Solomon Court is home to Northeastern University Men's & Women's Basketball and Volleyball.
Directions to 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.
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.
Cabot Center - Free parking - Camden Lot. Located off of Camden St., which can be reached via Columbus Ave. This lot is open on a first come, first served basis to the general public and there is no fee to park here. The Camden Lot opens one hour and 30 minutes before every home event at Matthews Arena. Once you have parked your vehicle, the arena can be reached by taking the foot bridge over the MBTA tracks. |
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Solomon Court at Cabot Center History
The Bernard and Jolane Solomon Court reside in the Godfrey K. Cabot Physical Education Center. The court was dedicated on Nov. 28, 2000 for the Huskies' number one fan, Bernard "Bunny" Solomon. It is a fitting tribute to the man that led the $2 million campaign for the restoration and renovation of the facility. The court is now a bright and comfortable home for the women's basketball and volleyball programs, as well as the home to men's basketball on non-game days.
The refurbishing of the court was merely step one in a project to renovate the entire Cabot complex. Later phases of the project encompassed a new 2,300-square-foot weight room, modern locker rooms, the Shanahan Academic Center, complete with study halls and conference rooms, and updated mechanical systems.
The Cabot Center 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 chair back seats was greeted by hundreds of sighs of relief from the backs of the over-40 generation.
Cabot is home to the Husky athletics department as well as some other fine facilities. The Cabot Center also houses racquetball courts, Solomon Indoor Track, rowing tanks, a cardiovascular room, and 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 Center capsule
Opened: 1954
Named: 1957 for beneficiary Godfrey Lowell Cabot
Capacity: 1,800
Facilities
• Weight room
• Cardiovascular room
• Racquetball courts
• Barletta Natatorium
• Solomon Indoor Track
• Rowing tanks
• Locker rooms
