Hampton Convocation Center

Hampton Convocation Center is a 7,200-seat multi-purpose arena in Hampton, Virginia. It was built in 1993 and is home to the Hampton University Pirates basketball team.

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Type: Stadium
Description: arena in Hampton, Virginia
Also known as: “Convocation Center”
Address: Hampton, 23669

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Hampton National Cemetery and Hampton University Museum.

Hampton National Cemetery

Cemetery

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Hampton National Cemetery is a United States National Cemetery in the city of Hampton, Virginia. It encompasses 27.1 acres, and as of 2014, had over 30,000 interments. Hampton National Cemetery is situated 1,100 feet west of Hampton Convocation Center.

Hampton University Museum

Museum

Founded in 1868 on the campus of Hampton University, the Hampton University Museum is the oldest African-American museum in the United States and the oldest museum in Virginia. Hampton University Museum is situated 2,500 feet west of Hampton Convocation Center.

Virginia Air and Space Science Center

Museum

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The Virginia Air and Space Science Center is a museum and educational facility in Hampton, Virginia that also serves as the visitors center for NASA's Langley Research Center and Langley Air Force Base. Virginia Air and Space Science Center is situated 4,100 feet west of Hampton Convocation Center.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Phoebus and Kecoughtan.

Phoebus

Suburb

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Phoebus is a formerly incorporated town now part of the present-day city of Hampton, Virginia, on the Virginia Peninsula. In 1900, it was named in honor of local businessman Harrison Phoebus, who is credited with convincing the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway to extend its tracks to the town from Newport News.

Kecoughtan

Neighborhood

In the seventeenth century, Kecoughtan was the name of the settlement now known as Hampton, Virginia. In the early twentieth century, it was also the name of a town nearby in Elizabeth City County. It was annexed into the City of Newport News in 1927.

Fort Monroe

Suburb

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Fort Monroe is a former military installation in Hampton, Virginia, at Old Point Comfort, the southern tip of the Virginia Peninsula, United States. It is currently managed by partnership between the Fort Monroe Authority for the Commonwealth of Virginia, the National Park Service, and the city of Hampton as the Fort Monroe National Monument. Fort Monroe is situated 1½ miles southeast of Hampton Convocation Center.

Hampton Convocation Center

Categories: arena, building, recreation area, sports location, tourist attraction, and tourism
Location: Hampton, Virginia, South, United States, North America
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Latitude

37.01985° or 37° 1′ 12″ north

Longitude

-76.33111° or 76° 19′ 52″ west

Open location code

87952M99+WH

OpenStreetMap ID

way 388346955

OpenStreetMap feature

building=yes

OpenStreetMap feature

leisure=stadium

OpenStreetMap feature

sport=multi

Wikidata ID

Q5646174

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