Retriever Activities Center is a 4,024-seat multi-purpose arena in Catonsville, Maryland . The arena opened in 1973. It was home to the UMBC Retrievers basketball and volleyball teams, which represent the University of Maryland, Baltimore County in NCAA Division I athletics, from its opening until the larger Chesapeake Employers Insurance Arena opened on campus in February 2018. It hosted the 2008 America East Conference men's basketball tournament final.
4-493: The Retriever Activities Center (RAC) has numerous purposes for UMBC, both for athletics and student life. The aforementioned UMBC Event Center, located at the intersection of Hilltop Circle and Commons Drive, adjacent to Giffen Hill , replaced the RAC for various activities including varsity basketball and volleyball games, student-athlete health, student events, and commencement ceremonies. The RAC includes: This article about
8-821: A sports venue in Maryland is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Giffen Hill Giffen Hill is a highpoint on the campus of the University of Maryland, Baltimore County in Arbutus, Maryland , and is a historic site of the Manual Labor School for Indigent Boys . The hill is a gathering place near the UMBC Stadium , and will be adjacent to the future site of the UMBC Events Center, planned to open in 2017. Originally,
12-537: The site was the location of the brick residence for the Manual Labor School for Indigent Boys , constructed in 1860. The school was also simply known as the Baltimore Farm School, due to agriculture being the main focus of curriculum. Numerous renowned Baltimoreans were involved with the school's operations, like Johns Hopkins , and Gustav W. Lurman Jr. who both served on the school's board of directors. The Farm School operated from 1839 to 1922, until it
16-814: Was absorbed by the Spring Grove Hospital Center , and then subsequently transferred to its present owner, the University of Maryland, Baltimore County . In May 1996, the Coalition for the Preservation of Southwestern Baltimore County, the Catonsville Historical Trust, and the Baltimore County Historical Trust dedicated the historical site. UMBC named the hill for Vice President Sallie Giffen. Historic white oak trees also occupy
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