Charlotte Y. Martin Centre is an athletics center in the northwest United States, on the campus of Gonzaga University in Spokane, Washington. Its multi-purpose arena has a seating capacity of 4,000. Ground was broken in June 1964 on the $1.1 million center, which opened in late 1965 as the John F. Kennedy Memorial Pavilion, with a capacity of 3,800 for basketball. The center included a 6-lane 25-yard (22.9 m) swimming pool. The first varsity event on December 3 was a men's basketball game against Washington State, won by the Cougars 106-78 before an overflow crowd of 4,300 spectators.Charlotte Martin, the daughter-in-law of former governor Clarence D. Martin, donated $4.5 million for the renovation of the complex and it was renamed for her as part of Gonzaga's centennial celebrations on Ma