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{{Short description|Arena on the campus of Stanford University in Stanford, California, United States}}
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{{Infobox venue
| stadium_name      = '''Maples Pavilion'''
| nickname          = 
| image             = Maples Pavilion.jpg
| image_size        = 240
| caption           = Hosting the [[San Francisco Dons men's basketball|USF Dons]] in November [[2005–06 NCAA Division I men's basketball season|2005]]
| fullname          = Roscoe Maples Pavilion
| location          = 655 Campus Drive<br>[[Stanford, California]]
| coordinates       = {{Coord|37.4296|-122.1605|type:landmark|display=inline,title}}
| pushpin_map       = USA California#USA
| pushpin_relief    = yes
| pushpin_map_caption = Location in California##Location in the United States
| broke_ground      = 1967
| built             = 
| opened            = January 3, 1969<br>{{Years or months ago|1969}}
| renovated         = March 2004
| closed            = 
| owner             = [[Stanford University]]
| operator          = Stanford University
| construction_cost = [[United States dollar|$]]3.24 Million<br>(${{formatprice|{{Inflation|US|3240000|1969}}}} in {{Inflation-year|US}} dollars{{inflation-fn|US}})
| architect         = [[John Carl Warnecke]]
| former_names      = 
| tenants           = [[Stanford Cardinal]] (1969–present)
| seating_capacity  = [[Basketball]]: 7,233
}}

'''Maples Pavilion''' is a 7,233-seat multi-purpose [[arena]] on the campus of [[Stanford University]] in [[Stanford, California]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Maples Pavilion |url=https://gostanford.com/facilities/maples-pavilion/10 |access-date=May 16, 2024}}</ref> Opened in 1969, Maples underwent a [[United States dollar|$]]30 million renovation in March 2004 and reopened ahead of schedule, in time for conference play that December.<ref name=mpremon>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=hGhWAAAAIBAJ&sjid=3PIDAAAAIBAJ&pg=2827%2C7261089 |newspaper=Spokesman-Review |location=Spokane, Washington |agency=Associated Press |title=Maples Pavilion remodel on schedule |date=August 20, 2004 |page=C7 }}</ref><ref name=mflmf>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=2atAAAAAIBAJ&sjid=_CAGAAAAIBAJ&pg=5297%2C6674520 |newspaper=Lodi News-Sentinel |location=California |agency=Associated Press |title=Stanford missing familiar Maples' floor|date=December 27, 2004 |page=16 }}</ref><ref name=bnflrpl>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=odRYAAAAIBAJ&sjid=rPADAAAAIBAJ&pg=3068%2C5773810 |newspaper=Eugene Register-Guard |location=Oregon |last=Moseley |first=Rob |title=Brand new floor plan |date=January 25, 2005 |page=E1 }}</ref> It was named after its principal donor, Roscoe Maples.<ref name=npvtb>{{cite news |url=http://stanforddailyarchive.com/cgi-bin/stanford?a=d&d=stanford19690213-01.2.17&e=07-07-1969-31-12-1970# |newspaper=Stanford Daily |location=California |last=Thacher |first=Steve |title=New pavilion to be dedicated  |date=February 13, 1969 |page=3 }}</ref>

== History ==
Roscoe Maples was an [[Oregon]] lumber magnate. Upon his death in 1963, Maples bequeathed most of his $2 million estate to the university. A member of the class of 1904, he left school before graduating to support his parents, and later went on to success in the lumber business.<ref name="npvtb" />
Prior to 1969, Stanford played at the [[Burnham Pavilion (Stanford University)|Old Pavilion]], opened in 1922.

Maples is home to multiple [[Stanford Cardinal]] athletics teams, including [[Stanford Cardinal men's basketball|men's]] and [[Stanford Cardinal women's basketball|women's]] [[basketball]], men's and women's gymnastics, and women's [[volleyball]]. The raucous [[student section]] that roots for the men's basketball team is called the "6th Man" and is located in several rows courtside.<ref name=stnf6m>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=ocwqAAAAIBAJ&sjid=wNAFAAAAIBAJ&pg=3444%2C2362155 |newspaper=Moscow-Pullman Daily News  |location=Idaho, Washington |title=Stanford sixth-man keeps it fun around Maples Pavilion |last=Bosley |first=Don |agency=(Sacramento Bee) |date=January 29, 1998 |page=1D }}</ref>

Prior to the renovation, the original floor at Maples had a flexible surface.<ref name=mflmf/> Designed by Stanford graduate [[John Carl Warnecke]] (1919–2010), it was installed when the Pavilion opened in 1969. {{convert|9|in|cm|spell=In}} of crosshatched wood and air was supposed to create a coil-spring effect preventing injuries, but often had the opposite effect.<ref name=bnflrpl/><ref name=spflr>{{cite news |url=http://dailyorange.com/2004/02/stanford-s-injury-causing-springy-floor-to-be-removed/ |newspaper=[[Daily Orange]] |location=[[Syracuse, New York]] |last=Mague |first=Anthony |title=Stanford's injury-causing, springy floor to be removed |date=February 11, 2004 |access-date=August 3, 2015 }}</ref> It caused a "Missed Stair Effect", a phenomenon that occurs when the body senses where the floor should be upon landing after a jump. With the tensile feeling of the floor, often the level would be different from when the player jumped, causing a strange sensation throughout the body.

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

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.gostanford.com/facilities/stan-maples.html Stanford Official Athletic site]

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