Photo of the Week: Haas Pavilion The new Haas Pavilion incorporates the original entrance to Harmon Gym. Peg Skorpinski photo.

"One, two, three...GO BEARS!" This familiar refrain, shouted by reporters, campus administrators, student athletes and friends of the university, produced a mighty echo that reverberated off the blue seats and gold bleachers of the new Walter A. Haas Jr. Pavilion.

As the roar of the cheer slowly dissipated, the group of 200, who gathered Sept. 16, for the unveiling of the facility, got an awe-inspiring hint of the raucous noise sports fans will make there for generations to come.

"I wouldn't want to play here if I was Stanford," said Chancellor Berdahl, referring to the arena's potential for intimidating opponents with loud noise, a hallmark of the old Harmon Gym. "We will have an enormous home court advantage, worth eight to ten points per game," he joked. (continues)