The Sawyer Center, named for Carl Brannon Sawyer,[1] is the main athletic facility for Southern Nazarene University (SNU) and seats over 5,000. It is used for basketball and volleyball games played by the Southern Nazarene Crimson Storm. In addition to sporting events, the Sawyer Center also hosts all commencement, the New Student Institute for welcome week activities, and high school tournaments.
The first event held in the Sawyer Center was SNU's annual Excel Auction on February 11, 1998. The first sporting event was one week later, when the men's and women's basketball teams took on their cross-town rivals from Oklahoma City University. The Crimson Storm defeated both teams.
From 2001 to 2008, the Sawyer Center was home to the championship games of the National Christian Homeschool Basketball Championships. Every year the event was held there, the Sawyer Center held capacity crowds. In the last 2 years of the tournament, people were being turned away because of firecodes.
Due to the catastrophic devastation brought by Hurricane Katrina, the New Orleans Hornets franchise temporarily relocated their base of operations to Oklahoma City for two seasons in 2005–06 and 2006–07. During this time, the franchise was known as the New Orleans/Oklahoma City Hornets. In these two seasons, the vast majority of home games were played at the Ford Center in Oklahoma City, while a few remained at New Orleans Arena. During the New Orleans Hornets temporary relocation to Oklahoma City, the Sawyer Center was the official practice facility for the Oklahoma City/New Orleans Hornets.[2]
The Sawyer Center will also serve as the temporary practice facility for the new Oklahoma City Thunder basketball team, until a permanent facility is built.[3][4]
sawyer, center, coordinates, 511981, 62594, 511981, 62594, named, carl, brannon, sawyer, main, athletic, facility, southern, nazarene, university, seats, over, used, basketball, volleyball, games, played, southern, nazarene, crimson, storm, addition, sporting,. Coordinates 35 30 43 N 97 37 33 W 35 511981 N 97 62594 W 35 511981 97 62594 The Sawyer Center named for Carl Brannon Sawyer 1 is the main athletic facility for Southern Nazarene University SNU and seats over 5 000 It is used for basketball and volleyball games played by the Southern Nazarene Crimson Storm In addition to sporting events the Sawyer Center also hosts all commencement the New Student Institute for welcome week activities and high school tournaments Sawyer CenterLocationSouthern Nazarene University Bethany OK 73008OwnerSouthern Nazarene UniversityCapacity5 000OpenedFebruary 11 1999TenantsSouthern Nazarene Crimson StormHistory EditThe first event held in the Sawyer Center was SNU s annual Excel Auction on February 11 1998 The first sporting event was one week later when the men s and women s basketball teams took on their cross town rivals from Oklahoma City University The Crimson Storm defeated both teams From 2001 to 2008 the Sawyer Center was home to the championship games of the National Christian Homeschool Basketball Championships Every year the event was held there the Sawyer Center held capacity crowds In the last 2 years of the tournament people were being turned away because of firecodes Due to the catastrophic devastation brought by Hurricane Katrina the New Orleans Hornets franchise temporarily relocated their base of operations to Oklahoma City for two seasons in 2005 06 and 2006 07 During this time the franchise was known as the New Orleans Oklahoma City Hornets In these two seasons the vast majority of home games were played at the Ford Center in Oklahoma City while a few remained at New Orleans Arena During the New Orleans Hornets temporary relocation to Oklahoma City the Sawyer Center was the official practice facility for the Oklahoma City New Orleans Hornets 2 The Sawyer Center will also serve as the temporary practice facility for the new Oklahoma City Thunder basketball team until a permanent facility is built 3 4 References Edit Sawyer Center Homepage Archived 2011 10 01 at the Wayback Machine SNU statement on NBA Hornets using Sawyer Center General Manager stated SNU will be the temporary practice facility KFOR on the Sawyer Center and the ThunderExternal links EditSawyer Center Homepage This article related to the Church of the Nazarene is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte This article related to sports in Oklahoma is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Sawyer Center amp oldid 944948070, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
