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{{short description|Sports arena at Loyola Marymount University}}
{{Infobox Stadium
| name               = Gersten Pavilion
| image              = Gersten Pavillion.tif
| nickname           = ''Hank's House''
| image_map           = {{maplink|frame=yes|plain=yes|frame-align=center|frame-width=250|zoom=15|type=point}}
| coordinates         = {{coord|33|58|3|N|118|24|56|W|type:landmark|display=it}}
| location           = One LMU Drive<br>Los Angeles, CA 90045
| broke_ground       =
| opened             = January 15, 1981
| closed             =
| demolished         =
| owner              = Loyola Marymount University
| operator           = Loyola Marymount University
| surface            = Hardwood
| construction_cost  = $4.2 million<br>(${{formatprice|{{Inflation|US|4200000|1981}}}} in {{Inflation-year|US}} dollars{{inflation-fn|US}})
| architect          = John Aleksich
| former_names       =
| tenants            = [[Loyola Marymount Lions]]<br>(Men's and Women's basketball, Women's Volleyball)
| seating_capacity   = 3,900 (2016)
}}

The '''Gersten Pavilion''' is a 3,900-seat multi-purpose [[arena]] in [[Los Angeles, California]]. It is the home of the [[Loyola Marymount Lions|Loyola Marymount University Lions]]. It was built in 1981 and has been used for home games by the university's [[Loyola Marymount Lions men's basketball|men's basketball]], [[Loyola Marymount Lions women's basketball|women's basketball]], and volleyball teams since January 1982. 

It was also the part-time practice home for the [[Los Angeles Lakers]]. It was the site for the [[Weightlifting at the 1984 Summer Olympics|weightlifting]] competition for the [[1984 Summer Olympics]].<ref>[http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1984/1984v1pt1.pdf 1984 Summer Olympics official report.] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101102235952/http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1984/1984v1pt1.pdf |date=November 2, 2010 }} Volume 1. Part 1. pp. 150-2.</ref> The arena will forever be linked to the events that transpired on March 4, 1990, when [[Loyola Marymount University|LMU]] star [[Hank Gathers]] collapsed on the court from [[cardiomyopathy]] during a [[West Coast Conference]] men's basketball tournament game and later died. The tourney was promptly suspended and LMU was awarded the NCAA bid based on their regular season title. The facility also hosted the WCC tournament in 1997.

The arena is known among LMU alumni as "'''Hank's House"''' in honor of Gathers and the phrase '''"This is Hank's House"''' is recited before the start of every men's basketball game.<ref>{{cite news |last=Drooz |first=Alan |title=As in His Life, Gathers Stirs Ovations : Memorial: Family, friends fill Gersten Pavilion to pay tribute to the late Loyola Marymount star. |date=March 7, 1990 |newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]] |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-03-07-sp-1960-story.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220609172713/http://articles.latimes.com/print/1990-03-07/sports/sp-1960_1_gersten-pavilion |archive-date=June 9, 2022 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Plaschke |first=Bill |title=Hank Gathers lives on in his house |date=January 31, 2010 |newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]] |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2010-jan-31-la-sp-plaschke31-2010jan31-story.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120707002653/http://articles.latimes.com/print/2010/jan/31/sports/la-sp-plaschke31-2010jan31 |archive-date=July 7, 2012 |url-status=live }}</ref>

==See also==
* [[List of NCAA Division I basketball arenas]]

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://lmulions.collegesports.com/school-bio/gersten.html LMU Gersten Pavilion page] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051223031644/http://lmulions.collegesports.com/school-bio/gersten.html |date=2005-12-23 }}

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