. April 13, 2017. Retrieved September 7, 2018.
^ "New McNeese State University Health & Human Performance Education Complex Building Addendum 2" (PDF). Randy M Goodloe AIA, APAC. January 18, 2016. Retrieved September 7, 2018.
^ "McNeese Receives Largest Naming Rights Gift in History" (Press release). McNeese Athletics. August 4, 2021. Retrieved November 12, 2021.

v t e McNeese Cowboys basketball
Venues	Memorial Gymnasium (1945–1956) McNeese Arena (1956–1972) Lake Charles Civic Center (1972–1986) Burton Coliseum (1986–2018) The Legacy Center (2018–present)
Rivalries	Lamar
People	Head coaches Statistical leaders
Seasons	List of seasons 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
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v t e McNeese Cowgirls basketball
Venues	Memorial Gymnasium (1975–1986) Burton Coliseum (1986–2018) The Legacy Center (2018–present)
Rivalries	Lamar
People	Head coaches
Seasons	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

v t e McNeese State University
Campus	Cowboy Stadium The Legacy Center Joe Miller Ballpark Joe Miller Field at Cowgirl Diamond Ralph O. Ward Memorial Arena
Athletics	McNeese Cowboys and Cowgirls Baseball Men's basketball Women's basketball Football Softball
Student life	Recreational Sports Complex

Basketball arenas of the Southland Conference

Sharp Gymnasium (Houston Christian)
McDermott Center (Incarnate Word)
Montagne Center (Lamar)
The Legacy Center (McNeese)
Lakefront Arena (New Orleans)
Stopher Gymnasium (Nicholls)
Prather Coliseum (Northwestern State)
University Center (Southeastern Louisiana)
Texas A&M–Commerce Field House (Texas A&M–Commerce)
American Bank Center (Texas A&M-Corpus Christi)

v t e NCAA Division I college basketball venues in Louisiana
The American	Devlin Fieldhouse (Tulane)
Conference USA	Thomas Assembly Center (Louisiana Tech)
SEC	Pete Maravich Assembly Center (LSU)
Southland	The Legacy Center (McNeese State) Lakefront Arena (New Orleans) Prather Coliseum (Northwestern State) Stopher Gymnasium (Nicholls) University Center (Southeastern Louisiana)
Sun Belt	Cajundome (Louisiana men) Earl K. Long Gymnasium (Louisiana women) Fant–Ewing Coliseum (Louisiana-Monroe)
SWAC	F.G. Clark Center (Southern) Fredrick C. Hobdy Assembly Center (Grambling State)

Renaming

See also

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