Former Bulldogs prepare for the return to Selland Arena

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- Bulldog Basketball is returning to Downtown Fresno, and an arena synonymous with success.

The Fresno State Men's Basketball squad is gearing up to play its archetypal crippled astatine Selland Arena since 2009.

Selland served arsenic the location of the Bulldogs for 37 years, from 1966 to 2003.

It's wherever the spotlight shone connected legendary caput manager Jerry Tarkanian.

Former Bulldog Damon Jackson has fond memories playing for 'Tark nether the lights of Selland Arena.

"In my career, I've ne'er played successful a crippled determination that was not sold out, truthful you cognize it was a large happening backmost then. It was hard to get tickets, each the fans loved to travel to the crippled and they supported the heck retired of us," Jackson said.

Jackson is 1 of dozens of erstwhile Bulldogs who volition instrumentality to the Valley connected Sunday to ticker the crippled wrong Selland.

His past clip playing connected the tribunal was successful 2003, erstwhile his 28-point show against Nevada helped the Bulldogs clinch the Western Athletic Conference title.

"I'm beauteous excited to spot the aged gym, spot the squad play successful the aged gym, and hopefully they tin bring location a triumph for america successful the aged gym," Jackson told Action News.

Head manager Vance Walberg hopes this motion to the past tin animate the squad into the future, saying, "I deliberation it's large for these guys to recognize the past and the antithetic players that person played here."

Mayor Jerry Dyer says the metropolis is pulling retired each the stops to invited fans Downtown.

"We arsenic a city, we privation to marque definite that everything goes disconnected flawlessly, and truthful we're providing 3 of our trolleys to beryllium capable to tally routes from field constituent to the brewery district, to Selland Arena. They'll beryllium moving each 15 minutes," Dyer said.

Before tip-off, fans tin halt by Tioga-Sequoia successful the brewery territory for a pregame party.

Dyer called this crippled different portion successful the puzzle of revitalising the area.

"We privation to proceed with that, and this is conscionable 1 further step. So it's two-fold. It's getting radical excited astir Downtown Fresno, but besides getting radical excited astir Bulldog Basketball," Dyer said.

Tip-off is acceptable for Sunday astatine 3 p.m. astatine Selland Arena.

Tickets for the crippled are inactive connected sale; you tin find them here.