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Coordinates:33°47′14″N118°6′51″W / 33.78722°N 118.11417°W /33.78722; -118.11417

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Arena at California State University, Long Beach

LBS Financial Credit Union Pyramid
Construction

The venue in 2006
Interactive map of LBS Financial Credit Union Pyramid
Full name	LBS Financial Credit Union Pyramid
Former names	Walter Pyramid, The Long Beach Pyramid
Address	Long Beach, CA United States
Location	1250 Bellflower Boulevard Long Beach,CA 90840
Coordinates	33°47′14″N118°6′51″W / 33.78722°N 118.11417°W /33.78722; -118.11417
Owner	California State University, Long Beach
Operator	Long Beach State athletics
Type	Arena
Capacity	4,200^[3]
Record attendance	6,912 (men's basketball vs.North Carolina, November 16, 2012)^[4]
Surface	Beech
Scoreboard	Yes
Current use	Basketball Volleyball
Broke ground	December 17, 1992^[1]
Opened	November 30, 1994; 31 years ago (November 30, 1994)
Construction cost	$23 million ($46.7 million in 2024 dollars^[2])
Architect	Don Gibbs
Structural engineer	John A. Martin & Associates
General contractor	Nielson Construction Company
Tenants
Long Beach State athletics (NCAA) teams: men's andwomen's basketball men's and women's volleyball
Website
longbeachstate.com/walter-pyramid

TheLBS Financial Credit Union Pyramid, formerly known asWalter Pyramid andThe Long Beach Pyramid, is a 4,000-seat, pyramid-shaped indoorarena on the campus ofCalifornia State University, Long Beach inLong Beach, California.^[5]

It serves as home venue to the University'smen's andwomen's basketball teams andmen's and women's volleyball teams.

History

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The Walter Pyramid was officially opened on November 30, 1994, when it hosted aLong Beach State men's basketball game against theDetroit Titans, which aired live onESPN. Astanding-room only crowd of 5,021 saw Long Beach come away victorious with a final score of 71-64.

The Walter Pyramid was designed by Don Gibbs and built by the Nielson Construction Company ofSan Diego. The building of Walter Pyramid cost approximately $22 million. Each side of theperimeter of Walter Pyramid measures 345 feet (105 m), and it is 190 feet (58 m) tall.^[6] It is one of only four mathematically true pyramid-style buildings in theUnited States, the others being theSummum Pyramid inSalt Lake City,Utah,Luxor Las Vegas inLas Vegas, Nevada, and theMemphis Pyramid inMemphis, Tennessee.

The Walter Pyramid rises 18 stories above the Long Beach skyline, and its exterior is uniformly clad in sheets of dark-blue corrugatedaluminum.

Name changes

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On March 5, 2005, Long Beach State officially renamed The Pyramid to Walter Pyramid in honor of Mike and Arline Walter. The Walters were given this recognition for a $2.1 million donation given to the university.^[7] In addition to being the vice-president ofLevi Strauss & Co., Mike Walter was also a dean for Long Beach State's College of Business Administration from 1993 to 2000.^[8]

On November 19, 2025, due to the finalization of naming rights from the LBS Financial Credit Union, the CSU Board of Trustees voted to change the name of the Walter Pyramid to the LBS Financial Credit Union Pyramid.^[9]

Tenants

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University athletics

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The Walter Pyramid is currently home to theLong Beach State Beach men's basketball andLong Beach State Beach women's basketball programs, as well as theLong Beach State Beach men's volleyball and Long Beach State Beach women's volleyball programs. All LBSU teams playing home games in the Walter Pyramid are nicknamed "the Beach". The teams were previously known as the 49ers but that nickname was recently dropped. Prior to the construction of the Walter Pyramid on campus, the men's basketball team played some of their games in theLong Beach Arena in downtownLong Beach, and at the on-campus University Gymnasium later renamedGold Mine, which has just 1,900 seats.

In addition to being the home for Long Beach State athletics, the Walter Pyramid has hosted severalNCAA-sponsored events including numerous women's volleyball NCAA matches, the 2001 and 2003 NCAA Men's Volleyball Championships and the 2003 NCAA Women's Volleyball Regionals.

Non-university athletics

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TheSouthern California Summer Pro League used the Walter Pyramid during the summer months from 1995 to 2007. The league showcased current and prospectiveNBA basketball players, including recent draft picks, current NBA players working on their skills and conditioning, and international professionals hoping to become NBA players. The league went on hiatus for the 2008 season and announced its intention to move toLos Angeles for 2009.^[10]

The Walter Pyramid was home to theLong Beach Stingrays, a women's professional basketball team of the now-defunctAmerican Basketball League for a time in 1997 and 1998.

The Walter Pyramid hosts theWorld Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Championships or, inPortuguese language,Mundials.

New Japan Pro-Wrestling presented the showStrong Style Evolved on March 25, 2018, which sold out within minutes. In 2019, they held the finals of theSuper J-Cup. The company returned to the venue on May 21 2023, presentingResurgence.

TheLos Angeles Sparks played Game 3 of the2019 WNBA Playoffs semifinals at the Walter Pyramid, where they lost 94-68 against theConnecticut Sun.^[11] TheSparks return to the Pyramid to play their first 5 home games of the 2024 season while Stage 3 of upgrades was being implemented attheir main arena.

A panoramic view of Walter Pyramid on the campus ofCalifornia State University, Long Beach

References

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^McLeod, Paul (December 17, 1992)."Sports Center Groundbreaking Set".Los Angeles Times. Archived fromthe original on January 31, 2013. RetrievedFebruary 9, 2012.
^1634–1699:McCusker, J. J. (1997).How Much Is That in Real Money? A Historical Price Index for Use as a Deflator of Money Values in the Economy of the United States: Addenda et Corrigenda(PDF).American Antiquarian Society. 1700–1799:McCusker, J. J. (1992).How Much Is That in Real Money? A Historical Price Index for Use as a Deflator of Money Values in the Economy of the United States(PDF).American Antiquarian Society. 1800–present:Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis."Consumer Price Index (estimate) 1800–". RetrievedFebruary 29, 2024.
^"Walter Pyramid 20 Years".Beach Magazine. Winter 2014. Retrieved1 May 2024.
^"Attendance Records".longbeachstate.com. Long Beach State University Athletics. August 1, 2018. RetrievedSeptember 20, 2025.
^"The Mike and Arlene Walter Pyramid".Long Beach State University. Archived fromthe original on November 29, 2014. RetrievedFebruary 12, 2012.
^"Walter Pyramid".Structurae. Fall 2005. Retrieved3 September 2024.
^"Pyramid Named for Mike and Arline Walter".The Beach Review. Fall 2005. Archived fromthe original on 15 March 2012. Retrieved9 October 2009.
^"Dr. Mike Walter".Port of Long Beach. Retrieved9 October 2009.
^Hessen, Timothy (November 20, 2025)."University officials reveal Pyramid name change".Long Beach Current. California State University, Long Beach. Retrieved21 November 2025.
^"THE SUMMER PRO LEAGUE TO MOVE TO LOS ANGELES".Southern California Summer Pro League. Retrieved9 October 2009.
^Klopfer, Brady (2019-09-23)."Sun sweep Sparks out of WNBA playoffs".Los Angeles Times. Retrieved2025-03-16.

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Official website

California State University, Long Beach

Academics

Facilities

Athletics

Teams	Baseball Men's basketball Women's basketball Football(defunct) Men's volleyball
Venues	Blair Field George Allen Field Veterans Memorial Stadium LBS Financial Credit Union Pyramid

Media

KKJZ

Organizations

Phi Beta Delta

People

List of California State University, Long Beach people

Category

v t e Long Beach State Beach men's basketball
Venues	Gold Mine (late 1950s–1994) LBS Financial Credit Union Pyramid (1994–present)
People	Head coaches Statistical leaders
Seasons	List of seasons 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25 2025–26

v t e Long Beach State Beach women's basketball
Venues	Gold Mine (1962–1994) Walter Pyramid (1994–present)
People	Head coaches WNBA players Statistical leaders
Seasons	List of seasons 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25 2025–26

v t e Long Beach State Beach men's volleyball
Venues	LBS Financial Credit Union Pyramid
Seasons	1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026
National championship seasons in bold

v t e Basketball arenas in theBig West Conference
Current arenas	Mott Athletics Center (Cal Poly) Icardo Center (Cal State Bakersfield) Titan Gym (Cal State Fullerton) Premier America Credit Union Arena (Cal State Northridge) Stan Sheriff Center (Hawaiʻi;leaving in 2026) LBS Financial Credit Union Pyramid (Long Beach State) University Credit Union Center (UC Davis;leaving in 2026) Bren Events Center (UC Irvine) UC Riverside Student Recreation Center (UC Riverside) LionTree Arena (UC San Diego) UCSB Events Center (UC Santa Barbara)
Future arenas	Fowler Events Center (Cal Baptist) Hornets Nest (Sacramento State) UCCU Center (Utah Valley) (all joining in 2026)

Basketball arenas in theBig West Conference

Current arenas