Facts and Figures

BASIC FACTS

Name: John Paul Jones Arena

Location: Charlottesville, Va.

Ground breaking: May 30, 2003

Open date: July 2006

Project Cost: $129.8 million

Capacity: 15, 219 (basketball)

Major Tenant: University of Virginia Cavaliers men’s and women’s basketball

DESIGN FACTS

Site: 26.2 acres at the corner of Emmet Street and Massie Road

Building dimensions: 471’-0” x 341’-0”

Area: 365,916 square feet

Volume: 11,952,593 cubic feet

Height: 111’-5” above grade

Clear span: 297’-0”

Scoreboard: center-hung, four-screen, high-definition Diamond Vision

LED ribbon board: 670 linear feet total, 601,000 pixels

Chillers: 2 x 1,200 tons

Boilers: 4 x 10,200 Mbtu

Power: TBD

CONSTRUCTION FACTS

Topping date: June 22, 2005

Columns: 26 pre-cast concrete (up to 23’-10 5/8” high and 21,183 lbs)

Bricks: 600,000 wood-moulded, Old Virginia bricks

Cast-in-place concrete: 28,000 cubic yards

Reinforcing steel: 2,100 tons

Structural steel: 8,900 members

Roof trusses: 41 (the largest weighs 190 tons)

Bolts/truss: 1,600

Roof decking: 2,131 squares (100 SF/each)

SEATING FACTS

Tread depth: 34” in lower bowl, 33” in upper bowl

Basketball capacity: 15,219

Center-stage event capacity: 15,766

End-stage event capacity: 14,450

FUN FACTS

Box office windows: 15

Concession points: 56

ATM points: 2

Flat-screen televisions: 150

Loudspeakers: 69

Amplification: 125,00 watts

Bathrooms: 45

Toilets: 369

First-aid stations: 3

Level: 3 (event level, lower concourse, and upper concourse)

Passenger elevators: 3

Press stations: 73

TV camera locations: 10

Suites: 19 total (including 1 double-suite)

Courtside seats: 11