Swinney Recreation Center

Swinney Recreation Center
Construction
Old Swinney
Former names	Swinney Gymnasium
Location	5030 Holmes Street Kansas City, MO 64110
Coordinates	39°02′08″N 94°34′44″W / 39.03555°N 94.57876°W / 39.03555; -94.57876Coordinates: 39°02′08″N 94°34′44″W / 39.03555°N 94.57876°W / 39.03555; -94.57876
Owner	University of Missouri-Kansas City
Operator	University of Missouri-Kansas City
Capacity	1,500
Built	1940
Renovated	2007
Tenants
UMKC Women's Basketball UMKC Volleyball

The Swinney Recreation Center is a 1,500-seat arena^[1] in Kansas City, Missouri. Located on the campus of the University of Missouri-Kansas City, it was the home of the UMKC Kangaroos men's basketball from 1969 to 1986, and again from 2010 to 2012. It is affectionately known as "Old Swinney" by students. The UMKC women's basketball team currently plays most of their home games at the Swinney Recreation Center. The 2014-15 schedule shows three women's games at Municipal Auditorium with the remainder at the SRC.^[2]

The Swinney Recreation Center was originally built in 1940 as Swinney Gymnasium by what was then the University of Kansas City. It was named in honor of Edward F. Swinney, chairman of First National Bank of Kansas City (now part of Bank of America), who had donated $250,000 toward the project.^[3] It was renamed the Swinney Recreation Center after a $14.5 million addition to Swinney Gymnasium in 2007. The facility now has a competition court for basketball and volleyball, five additional basketball courts, four racquetball courts, a 25 meter indoor/outdoor pool, and exercise rooms.^[4]

The men's team played at Swinney during its days as an NAIA member, and moved to Municipal Auditorium when it joined the NCAA. However, in 2010, UMKC announced that the men's basketball team would make a heavily renovated Swinney its primary home court.^[5] They moved back to Municipal just two years later.

References

↑ http://www.umkckangaroos.com/fls/18300/pdf/2014-15%20Missouri-Kansas%20City%20Women%27s%20Basketball%20Quick%20Facts.pdf?DB_OEM_ID=18300
↑ http://www.umkckangaroos.com/SportSelect.dbml?&DB_OEM_ID=18300&SPID=10800&SPSID=89998
↑ Bomgardner, Nicole. Campus History: Swinney Gymnasium. UNews, 2010-10-04.
↑ "Swinney Recreation Center". University of Missouri-Kansas City. Retrieved January 13, 2015.
↑ UMKC announcement of the move back to Swinney

External links

Official site

UMKC Kangaroos men's basketball

Venues	Swinney Recreation Center (1969–1986; 2010–2012) Municipal Auditorium (1986–2010; 2012–present)

People	Head coaches NBA players

Seasons	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 1999–00 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

Basketball arenas of the Western Athletic Conference

Icardo Center (Cal State Bakersfield) Emil and Patricia Jones Convocation Center (Chicago State) GCU Arena (Grand Canyon) Pan American Center (New Mexico State) KeyArena (Seattle) UTRGV Fieldhouse (Texas–Rio Grande Valley) Municipal Auditorium (UMKC) UCCU Center (Utah Valley)

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