Tom Gola Arena
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Tom Gola Arena is a 4,000-seat multi-purpose arena in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania situated inside the Hayman Center. It is home to the La Salle University Explorers basketball and volleyball teams. It is named after Tom Gola, a Philadelphia basketball player and coach who is in the Basketball Hall of Fame.
Should the 2016 Summer Olympics be held in Philadelphia, the arena is planned to host fencing.
The building was opened in February of 1998. They had not played on campus since leaving Wister Hall in 1955, the season after the 1954 NCAA Championship. They played at the Palestra from 1955 to 1989, the Philadelphia Civic Center from 1989 to 1996, and the First Union Spectrum from 1996 until the arena opened in 1998.
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