Robins Center, Richmond

Name: Robins Center
Address: Richmond, United States

#337 among attractions in Richmond

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The Robins Center is a 7,201-seat multi-purpose arena in Richmond, Virginia. Opened in 1972, the arena is home to the University of Richmond Spiders basketball. It hosted the ECAC South men's basketball tournament in 1983. It is named for E. Claiborne Robins Sr, class of 1931, who, along with his family, have been leading benefactors for the school. The opening of the Robins Center returning Spider basketball to an on-campus facility for the first time since the mid-1940s when it outgrew Millhiser Gymnasium. In the intervening decades, the Spiders played home games in numerous locations around the Richmond area, including the Richmond Coliseum, the Richmond Arena, the Benedictine High School gymnasium, Grays' Armory and Blues' Armory. The Robins Center arena serves as the location of the University of Richmond's commencement exercises and hosted a 1992 Presidential debate involving Bill Clinton, George H. W. Bush, and Ross Perot. ()

Capacity: 9071Coordinates: 37°34'51"N, 77°32'20"W

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Near West End (University of Richmond)Richmond United States

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Robins Center – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Henry Mansfield Cannon Memorial Chapel, Tuckahoe Apartments, North Court, Three Chopt Road Historic District.

0.4 miS
Church, Gothic Revival architecture
Henry Mansfield Cannon Memorial Chapel, Richmond
11 min walk • Henry Mansfield Cannon Memorial Chapel, also known as Cannon Chapel, is an American historic chapel located on the University of Richmond campus in Richmond, Virginia. It was designed by architect Charles M. Robinson and built in 1929 in the Late Gothic Revival style.
1.2 miSE
Georgian architecture
Tuckahoe Apartments, Richmond
32 min walk • Tuckahoe Apartments, also known as The Tuckahoe, is a historic apartment building in Richmond, Virginia. It was designed by W. Duncan Lee and built in 1928–1929. It is a massive, six-story, red brick, Georgian Revival style building. It was built as a luxury "apartment-hotel".
0.4 miSW
Gothic Revival architecture
North Court, Richmond
11 min walk • North Court is a historic dormitory building located on the University of Richmond campus in Richmond, Virginia. The building was originally built for Westhampton College, which together with Richmond College became the University of Richmond in 1920.
0.7 miE
Tudor Revival architecture, Colonial revival architecture
Three Chopt Road Historic District, Richmond
18 min walk • The Three Chopt Road Historic District is a national historic district located at Richmond, Virginia. The district encompasses 90 contributing buildings, 4 contributing sites, and 4 contributing structures located west of downtown Richmond.
0.9 miSE
Greek Revival architecture
Gordon–Baughan–Warren House, Richmond
23 min walk • Gordon–Baughan–Warren House, also known as Boyd House, is a historic home located in Richmond, Virginia.
1.3 miSE
Colonial revival architecture
Jerman House, Richmond
33 min walk • The Jerman House is a historic house at 24 Hampton Hills Lane in Richmond, Virginia. It is a 1-1/2 story brick structure, with a side gable roof, and flanking 1-1/2 story wings extending to the sides at a setback.
1.2 miSE
Colonial revival architecture
St. Catherine's School, Richmond
30 min walk • St. Catherine's School is an independent Episcopal diocesan school in Richmond, Virginia, USA. It is the oldest private, all-girls school in Richmond and the only independent all-girls school in Virginia for age 3 - grade 12. St.
1 miE
Colonial revival architecture
St. Christopher's School, Richmond
25 min walk • St. Christopher's School, founded in 1911, is a college preparatory school for boys located in Richmond, Virginia. A program of coordination with nearby St.
~1280 ftSE
Gothic Revival architecture
Ryland Hall, Richmond
7 min walk • Ryland Hall is a historic academic building located on the University of Richmond campus in Richmond, Virginia. The building was originally built for Richmond College, which together with Westhampton College became the University of Richmond in 1920.
~940 ftSW
Sport venue, Sport
Malcolm U. Pitt Field, Richmond
5 min walk • Malcolm U. Pitt Field is a baseball venue located on the campus of the University of Richmond in Richmond, Virginia, United States. The field is home to the Richmond Spiders baseball team of the NCAA Division I Atlantic 10 Conference. The field is named after former Spiders baseball and basketball coach Malcolm U. Pitt.

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Nearby attractions include Ryland Hall, Richmond (7 min walk), North Court, Richmond (11 min walk), Henry Mansfield Cannon Memorial Chapel, Richmond (11 min walk), Three Chopt Road Historic District, Richmond (18 min walk).