F. G. Clark Activity Center is a 7,500-seat multi-purpose

arena An arena is a large enclosed venue, often circular or oval-shaped, designed to showcase theatre, Music, musical performances or Sport, sporting events. It comprises a large open space surrounded on most or all sides by tiered seating for specta ...

Baton Rouge, Louisiana Baton Rouge ( ; , ) is the List of capitals in the United States, capital city of the U.S. state of Louisiana. It had a population of 227,470 at the 2020 United States census, making it List of municipalities in Louisiana, Louisiana's second-m ...

, that opened in 1975. It is home to two

Southern University Southern University and A&M College (Southern University, Southern, SUBR or SU) is a Public university, public historically black colleges and universities, historically black land-grant university in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States. It i ...

basketball teams, the

Southern Jaguars The Southern Jaguars and Lady Jaguars represent Southern University in NCAA intercollegiate athletics. Southern University's 13 athletic teams participate in the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) which is a part of the NCAA Division I. Footb ...

and Southern Lady Jaguars. The arena also holds concerts and other events. The

is named for Dr.

Felton Grandison Clark Felton Grandison Clark (October 13, 1903 – July 5, 1970) was an African-American academic administrator from Louisiana. He served as the president of Southern University (SU), a historically black university and land-grant college in Baton Rouge ...

, who was the second president of

after it had been designated as a land-grant college, serving from 1938 to 1969.

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College basketball venues in Louisiana Basketball venues in Baton Rouge, Louisiana Music venues in Louisiana Southern Jaguars basketball Southern Lady Jaguars basketball 1975 establishments in Louisiana Sports venues completed in 1975 {{BatonRougeLA-sports-venue-stub

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