Top Sporting Venuesof the 20th Century

1. Yankee Stadium2. Augusta National3. Michie Stadium4. Cameron Indoor Stadium5. Bislett Stadium6. Wrigley Field7. Roland Garros8. Lambeau Field9. Fenway Park

10. Saratoga Race Course

*By Sports Illustrated

Top 10 American SportingVenues in ESPN History

1. Wrigley Field2. Cameron Indoor Stadium3. Lambeau Field4. Chicago Stadium/United Center5. SBC Park6. Joe Louis Arena7. Notre Dame Stadium8. Fenway Park9. Yankee Stadium

10. Boston Garden

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Cameron Indoor Stadium has been a perfect home forthe Duke University basketball program. Conceived on theback of a matchbook cover and renovated in the late 1980sat a cost of $2 million, Cameron has been the site of 689Blue Devil victories.

It was on the cover of a book of matches that EddieCameron and Wallace Wade first sketched out the plan forDuke’s Indoor Stadium in 1935. The story may be a myth(the matchbook has never been found), but then theIndoor Stadium that emerged from those first scribblingslends itself to the propagation of myths.

For 66 years, spectators, players and coaches haveunderstood the unique magic of the Indoor Stadium. Thebuilding was dedicated to longtime Duke athletic directorand basketball coach Eddie Cameron, a legend in his ownright, on Jan. 22, 1972. An unranked Duke team upset thenthird-ranked North Carolina, 76-74, after Robby Westdrove the length of the court to hit a pull-up jumper to winthe game.

It’s the intimacy of the arena, the unique seating ar-rangement that puts the wildest fans right down on thefloor with the players. It’s the legends that were madethere, the feeling of history being made with every game.And it’s something more than either of these, somethingindescribable that comes from the building itself. No onewho has experienced it will ever forget it.

The Stadium was ready to be opened by the first of thenew year in 1940. The final cost: $400,000 (which Dukefinished paying after the football team won the Sugar Bowlin 1945).

Duke’s new Indoor Stadium was officially opened onJan. 6, 1940. Touring the building before the eveningceremony and subsequent game, local city officials were“speechless.” Said Chamber of Commerce President Col.Marion B. Fowler, “It is so colossal and so wonderful ...This building will not only be an asset to the university butto the entire community as well.” Chamber SecretaryFrank Pierson concurred, “There are no superlatives forit.”

The building was dedicated before a crowd of 8,000,the largest ever in the history of southern basketball.President William P. Few and Dean William H. Wannamakerpresented the Stadium to the University. The Blue Devilsbeat the visiting Princeton Tigers that night, 36-27.

Renovations to the arena began in 1987. The lobbiesand concourse were remodeled during the summer of1987. Then, in 1988, work began on the interior of the

arena. A new electronic scoreboard, new sound systemand decorative wood paneling gave Cameron an

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“We have something very spe-cial here at Duke, and that’s theintimacy that has developedbetween the students and theirteam. I’m glad Duke administra-tion always looks at it that theDuke students get the bestseats.” — MikeKrzyzewski

“Cameron In-door Stadium isthe best place toplay in the nationwhether it is collegeor professional sports.I am blessed to havebeen a part of it.”— Trajan Langdon

“Cameron is the best place toplay in America” — Dick Vitale

“It is a building with a soul.”— Mike Krzyzewski

Completed in 1940, Cameron IndoorStadium is one of the treasures of col-lege basketball. The classic venue hasplayed host to some of the greatestmoments in the history of the game.Duke has won 83 percent of its gamesin the building, including a 70-3 markover the last five seasons.

Cameron Attendance Records

Year G Total Avg Capacity1. 1997 17 158,338 9,314 100%2. 1996 16 149,024 9,314 100%

1994 16 149,024 9,314 100%1993 16 149,024 9,314 100%

5. 1991 16 145,710 9,107 97.7%6. 2006 15 139,710 9,314 100%

2005 15 139,710 9,314 100%2004 15 139,710 9,314 100%2003 15 139,710 9,314 100%2001 15 139,710 9,314 100%2000 15 139,710 9,314 100%1998 15 139,710 9,314 100%1989 15 139,710 9,314 100%

updated look, while maintaining theoriginal elegance. The addition of 750new student seats, increasingCameron’s capacity to 9,314, gave the

Cameron Crazies, the Duke studentswho have made a name for themselves as

Duke’s exceptional “Sixth Man,” a little moreroom to practice the art of supporting their team

creatively.In the early 1990s, the time was right to give Cameron

an addition with new locker rooms, coaches’ offices, anacademic center and a new Sports Hall of Fame. Severalyears later, ground was broken for the new Schwartz-Butters Athletic Center after the end of the 1997-98 season.That complex now houses the men’s and women’s basket-ball programs, as well as Duke’s athletic academic center.

The first part of that expansion and improvementproject was the installation of a new floor in Cameron

Indoor Stadium after the 1996-97 season. The latestadvancements in floor technology were utilized togive the Blue Devils one of the finest playingsurfaces in the entire country. Prior to the 1999-2000 season, a new press row was added. Thelatest renovations at Cameron are the addition ofair conditioning, a new roof, new flooring on theconcourse level and improvements to the locker

rooms.

Excerpted from “Home Court - Fifty Years of CameronIndoor Stadium” by Hazel Landwehr.

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The $15.2 million Center for Ath-letic Excellence (CAE) will be afirst-class athletics complex de-signed to inspire, enhance andcelebrate Duke University’s ex-traordinary student-athletes in all26 intercollegiate sports. The CAEwill contain three vital components— the department’s academicsupport center, a premier campusbanquet space and a basketballtraining facility for both the Dukemen’s and women’s basketballprograms

The home of Duke basketball is the Schwartz/ButtersAthletic Center. The building, which is adjacent to Cameron

Indoor Stadium, was dedicated on April 15, 2000. It isnamed after Alan D. Schwartz, a former Duke baseballplayer and the current executive vice president ofBear Stearns and Companies, Inc., and Tom But-ters, Duke’s long-time athletics director.

The six-story building overlooks Blue DevilPlaza, an open grassy area that connects severalof Duke’s athletic facilities, including Cameron In-door Stadium, Card Gym, the Wilson Student Rec-

reation Center and the Sheffield Indoor Tennis Cen-ter. During basketball season, Blue Devil Plaza trans-

forms into Krzyzewskiville, the tent village of hundredsof Duke students waiting to get into games at Cameron

Indoor Stadium.The Schwartz/Butters Athletic Center is the anchor of

the vast athletics complex, housing the Duke Sports Hall ofFame in addition to new offices, locker rooms and playerlounges for both the men’s and women’s basketball pro-grams. The 5,890 square-foot men’s basketball locker roomcomes equipped with a Jacuzzi and sauna. There are weight/aerobic (1,475 square feet) and training facilities (1,075square feet) with state-of-the-art equipment for the bas-ketball team.

Additionally, the student-athlete academic center, un-der the direction of Brad Berndt, assistant athletics directorfor academic services, is housed on the third floor of thebuilding. The academic floor was financed by a gift fromJack H. Campbell.

The Schwartz/Butters Athletic Center, part of a $75million athletic facilities renovation project at Duke, providesthe Blue Devils with one of the finest facilities in all of col-lege basketball. It is tangible evidence of the university’scommitment to providing its student-athletes with top-notchfacilities.

Currently, the University is moving forward on the con-struction of The Center for Athletic Excellence, a complexdesigned to inspire, enhance and celebrate Duke’s extraor-dinary student-athletes in all 26 intercollegiate sports. TheCenter for Excellence will contain three vital components— the Jack Campbell Academic Support Center, the Uni-versity Events Center that will be a premier campus ban-quet space able to accommodate 300 people and a bas-ketball training facility for the men’s and women’s basket-ball teams. Included in the training facility will be a worldclass weight and conditioning room, a team and individualvideo viewing complex, and new academic resources space.

All three areas of the 56,000 square-foot center aredifferent in their use, but all three provide Duke student-

athletes and the entire University community with asuperior mental and physical training and prepara-tion facility.

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The mission of the Duke Basket-ball Strength and Conditioning Pro-gram is to merge the team’s prin-ciples of hard work and effort withthe development of functionalstrength, agility, footwork, flexibility,core strength and conditioning. Theprogram aims to facilitate growth of itsplayers’ basketball talent and fulfillmentof their athletic potential via completephysical maximization.

Assistant Strength and ConditioningCoach William Stephens is in his ninthseason with the Duke Athletics program.Stephens oversees the Strength and Con-ditioning programs for both men’s andwomen’s basketball.

The 41-year-old is a native ofElizabethtown, N.C., and a 1987 gradu-ate of N.C. Central University with a de-gree in Criminal Justice. He is an accom-plished weightlifter, as he was a three-time state powerlifting champion from1991-93. He also held the state record inthe deadlift (661 lbs.) and was a goldmedal winner at the World Champion-ships for Law Enforcement in 1994. Amember of the National Strength andConditioning Association, Stephens hasbeen a certified strength and condition-ing specialist since 1996.

He has one son, P.J. (8).

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Led by nationally renowned physicians and certified athletic trainers, Duke’s sports medicineprogram is widely considered the very best in the nation. In essence, the mission of the sportsmedicine program at Duke is to combine the latest innovations and technology in injury recogni-tion, prevention, treatment and performance enhancement with an outstanding collection ofdoctors, certified athletic trainers and other support personnel to give the Blue Devil student-athlete a quality experience while at Duke.

Duke student-athletes have access to some of the top doctors with vast experience in athlet-ics at the college and professional levels, all of whom are affiliated with the Duke Sports Medi-cine Center. Dr. Claude T. Moorman III, former head team physician for the NFL’s BaltimoreRavens, serves as the center’s director and head team physician. A 1987 graduate from theUniversity of Cincinnati College of Medicine, he returned to Duke after serving as the Director ofSports Medicine at the University of Maryland Medical Center from 1996-2001. Moorman, a Dukefootball letterman from 1980-82, heads the Sports Medicine Center staff, which also includes:• Dean Taylor, MD - Professor of Surgery, Division of Orthopaedic Surgery,Director of ShoulderFellowship. A 1981 graduate of West Point, Taylor joined the Duke staff in 2006 after serving asa Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery at the University of Minnesota. Taylor, who graduated fromDuke Medical School in 1985, became a member of the staff at Minnesota and served as a teamphysician for the NFL’s Minnesota Vikings, NHL’s Minnesota Wild and University of Minnesotaathletic program after retiring as a Colonel from the U.S. Army following 24 years of service. Hespent 11 years as the head team physician for athletes at West Point.• Jeff Bytomski, DO, CAQSM - Medical Team Physician. Bytomski completed a fellowship at the DukeUniversity Sports Medicine Center in 2002. During the fellowship, he worked with the women’ssoccer and women’s basketball team. He was also the medical team physician for North CarolinaCentral University and Carolina Cobras (Arena Football). Now in his third year at Duke, Bytomskiis a 1993 graduate of San Diego State University. He completed his medical training at KirksvilleCollege of Osteopathic Medicine in 1998 and family medicine residency at the Phoenix BaptistHospital.• Frank H. Bassett III, MD - Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery. Duke team physician emeritus.Bassett was the head team physician at Duke for 35 years and assists in fund-raising for thedepartment of athletics.

The Duke athletic training staff is headed by Dave Engelhardt, now in his 26th year at Duke,and Jose Fonseca, who is the head basketball trainer.

Fonseca begins his third year at Duke after spending two years at Nebraska as the men’sbasketball athletic trainer. While at Nebraska, he also assisted with the Cornhuskers’ nationallyranked football program. Prior to Nebraska, he was the athletic trainer for men’s basketball andbaseball at East Tennessee State University from 1999-2002. Originally from San Salvador, ElSalvador, Fonseca earned a B.S. degree in exercise and sports science with an emphasis inathletic training at The Pennsylvania State University in 1997. He returned to Penn State to earnhis mater’s degree in kinesiology in 1999.

Kerry Mullenix serves as the director of athletic rehabilitation in the Duke training room. Hehas a bachelor’s degree with an emphasis in athletic training from Nebraska in 1993 and amaster’s degree in physical therapy from the Nebraska Medical Center in 1997. Prior to arrivingat Duke in 1998, the Woodbine, Iowa, native worked at Jennie Edmundson Sports Medicine inIowa and at Healthworks Rehabilitation Center. Other certified athletic trainers on staff whoassist in the care of Duke student-athletes include Jen McCollum, Joe Ferraro, Summer McKeehan,Elizabeth Zanolli, Jennie Serenelli, Andrew Norden and Hap Zarzour.

Other facets of the sports medicine program include the very best training meals, monitored bysports nutritionist Franca Alphin, access to sports psychologists, and the ability to utilize the re-sources of the Duke Sports Medicine Center. Those resources include The Duke Sports MedicineClinic, Michael Krzyzewski Human Performance Lab (K-Lab) and the Duke Sports Performance Pro-gram. Each program brings an important element to the care of Duke student-athletes.

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Duke’s athletic program ranksamong the finest in the entire na-tion. Duke ranked eighth in the2006 final Directors’ Cup standings,a measure of a school’s all-aroundathletic success. It was Duke’s sec-ond consecutive top 10 finish in theall-sports rankings.

Eight Blue Devil teams havecaptured national championships —men’s basketball in 1991, 1992 and2001, women’s golf in 1999, 2002,2005 and 2006, and men’s soccerin 1986.

Duke was very success-ful nationally in 2005-06 as12 teams competed inNCAA Tournament actionwith three advancing tothe Final Four. Five Dukesquads earned ACC cham-pionships, bringing its total to38 over the past eight years.Individually, Duke boasted 26 All-America selections and two NationalPlayers of the Year. Basketball playerJ.J. Redick was named the winnerof the James E. Sullivan Award asthe top amateur athlete in theUnited States. The Blue Devils alsodominated the league awards,notching 50 All-ACC selections, fourPlayers of the Year and four Coachesof the Year.

Off the playing fields andcourts, Duke continued to excelacademically. In the 2006 ACC Aca-demic Honor Roll awarded to stu-dent-athletes for a GPA of 3.0 orhigher, Duke led all schools for the18th consecutive year with 362honorees.

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