{{Short description|Multipurpose Indoor Arena}} {{Use American English|date=August 2025}} thumb|right thumb|right|Cal Lutheran Kingsmen basketball team The '''Gilbert Sports and Fitness Center''' is a 2,411 seat multi-purpose indoor arena on the campus of California Lutheran University, located in Thousand Oaks, Ventura County, California. It is 96,000 sq. ft.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Potkey|first=Rhiannon|date=January 14, 2016|title=CLU wants to host Rams for training camp|url=http://www.vcstar.com/sports/clu-wants-to-host-rams-for-training-camp-2951de10-f201-42dc-e053-0100007f1193-365327211.html|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-10-17|website=Ventura County Star|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2006-10-12|title=Former USC star Miller to speak at dedication of Gilbert Sports and Fitness Center|url=https://www.toacorn.com/articles/former-usc-star-miller-to-speak-at-dedication-of-gilbert-sports-and-fitness-center/|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-10-17|website=Thousand Oaks Acorn}}</ref>
It houses two gymnasiums, including the main 1,500-seat gym, the Lundring Events Center, classrooms and labs, Ventura County Sports Hall of Fame, a sports medicine facility, a fitness center, the CLU Alumni Association Athletic Hall of Fame, and offices for staff, faculty, and coaches.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2006-08-03|title=Cal Lutheran's Gilbert Sports and Fitness Center Cleared for Full Occupancy|url=https://www.thesciac.org/general_news/2006-07/clu_opening|access-date=2020-10-17|website=SCIAC|language=en}}</ref>
It is the college's fitness center and hosts its indoor sports activities, as well as local-regional sporting events and music concerts.
It is named after its main donor, John "Jack" Gilbert and his wife Carol.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Gilbert Sports and Fitness Center|url=https://www.clusports.com/recruits/facilities/gilbert/index|access-date=2020-10-17|website=California Lutheran University|language=en}}</ref>
==Design== The $18 million arena opened in 2006,<ref>{{Cite web|last=Bitong|first=Anna|date=August 24, 2012|title=Prolific CLU donor turned metal shop into multimillion-dollar corporation {{!}} Simi Valley Acorn|url=https://www.simivalleyacorn.com/articles/prolific-clu-donor-turned-metal-shop-into-multimillion-dollar-corporation/|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-10-17|website=Simi Valley Acorn}}</ref> and was designed by architect Vincent Dyer of JDO Associates. Other CLU projects designed by JDO/Dyer include the Samuelson Aquatics Center and the CLU Facilities Building.
==Basketball venue== It is the home of the California Lutheran University Kingsmen basketball teams and the L.A. Lightning of the International Basketball League.
==See also== * Cal Lutheran Kingsmen and Regals
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