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The Mitchell Center's north entrance is graced by the Waterman globe which originally rested in the Waterman Building (now the Wachovia Building) from 1948 through 1973 and was a major attraction in downtown Mobile. The Rand McNally Map Company painted the original aluminum exterior of the 12-foot (4 m) diameter globe, which depicts countries as they were in the 1940s. The reconstructed globe rotates once every three minutes and 50 seconds. The globe's axis is identical to the Earth's. [2]
The Waterman Globe was part of a total display of painted murals until it was cut into 300 pieces of scrap. Former USA President Frederick P. Whiddon saved the globe and stored it for more than 20 years, anticipating its restoration. USA engineering technician Lanny McCormick completed the arduous task of reconstructing the globe in 1996. Local artist Joe Wilson worked as a modern-day Michelangelo, lying on his back at the globe's new home in the Mitchell Center to restore the paint. [2]
The railing around the globe is original but augmented by new vertical brass safety bars. The globe’s steel base was recycled from a retired USA campus soccer goal. The globe made its second Mobile debut at the May 1999 USA Spring Commencement, which marked the opening of the Mitchell Center. [2]
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^ Staff. Consumer Price Index (estimate) 1800–2012. Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis. Retrieved February 22, 2012.
^ a b c "Waterman". Test.com. http://www.southalabama.edu/mitchellcenter/waterman.html. Retrieved 2007-04-23.
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Basketball arenas of the Sun Belt Conference
Cajundome (Louisiana-Lafayette men)
Convocation Center (Arkansas State)
E.A. Diddle Arena (WKU)
Earl K. Long Gymnasium (Louisiana–Lafayette women)
Fant-Ewing Coliseum (Louisiana–Monroe)
FAU Arena (Florida Atlantic)
GSU Sports Arena (Georgia State)
U.S. Century Bank Arena (FIU)
Jack Stephens Center (Arkansas–Little Rock)
Magness Arena (Denver)
Mitchell Center (South Alabama)
Murphy Center (Middle Tennessee)
Trojan Arena (Troy)
UNT Coliseum (North Texas)
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Current arenas in the Southern Indoor Football League
American Bank Center
Bojangles' Coliseum
Cajundome
Columbus Civic Center
Cumberland County Crown Coliseum
Gray Civic Center
Louis J. Tullio Arena
Mitchell Center
Pennsylvania Farm Show Complex & Expo Center
Richard E. Berry Educational Support Center
Richmond Coliseum
State Farm Arena
Sudduth Coliseum
Sun National Bank Center
Taylor County Expo Center
Von Braun Center
Coordinates: 30°41′32″N 88°10′47″W / 30.69229°N 88.17975°W / 30.69229; -88.17975
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