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118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. RES. 563 

Recognizing the 50th anniversary of the Hulman Center. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

FEBRUARY 13 (legislative day, FEBRUARY 12), 2024 

Mr. BRAUN (for himself and Mr. YOUNG) submitted the following resolution; 

which was considered and agreed to 

RESOLUTION 

Recognizing the 50th anniversary of the Hulman Center. 

Whereas the Hulman Center was funded by donation and 

bond issues after an initial $2,500,000 gift from the philanthropist Tony Hulman, the patriarch of the Hulman 

family; 

Whereas construction started on the Hulman Center, initially 

named the Hulman Civic University Center, in Terre 

Haute, Indiana on December 14, 1971; 

Whereas the Hulman Center can hold up to 10,000 people; 

Whereas, on December 14, 1973, the facility opened and held 

its first game, a men’s basketball game between the Indiana State Sycamores and the Purdue Boilermakers; 

Whereas the Hulman Center is home to the Indiana State 

Sycamores basketball teams; 


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Whereas the Indiana State Sycamores men’s basketball 

team’s first season was in 1896, making it one of the oldest basketball teams in the NCAA, along with Bucknell 

University, the University of Minnesota, the University of 

Washington, and Yale University; 

Whereas the Hulman Center has served as the site of several 

NCAA championship events, including the 1974 Midwest 

Region of the NCAA Tournament; 

Whereas the Hulman Center was the site of the 1975 NCAA 

Gymnastics National Championship; 

Whereas the Hulman Center was home to Indiana State 

men’s basketball team’s most memorable season, 1978– 

1979, when most of the games were standing-room-only; 

Whereas, during the 1978–1979 season, National Player of 

the Year Larry Bird led an undefeated team to its firstever NCAA Division I Tournament, as well as the Associated Press and United Press International titles; 

Whereas the Hulman Center is the site of the 1979 Missouri 

Valley Conference men’s basketball tournament title 

game; 

Whereas the Indiana State Sycamores men’s basketball team 

was runner-up in the 1979 NCAA National Championship and was nationally recognized as the best team in 

the country, including by the Associated Press; 

Whereas, in its first 5 years, the Hulman Center hosted 95 

concerts; 

Whereas, over the years, the Hulman Center has hosted 

many concerts, including performances by Elvis Presley, 

Van Halen, Frank Sinatra, Johnny Carson, Kiss, John 

Denver, Bob Dylan, Aerosmith, Earth Wind and Fire, 


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Willy Nelson, Styx, John Mellencamp, Sheryl Crow, and 

many memorable musical acts; and 

Whereas, from 2018 to 2020, Indiana State University underwent a renovation of the Hulman Center: Now, therefore, be it 

1 Resolved, That the Senate— 

2 (1) recognizes that the Hulman Center has 

3 played a significant role in the history of the city of 

4 Terre Haute, Indiana State University, and the 

5 State of Indiana; 

6 (2) recognizes that the Hulman Center con7 tinues to be an important and valuable gathering 

8 space to its visitors and Hoosiers; and 

9 (3) recognizes the 50th anniversary of the open10 ing of the Hulman Center. 

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