From its opening until May 2008, it was named the Joe L. Reed Acadome, after Joe L. Reed, who played a significant, high-profile leadership role at ASU.[1] In 2008, the Alabama State Board of Trustees voted to remove Reed's name from the building, based upon claims that Reed gave the university negative publicity and wasted taxpayer money by filing too many frivolous lawsuits. The trustees renamed the court in honor of the university's two most successful basketball coaches, Charles Johnson "C.J." Dunn and James V. Oliver.[2][3] This furthered a debate between members of the board and Reed's supporters. In the 2009 legislative session, two legislators filed bills to restore Reed's name to the building, but both were withdrawn.[4]
dunn, oliver, acadome, seat, multi, purpose, arena, montgomery, alabama, opened, 1992, home, alabama, state, hornets, basketball, team, alabama, state, university, former, namesjoe, reed, acadome, 1992, 2008, locationmontgomery, alabamacoordinates32, 36185, 29. The Dunn Oliver Acadome is a 7 400 seat multi purpose arena in Montgomery Alabama Opened in 1992 it is home to the Alabama State Hornets basketball team of Alabama State University Dunn Oliver AcadomeFormer namesJoe L Reed Acadome 1992 2008 LocationMontgomery AlabamaCoordinates32 21 43 N 86 17 35 W 32 36185 N 86 293158 W 32 36185 86 293158OperatorAlabama State UniversityCapacity7 400Opened1992TenantsAlabama State Hornets and Lady Hornets From its opening until May 2008 it was named the Joe L Reed Acadome after Joe L Reed who played a significant high profile leadership role at ASU 1 In 2008 the Alabama State Board of Trustees voted to remove Reed s name from the building based upon claims that Reed gave the university negative publicity and wasted taxpayer money by filing too many frivolous lawsuits The trustees renamed the court in honor of the university s two most successful basketball coaches Charles Johnson C J Dunn and James V Oliver 2 3 This furthered a debate between members of the board and Reed s supporters In the 2009 legislative session two legislators filed bills to restore Reed s name to the building but both were withdrawn 4 See also editList of NCAA Division I basketball arenasReferences edit Alabama State Board removes Joe L Reed s name from Acadome Omnidan News May 30 2008 retrieved 2008 12 06 ASU board votes to rename Acadome in honor of winning coaches Montgomery Advertiser 2010 01 15 retrieved 2010 01 15 permanent dead link ASU Board Chisels Reed s Name Off Acadome Read the Resolution WSFA 12 News May 30 2008 archived from the original on August 2 2009 retrieved 2009 03 14 Smitherman s reasons for a Joe L Reed Acadome WSFA 12 News February 6 2009 archived from the original on July 18 2011 retrieved 2009 03 14External links editASU Facilities nbsp This article about a sports venue in Alabama is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte This article related to Montgomery Alabama is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Dunn Oliver Acadome amp oldid 1093039032, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
