Joyce Athletic and Convocation Center

 stadium, athletics (sport)

The Joyce Center is a 11,418-seat multi-purpose arena in South Bend, Indiana. The arena opened in 1968. It is home to the University of Notre Dame Fighting Irish basketball and volleyball teams. The main arena (known separately as Purcell Pavilion) is the southern part of the Joyce Center, which also houses the hockey rink in the northern half of the center, and the Rolfs Aquatic Center (which was added on in 1985) in the rear of the building. It is located across the street from Notre Dame Stadium, and the center's two domes could easily be seen rising above the stadium's east side prior to its expansion. The 10-acre building, designed by the renowned sports architects at Ellerbe Architects of Saint Paul, Minnesota, was built in twenty-nine months, and opened the first week of December, 1968 as the Athletic & Convocation Center. It was renamed in 1987 to honor the Rev. Edmund P. Joyce, C.S.C., Notre Dame's executive vice president from 1952 to 1987. Prior to the building of the Joyce Center, the basketball team played in the Notre Dame Fieldhouse, which opened in 1900.
In 2009, the south dome, which houses the basketball arena, underwent a $24.6 million renovation and was renamed Purcell Pavilion.