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The Palestra, often called the Cathedral of College Basketball, is a historic arena and the home gym of the Penn Quakers men's and women's basketball teams, volleyball teams, wrestling team, and Philadelphia Big 5 basketball.
Jul 9, 2020 · The Palestra, named by a Greek studies professor at Penn, has welcomed the basketball devout and inspired songs of praise, poetry and puffery (I’ll take credit for at least 10,000 myself) for 93...
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Mar 4, 2015 · Palestra is the oldest major college basketball arena in the US and the home of the Big 5 city series. Learn about its origins, features, and why it is celebrated as a cathedral of basketball.
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The most storied gymnasium in the history of collegiate athletics, the Palestra is the oldest major college arena still in use today and has hosted more games, more visiting teams and more NCAA tournaments than any other facility.
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More college basketball games have been played at the Palestra than in any other arena in the world. The arena, built in 1927 on the University of Pennsylvan...
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Dec 17, 2018 · Tales from the Palestra: Big 5 icons tell their favorite stories from the old arena - The Athletic. By Dana O'Neil. Dec 17, 2018. Before I sat down to write this story, I told my 14-year-old son...
