Towson Center
building in Maryland, United States
Towson Center is an arena on the campus of Towson University, in Towson, Maryland. The arena opened in 1976. It was home to the Towson Tigers men's and women's basketball teams, the volleyball team, and the gymnastics team from 1976 to 2013.
In January 2011, it was formally announced that Towson Center would undergo a comprehensive renovation as part of the development of the new SECU Arena (now TU Arena, which opened in 2013. Under the new development, Towson Center's main arena was subdivided into a basketball practice facility, a gymnastics practice facility, offices for the Department of Athletics, a new Sports Performance facility featuring 10,000 square feet of space for both sports medicine and strength/conditioning plus a comprehensive academic/life skills center.
Fields close to Towson Center
Softball
The Softball Complex is located behind the arena. It is home to the Tigers’ Softball team. Seating is located behind home plate and along the first and third base lines which can accommodate over 200 spectators. The playing surface of the field is grass.
Tennis
The Tennis Complex is located behind the Towson Center.
This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Towson Center” as building in Maryland, United States. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.
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Place names and jurisdictional language are key evidence: both can reveal earlier catalogue descriptions and overlooked record series. The source revision retrieved here is dated Aug 31, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q7830317. Authority coordinates are 39.386, -76.616. 2 of 2 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1976, 2013 and 2011.
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