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The game will be played in the Climate Pledge Arena in Seattle. Gonzaga is located in Spokane, 230 miles away. Its home court is the McCarthey Athletic Center in Spokane.
No current Gonzaga player has ever played a game at the Climate Pledge Arena. The only games Gonzaga has played in Seattle in the past four years have been on campus of the University of Washington. Until now, Gonzaga has always been the visiting team in Seattle.
No doubt Gonzaga will have a greater chance to practice in the facility, and no doubt a goodly number of their fans will make the 460-mile round-trip trek to the game, but the venue is NOT Gonzaga's equivalent of Gampel Pavilion or even the XL Center. And Seattle is not their NYC. The Climate Pledge Arena is not their MSG, where, btw, next year's rematch will be played.
No current Gonzaga player has ever played a game at the Climate Pledge Arena. The only games Gonzaga has played in Seattle in the past four years have been on campus of the University of Washington. Until now, Gonzaga has always been the visiting team in Seattle.
No doubt Gonzaga will have a greater chance to practice in the facility, and no doubt a goodly number of their fans will make the 460-mile round-trip trek to the game, but the venue is NOT Gonzaga's equivalent of Gampel Pavilion or even the XL Center. And Seattle is not their NYC. The Climate Pledge Arena is not their MSG, where, btw, next year's rematch will be played.