Manhattanville University - Kennedy Gymnasium

2900 Purchase St, Purchase, NY 10577

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Overview

Dedicated in October 1957 by the family of eventual United States President John F. Kennedy, Kennedy Gymnasium is the home of the Manhattanville men's and women's basketball and women's volleyball programs, while also serving as the day-to-day operational home of the Manhattanville Department of Athletics.

Kennedy's main attraction, a basketball and volleyball arena, has balcony and ground-level seating and standing room for nearly 1,000 spectators and the intimate atmosphere gives the Manhattanville teams that play inside it a loud and imposing home-court advantage. With bleachers lining the near sideline of the court and a large balcony overhanging the bleachers, there is plenty of room for Valiant friends, family and fans to cheer on their favorite Manhattanville teams throughout the season.

The Kennedy Gym building also houses the Valiants' strength & conditioning and sports medicine departments, a swimming pool, multiple locker rooms and office facilities, making it the primary meeting point for all of Manhattanville's varsity sports teams throughout the year. The entire facility received a major overhaul during the 2012-13 school year, completely renovating almost every square inch of the venerable building.

The bottom floor now features a completely redrawn floor plan, complete with new and improved locker room facilities for Valiant and visiting teams. All Manhattanville locker rooms now feature new wall-to-wall carpeting, individualized wooden locker stalls with personalized nameplates, customized team white boards and video projection systems installed in every room, while the shower facilities were also given a much-needed upgrade. The renovations also created specific visiting team locker room and shower facilities as well.

The Kennedy lobby area also received a major facelift in the spring of 2013. A new floor was installed and a large collage showcasing some of the school's many championship teams was created, while new posters recognize all of Manhattanville's conference championships as well as the school's long list of All-Americans, Players of the Year and other individual award winners. Team photos of all 20 varsity sports also hang in the main lobby as well in addition to large-scale photos of some of the College's most prolific student-athletes.

The newest addition to the renovation project was the complete renovation of the Kennedy Gym court, which was completely torn up and resurfaced thanks to a sizeable donation from the "Sunday Run" basketball group. Manhattanville partnered with J & J Gym Floors for the new floor, which eliminates the multitude of dead spots that plagued the 55-year old floor while also creating crisp, new graphics and a vibrant new paint job on the court itself.

As a whole, the Kennedy Gym renovations help Manhattanville keep up with the top teams in the country and allow the school to continue its unique home-field advantage both on the court and in the locker room.

In addition, the offices of all Valiant coaches are also located within Kennedy Gym, as are the offices of all Manhattanville athletic administrators. Kennedy Gymnasium is also host to several camps and local recreational groups during the summer and throughout the school year.

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