USD Women's Basketball 2000-2001

THE JENNY CRAIG PAVILION

With a donation of 7 million by Sid and Jenny Craig, the University ofSan Diego received the lead gift necessary to proceed with planning i much needed $17.S million Sports/Activiti Center. The Jenny Craig Pavilion will be home to the USDvolley– ball, women's basketball and men's basketball teams. The pavilion was officially opened and dedicated on October s, 2000. The Jenny Craig Pavilion, which is located at the eastern end ofcampus between Torero Stadium and CunninghamBaseball Field, will include a S, 100- seat gymnasium, a 3,800 square-foot fitness center, coaches offices and athletic training facilities, show– ers and locker rooms, concession stand, and reception room. The Monsignor I.B. Eagen Plaza off the Pavil– ion entry, will take advantage of the view across cam– pus to the ocean. The USD Pagne Athletic Hall of Fame will also be housed in the facility.

"The Jenny Craig Pavilion makes a statement to the athletic commu– nity and to the community at large about the quality of our athletic programs and their importance within the university," stated Tom Iannacone, USD Di– rector of Athletics. "The pavilion is a championship venue for men's and women's basketball and volleyball, and has already begun to improve recruit– ing and attract higher quality opponents. In addition, it is an excellent venue for television. These things will help to increase the competitiveness of all our programs." The pavilion seats twice the number of fans as the university's old Sports Center. Unlike basketball venues that have the scoreboard suspended over the center of the court, forcing some spectators to crane their necks to check the score, the Jenny Craig Pavilion was designed with large scoreboards and video screens on the north and south walls, and smaller scoreboards on the east and west sides. Other benefits the administration and coaches anticipate are the op– portunity to attract television coverage of games, host concerts, USD tourna– ments and special games such as the Torero Tip-Off, held the last few years at the San Diego Sports Arena. The pavilion already has garnered major atten– tion from around the region, as West Coast Conference officials selected USD as the site of200l WCC Tournament, to be heldMarch 1-5 for all eight women's and men's WCC teams.

Jenny Craig wltll tlle 2000-2001 Women~ Basketball Team.

5, 100-seat Jenny Craig Pavilion