View source for John Kresse Arena

{{Short description|Arena in Charleston, South Carolina}}
'''John Kresse Arena''' is a 3,000-seat multi-purpose [[arena]] in [[Charleston, South Carolina]]. It was the home to the [[College of Charleston]] Cougars [[basketball]] team from 1982 to 2008. The facility opened as the '''F. Mitchell Johnson Arena''' in 1982.  In 1994, it was renamed after the school's longtime head basketball coach [[John Kresse]]--making Kresse one of the few active collegiate coaches to coach in an arena that is named for him.  It hosted the 1997 and 1998 [[Atlantic Sun Conference]] men's basketball tournaments. It was replaced by Carolina First Arena, now [[TD Arena]], which opened in October 2008.

==External links==
*[http://www.cofcsports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=14800&ATCLID=717564 CofCSports.com]

{{College of Charleston Cougars men's basketball navbox}}
{{College of Charleston}}
{{coord|32|47|7|N|79|56|3|W|type:landmark|display=title}}

[[Category:Charleston Cougars basketball]]
[[Category:Sports venues in Charleston, South Carolina]]
[[Category:College basketball venues in South Carolina]]
[[Category:Defunct college basketball venues in the United States]]
[[Category:1982 establishments in South Carolina]]
[[Category:Sports venues completed in 1982]]

{{SouthCarolina-stadium-stub}}