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Johnson Gymnasium

Sports arena at the University of New Mexico

35°4′57″N 106°37′5″W / 35.08250°N 106.61806°W / 35.08250; -106.61806OwnerUniversity of New MexicoOperatorUniversity of New MexicoCapacity7,800 (peak) 4,000 (current)Opened1957TenantsNew Mexico Lobos men's basketball (1957–1966)
New Mexico Lobos women's volleyball (1996–present)

Johnson Gymnasium is a 4,000-seat multi-purpose arena in Albuquerque, New Mexico, on the campus of the University of New Mexico. It opened in 1957 and was the home venue of the New Mexico Lobos basketball team until The Pit opened in 1966. Today, Johnson Gymnasium is the home floor for the Lobo volleyball team. The gym is named after former Lobos basketball coach, Roy Johnson.

On March 18, 2015, the arena hosted a New Mexico Lobos women's basketball game for the first time when the Lobos took on North Dakota in the first round of the Women's Basketball Invitational. The team's normal venue, The Pit, was not available due to a conflicting Professional Bull Riders event.^[1] The Lobos won the game and advanced to the second round where they were defeated by Oral Roberts at the same venue.^[2]

References

^ Sickenger, Ken (March 19, 2015). "Lobos win nail-biter in noisy Johnson Center in 1st round of the WBI". Albuquerque Journal. Retrieved May 19, 2015.
^ Tate, Van (March 23, 2015). "Lobo women's basketball season ended by ORU". KRQE. Retrieved May 19, 2015.

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Venue information

University of New Mexico

Located in: Albuquerque, New Mexico

Academics

Anderson School of Management
College of Arts & Sciences
College of Education
College of Fine Arts
- Tamarind Institute
College of Nursing
College of Pharmacy
School of Architecture and Planning
School of Engineering
School of Law
School of Medicine
School of Public Administration
University College

Athletics

Teams	Baseball Basketball Men's Women's Women's cross country Football Men's soccer
Facilities	The Pit University Stadium Santa Ana Star Field Johnson Gymnasium
Rivalries	Arizona Wildcats (Arizona–New Mexico football rivalry) New Mexico State Aggies (Rio Grande Rivalry)

Media

People

Alumni
Faculty (Presidents)
Van Dorn Hooker, University architect

Buildings

Branch campuses

Gallup
Los Alamos
Taos
Valencia
West

Traditions

Lobo Louie and Lobo Lucy
Red Menace
Section 26 (UNM Student Section)

v t e New Mexico Lobos men's basketball
Venues	Carlisle Gymnasium (1928–1957) Johnson Gymnasium (1957–1966) The Pit (1966–present)
Rivalries	New Mexico State
Culture & lore	Lobo Louie
People	Head coaches NBA draftees Statistical leaders
Seasons	List of seasons 1899–1900 1900–01 1901–02 1902–03 1903–04 1904–05 1905–06 1906–07 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25