when was gampel built
Of course, to every rule there is an exception, and one such exception occurs in the small town of Storrs, Connecticut, home of the University of Connecticut and their incredibly successful basketball teams. The on-campus Harry A. Gampel Pavilion was built in 1990 to replace the Hugh S. Greer Field House, which held only 4,604 fans. The venue was named after UConn class of '43 alumnus and industrialist Harry Gampel, who donated one million dollars towards the arena's completion. Continue on stadiumjourney.com.
At the time Gampel Pavilion opened in January 1990, the best NCAA performance for a UConn menâs team was an NCAA Elite Eight advance in 1964. The UConn womenâs program had not advanced beyond the first round in its one and only appearance in the NCAA Tournament.