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| former_names = Alumni Memorial Fieldhouse (1949–2009)
| tenants = [[Saint Joseph's Hawks men's basketball]] ([[National Collegiate Athletic Association|NCAA]] [[NCAA Division I|D-I]]) (1949–2008, 2009–present)<br />[[Philadelphia Freedoms]] ([[World TeamTennis|WTT]]) (2017–2019)
| seating_capacity = 3,200 (1949
|publictransit = {{bus icon|12px}} {{rint|septa|60px}} [[SEPTA]] bus: {{SEPTA bus link|1|44|52|65}}
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On October 26, 1967, the Reverend Dr. [[Martin Luther King Jr.]] spoke to 3,400 people in the Fieldhouse. Today, a bronze plaque in the lobby recognizes his visit.
The Hawks won 34 consecutive games in Alumni Memorial Fieldhouse from the late 1950s through the early 1960s. In the mid-1970s and '90s, the Fieldhouse served as the practice home for the [[Philadelphia 76ers]].<ref>
The final game at the Fieldhouse was a win over #8 ranked [[Xavier University]] on March 5, 2008. The sell-out crowd included Hawk legends [[Jameer Nelson]] and [[Jack Ramsay]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.sjuhawks.com/sports/m-baskbl/recaps/030708aab.html |title=SAINT JOSEph's OFFICIAL ATHLETIC SITE - Men's Basketball |access-date=2013-02-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120222171103/http://www.sjuhawks.com/sports/m-baskbl/recaps/030708aab.html |archive-date=2012-02-22 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
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