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The Walter Pyramid (formerly the Long Beach Pyramid), in Long Beach
Long Beach, California

Long Beach is a large city located in southern California, USA, on the Pacific Ocean coast. It is situated in Los Angeles County, about south of downtown Los Angeles....
, California
California

California is a U.S. state on the West Coast of the United States of the United States, along the Pacific Ocean. It is bordered by Oregon to the north, Nevada to the east, Arizona to the southeast, and to the south the Mexico state of Baja California....
, is the on-campus basketball
Basketball

Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five active players each try to score points against one another by propelling a basketball through a 10 feet  high hoop under organized rules....
 and volleyball
Volleyball

Volleyball is an Olympic Games team sport in which two teams of 6 active players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules....
 arena for the NCAA
National Collegiate Athletic Association

The National Collegiate Athletic Association is a voluntary association of about 1,281 institutions, conferences, organizations and individuals that organizes the athletic programs of many colleges and University in the United States ....
 college basketball
College basketball

College basketball most often refers to the American basketball competitive governance structure established by the National Collegiate Athletic Association ....
 and college volleyball teams of California State University, Long Beach
California State University, Long Beach

California State University, Long Beach is the largest campus of the California State University system and the second largest university in the state of California by enrollment....
. Finished in 1994, it is a large, pyramid
Pyramid

A pyramid is a building where the outer surfaces are triangular and converge at a point. The base of pyramids are usually quadrilateral or trilateral , meaning that a pyramid usually has four or five faces....
-shaped building, uniformly clad in sheets of dark-blue corrugated aluminum, and seats 5,000 spectators.

The Southern California Summer Pro League
Summer Pro League

The Summer Pro League, officially known as the The Southern California Summer Pro League is a basketball league held every summer in Long Beach, California where first and second round draft picks in the NBA are able to improve their skills....
 uses the Pyramid during July.






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Walter Pyramid
The Walter Pyramid (formerly the Long Beach Pyramid), in Long Beach
Long Beach, California

Long Beach is a large city located in southern California, USA, on the Pacific Ocean coast. It is situated in Los Angeles County, about south of downtown Los Angeles....
, California
California

California is a U.S. state on the West Coast of the United States of the United States, along the Pacific Ocean. It is bordered by Oregon to the north, Nevada to the east, Arizona to the southeast, and to the south the Mexico state of Baja California....
, is the on-campus basketball
Basketball

Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five active players each try to score points against one another by propelling a basketball through a 10 feet  high hoop under organized rules....
 and volleyball
Volleyball

Volleyball is an Olympic Games team sport in which two teams of 6 active players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules....
 arena for the NCAA
National Collegiate Athletic Association

The National Collegiate Athletic Association is a voluntary association of about 1,281 institutions, conferences, organizations and individuals that organizes the athletic programs of many colleges and University in the United States ....
 college basketball
College basketball

College basketball most often refers to the American basketball competitive governance structure established by the National Collegiate Athletic Association ....
 and college volleyball teams of California State University, Long Beach
California State University, Long Beach

California State University, Long Beach is the largest campus of the California State University system and the second largest university in the state of California by enrollment....
. Finished in 1994, it is a large, pyramid
Pyramid

A pyramid is a building where the outer surfaces are triangular and converge at a point. The base of pyramids are usually quadrilateral or trilateral , meaning that a pyramid usually has four or five faces....
-shaped building, uniformly clad in sheets of dark-blue corrugated aluminum, and seats 5,000 spectators.

The Southern California Summer Pro League
Summer Pro League

The Summer Pro League, officially known as the The Southern California Summer Pro League is a basketball league held every summer in Long Beach, California where first and second round draft picks in the NBA are able to improve their skills....
 uses the Pyramid during July. The league is a showcase for current and prospective NBA
National Basketball Association

The National Basketball Association is North America's premier professional men's basketball league, composed of thirty teams: twenty-nine in the United States and one in Canada....
 basketball players, including recent draft picks, current NBA players working on their skills and conditioning, and international professionals hoping to become NBA players.

History

Before the Walter Pyramid was built on campus, the Long Beach State basketball team played some of their games in the Long Beach Sports Arena in downtown Long Beach
Long Beach, California

Long Beach is a large city located in southern California, USA, on the Pacific Ocean coast. It is situated in Los Angeles County, about south of downtown Los Angeles....
, and some on-campus at the Gold Mine
Gold Mine (Long Beach)

The Gold Mine is a 1,900 seat multi-purpose arena in Long Beach, California, on the campus of California State University, Long Beach. Opened in the late 1950s, when it was known as University Gym, the Gold Mine was home to Long Beach State's basketball and volleyball teams until the Walter Pyramid opened in 1994....
, which has just 1,900 seats.

The arena opened for its first 49er basketball game on November 30, 1994. In that game, which was televised on ESPN
ESPN

ESPN is a United States cable television Television network dedicated to Broadcasting of sports events and producing sports-related programming 24 hours a day....
, the 49ers defeated the University of Detroit Mercy
University of Detroit Mercy

University of Detroit Mercy is a comprehensive university in Detroit, Michigan, United States, created in 1990. With origins dating from 1877, it is the largest Roman Catholic university in Michigan....
, with a final score of 71-64 before a standing room only
Standing room only

An event is described as standing room only when it is so well-attended that all of the chairs in the venue are occupied leaving only flat spaces of pavement or flooring for other attendees to stand....
 crowd of 5,021.

The Pyramid was home to the Long Beach Stingrays
Long Beach Stingrays

The Long Beach Stingrays was a women's professional basketball team. It existed for only the 1997-98 season, and was a member of the American Basketball League ....
, a women's professional basketball team of the now-defunct American Basketball League
American Basketball League

American Basketball League is a name that has been used by three defunct basketball leagues in the United States:*American Basketball League , the first true professional basketball league...
 for a time in 1997-98.

The Walter Pyramid was designed by Don Gibbs and built by the Nielson Construction of San Diego
San Diego, California

San Diego is the second largest city in California and the List of United States cities by population, located along the Pacific Ocean on the West Coast of the United States of the Western United States....
. The building of The Walter Pyramid cost approximately $22 million USD. It is named for Mike and Arline Walter, supporters of California State University, Long Beach.

Facts about The Walter Pyramid

Each side of the perimeter
Perimeter

A perimeter is a path that bounds an area. The word comes from the Greek peri and meter . The term may be used either for the path or its length....
 of The Walter Pyramid measures 345 feet, making it a mathematically true
True

True is the adjective form of the word truth.True may also refer to:...
 pyramid. There is a and a conference center located in The Walter Pyramid.