The George V. Meehan Auditorium is a 3,059-seat hockey

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, in

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. The arena opened in 1961 and was dedicated on January 6, 1962. It is named for George V. Meehan, the benefactor of the arena, which he hoped would "service and promote" the Brown Bears

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program, which now belongs to the

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and

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leagues. It is recognizable for its large white domed roof, and is located on the highest corner (Hope Street and Lloyd Avenue) of Brown's main athletic complex on College Hill in Providence. Meehan was renovated in 2002, bringing its capacity up to its current level.

Notable events

As one of the largest indoor spaces available at Brown University, Meehan has hosted a number of prominent speeches and lectures, in addition to ice hockey events. On September 28, 1964, at the same time that he was campaigning to stay in office, U.S. President

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addressed the bicentennial convocation of Brown University, in favor of educational opportunity, freedom of conscience and the proposed

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. In 1965, Meehan Auditorium hosted the

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ice hockey semi-finals of the

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(NCAA). On April 29, 2005, former president

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delivered a 50-minute policy lecture titled “Embracing Our Common Humanity: Security and Prosperity in the 21st Century” to a crowd of "thousands" in Meehan. Almost a year later, on April 8, 2006, Hillary Rodham Clinton, then U.S. Senator from New York and former First Lady, delivered a lecture on the topic of Women Leaders to a crowd of "over 3,000."

Gallery

File:Hillary Rodham Clinton at Brown University's Meehan Auditorium in April 2006.jpg, Hillary Rodham Clinton speaks at Meehan in 2006 File:Brown University Band perform on the ice at Meehan Auditorium.jpg, The Brown University Band performs on the ice after a game File:Bruno skates in Meehan Auditorium.jpg,

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, Brown's mascot, stands on the ice inside Meehan File:Meehan Auditorium Scoreboard, Brown University.jpg, Scoreboard

References

External links

Meehan information at BrownBears.com
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