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Lewis University Athletics

Neil Carey Arena

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NAME Neil Carey Arena
OPENED 1986-1987
CAPACITY 1,100
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Neil Carey Arena is home to Lewis' basketball and volleyball teams at Lewis. The venue has a capacity of 1,100. It is located on the northwest corner of the campus. 

Named After Neil Carey in 1995. Carey was a member of Gordie Gillespie's first basketball team at Lewis. He would go on to have a highly successful business career with the National Enquirer where he used his marketing expertise placing the Enquirer at supermarket checkout stands which made the Enquirer the success it is today by creating astronomical sales. He received an Alumni Achievement Award in Business and Philanthropy in 1997. The sports arena is renamed after him for his $2 million gift to Lewis.

When the Lewis' basketball and volleyball teams are not in use of the court it sometimes acts as a location for youth tournaments and contests.