Solomon Court at Cabot Center
From the South and West (128/95): Take 128/95 to Route 93. Take Mass. Ave exit and take right onto Mass. Ave. Follow Mass. Ave through seven set of lights until St. Botolph Street. Take left onto St. Botolph and follow to stop sign. Take right onto Gainsborough Street and then a left onto Huntington Avenue. Solomon Court at Cabot Center is on the left at corner of Huntington Avenue and Forsyth Street.
From the North (93 & 95 across Tobin Bridge): Take exit 26 (Storrow Drive, NO BUSES...BUSES USE Route 93 directions above) and follow signs for Storrow Drive. Take Fenway exit off Storrow Drive and proceed straight off exit ramp (follow signs for Boylston Street Inbound, do not bear right) and continue through three sets of lights to Mass. Ave. Take right onto Mass. Ave. and proceed to Huntington Avenue (right after Symphony Hall). Take right onto Huntington and Cabot Center is two tenths of a mile ahead on the left at the corners of Huntington and Forsyth Street.
Public Transportation: Take the "E" car of the Green Line to Northeastern stop. Cabot Center is across Huntington Avenue from the stop.
Solomon Court at Cabot Center Summary and History Like Matthews Arena and the recently-constructed Marino Center, Solomon Court at Cabot Center is full of amenities for Husky athletes. Cabot is home to the Husky athletics department as well as some fine facilities. The men's basketball, women's basketball and volleyball teams conduct their practices and games in the gym, with its newly-renovated seating areas and floor. The Cabot Center also houses a 2,300-square-foot weight room, racquetball courts, an indoor track, rowing tanks, a cardiovascular room, and the Barletta Natatorium - an Olympic-size swimming facility. Sports history had already occurred at the corner of Forsyth Street and Huntington Avenue long before the Cabot Center opened there in 1954. The building, named for beneficiary Godfrey Lowell Cabot in 1957, sits on the former site of the Huntington Avenue Grounds, where the first World Series was played in 1903 between Boston and Pittsburgh. Just outside the Cabot Center is a statue of Cy Young that commemorates the inaugural Fall Classic. Cabot Gym has both a new look and a new feel. The new look is brighter with a light cream colored ceiling, medium gray walls, red seating and a refinished court. It replaces the old men's club look that 84 years of Husky hoopsters have experienced. From the dark mahogany of the Huntington YMCA from 1916-1953 through five decades of woodsy wainscoting and bleachers in "Old Cabot." Maybe even more important is the new feel. The installation of the 655 chair back seats will be greeted by hundreds of sighs of relief from the backs of the over-40 generation. This all is merely stage I of a three-stage project to entirely rejuvenate and update the Cabot Center. The vital parts of stages II and III are bulleted below.
Cabot Center
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Opened: 1954
Facilities:
Home of Husky Men's and Women's Basketball, Volleyball
Directions to Solomon Court at Cabot Center
Solomon Court at Cabot Center
From the West (Massachusetts Turnpike): Follow turnpike into tunnel and take Prudential exit. Proceed westbound on Huntington Avenue. Gym is approximately three tenths of a mile on left at intersection of Huntington and Forsyth Street.
Home of Husky Men's and Women's Basketball, Volleyball
A new hospitality suite, to be located on the upper floor of the Cabot Center, will replace the auxiliary gymnasium annex. The suite will have a glass wall overlooking the gymnasium, so that NU supporters can watch the games. The suite will be used for receptions to welcome guests to Northeastern games and encourage support for Northeastern athletics.
A new academic center will be built on the first floor of the Cabot Center beside the main gymnasium. It will provide space for tutoring, advising, and study halls for student-athletes. An academic center dedicated to enhancing student-athletes' learning experiences will promote academic achievement and increase graduation rates.
Visitor and home locker rooms for the women's basketball and volleyball teams and men's basketball teams will be completely renovated, and a general women's locker room will be created. The improved locker room area will be evenly divided between men and women. The aspect will improve the University's gender equity standing and ensure compliance with Title IX requirements.
The weight room and fitness area will be expanded by more than 1,800 square feet to allow better access for all student-athletes. This larger, enhanced training facility for the varsity teams will foster their conditioning and performance.
To make the Cabot Center more handicap-accessible, a new elevator is being installed. Visitors will be able to board the elevator at the main entrance on the first floor, at the academic center on the second floor, and at the hospitality suite on the third floor.
Named: 1957
for beneficiary Godfrey Lowell Cabot
Capacity: 2,500
