Hawkins Arena

Gidan wasan ƙwallon kwando ne a harabar Jami'ar Mercer da ke Macon, Jojiya, Amurka. Filin wasa yana cikin Cibiyar Jami'ar, babban wurin aiki mai ma'ana da ke tsakiyar harabar jami'ar.

 Tarihi 
An buɗe Cibiyar Jami'a a shekarar 2004. Kudin da ya kai dala miliyan 40,    cibiyar, tana da sashen wasanni na Mercer, filin wasan ƙwallon kwando mai kujeru 3,500, wurin waha na cikin gida, wuraren motsa jiki, filayen ƙwallon kwando na ciki, ofisoshi, filin cin abinci, da kuma wurare da yawa na taruka. Filin wasan baseball da ƙwallon softball na Mercer suna kusa da cibiyar tare da filin wasan tennis na jami'a da ƙwallon ƙafa - Moye Complex .

Cibiyar Jami'ar ta maye gurbin Porter Gym, wanda ke kan harabar Mercer daga 1937 zuwa 2004; Porter Gym yana kan babban kusurwar tsakiya kuma an lalata shi lokacin da aka buɗe Cibiyar Jami'ar. Cibiyar kuma tana kan babban kusurwar tsakiya a wurin da aka yi rikicin 'yan'uwa na farko na jami'ar, wanda aka lalata bayan an buɗe sabon ƙauyen Girka. A shekara ta 2007, an buɗe wani Hilton Garden Inn mai ɗakuna 101 a kan fili mallakar jami'a kusa da Cibiyar Jami'ar. Akwai wuraren ajiye motoci ga baƙi - masu kallo da suka isa ta hanyar hanyar fita daga Jami'ar Mercer daga Interstate 75 .

An sake wa filin wasan Jami'a sunan Hawkins Arena a shekarar 2012 domin girmama JB Hawkins, tsohon daraktan wasanni na makarantar sakandare kuma kocin ƙwallon kwando a Crawford County .  

A shekara ta 2010, a karo na farko a tarihin jami'a, Mercer ta dauki bakuncin gasar kwallon kwando ta maza da mata ta Atlantic Sun .  Kungiyar maza ta ci gaba zuwa wasan zakarun da ta rasa 72-66 ga Jami'ar Jihar Tennessee ta Gabas.http://www.macon.com/2012/04/23/2000592/mercer-basketball-facility-renamed.html Mercer ta dauki bakuncin wasannin 2011-13. 

A shekarar 2013, ƙungiyar maza ba ta sha kaye ba a gasar Hawkins Arena kuma ta lashe gasar Atlantic Sun Conference ta kakar wasa ta yau da kullun. Ƙungiyar ta samu nasara a wasan gasar Hawkins Arena inda ta sha kaye a hannun Jami'ar Florida Gulf Coast ; FGCU ta samu nasara a gasar Sweet Sixteen ta NCAA .

 Sauran amfani 
Baya ga wasannin motsa jiki, Hawkins Arena tana karbar bakuncin taron farko, taron manema labarai na jami'a, kade-kade, da sauran taruka na musamman. Kwamitin amintattu yana da dakin taro, wanda aka sanya wa suna don tsohon dalibin Mercer Griffin Bell, da kuma dakin cin abinci na shugaban kasa suma suna cikin Cibiyar Jami'a.

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