Turner Arena (Harrogate)
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Location | Harrogate, Tennessee |
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Coordinates | 36°34′41″N 83°39′52″W / 36.5780238°N 83.6644936°WCoordinates: 36°34′41″N 83°39′52″W / 36.5780238°N 83.6644936°W |
Owner | Lincoln Memorial University |
Capacity | 5,009 |
Surface | Pete DeBusk Court |
Construction | |
Opened | 1991 |
Architect | James V. Adams |
Tenants | |
Lincoln Memorial University basketball | |
Website | |
lmurailsplitters |
Tex Turner Arena or "The Tex" is a 5,000 seat multi-purpose arena in Harrogate, Tennessee. It is the home of the Lincoln Memorial University Railsplitters basketball teams.
In 2018, the NCAA named it one of "The best arenas in Division II."[1]
The Railsplitters began play in Tex Turner Arena in 1991.
The building houses administrative offices, the Athletes Hall of Fame Room, a state of the art weight training facility, a 1st Class Film Room (Steven Day-Doug Barnard Media Room), a Team Lounge (Steven and Michelle Day Team Room), and also hosts an indoor walking track that is available to the public.
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- Indoor arenas in Tennessee
- College basketball venues in the United States
- Sports venues in Tennessee
- Buildings and structures in Claiborne County, Tennessee
- Harrogate, Tennessee
- Tennessee building and structure stubs
- Southern United States sports venue stubs
- Tennessee sport stubs