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Norfolk Scope Arena
201 East Brambleton Ave
Norfolk, VA 23510
Opened: November 12, 1971
Norfolk Scope is a multi-function complex in Norfolk, Virginia, comprising an 11,000 person arena, a 2,500 person theater known as Chrysler Hall, a 10,000 square-foot exhibition hall and a 600 car parking garage.

The arena was designed by Italian architect/engineer Pier Luigi Nervi in conjunction with the (now defunct) local firm Williams and Tazewell, which designed the entire complex. Nervi's design for the arena's reinforced concrete dome derived from the PalaLottomatica and the much smaller Palazzetto dello Sport, which were built in the 1950s for the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome.

Construction on Scope began in June 1968 at the northern perimeter of Norfolk's downtown and was completed in 1971 at a cost of $35 million. Federal funds covered $23 million of the cost, and when it opened formally on November 12, 1971, the structure was the second-largest public complex in Virginia, behind only the Pentagon.

Featuring the world's largest reinforced thinshell concrete dome (though eclipsed by the Seattle Kingdome from 1976 to 2000), Scope won the Virginia Society of the American Institute of Architects Test of Time award in 2003. Wes Lewis, director of Old Dominion University's civil engineering technology program, called it "a beautiful marrying of art and engineering." Noted architectural critic James Howard Kunstler described the design as looking like "yesterday's tomorrow."

The arena was the home court for the Old Dominion men's basketball team from 1977-1990. The team continued to play some games at the arena from 1991-2002
Last 10 Games
Date Opponents Result
Mar 15, 2025South Carolina State @ Norfolk State #65 - 66
Mar 14, 2025Morgan State @ Norfolk State #55 - 58
Mar 14, 2025North Carolina Central @ South Carolina State #67 - 88
Mar 13, 2025Morgan State @ Howard #91 - 90
Mar 13, 2025North Carolina Central @ Delaware State #79 - 77
Mar 12, 2025Maryland-Eastern Shore @ Norfolk State #70 - 77
Mar 12, 2025Coppin State @ South Carolina State #63 - 68
Mar 16, 2024Delaware State @ Howard $67 - 70
Mar 15, 2024Delaware State @ North Carolina Central #71 - 58
Mar 15, 2024Howard @ Norfolk State #80 - 74

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