In a statement on Monday evening, Gov. Glenn Youngkin, seen here speaking outside the state Capitol on Nov. 8, said: “I’m pleased all of Virginia’s school divisions have heeded my call to urgently and aggressively take action to help our students recover" from COVID "pandemic learning loss.”
The arena would have been in Alexandria, just south of Washington Reagan National Airport, near the Potomac River and adjacent to Virginia Tech’s Innovation Campus.
This September 1970 image shows players vying for roster spots on the Virginia Squires, a franchise in the American Basketball Association - from left are Larry Brown, Charlie Scott, Henry Logan, Roland "Fatty" Taylor and Mike Barrett. The team, which had moved from Oakland to Washington to Norfolk in a span of two years, played in arenas from Hampton Roads to Richmond and Roanoke during its time in Virginia starting in 1970. After having initial success, including drafting Julius Erving in 1971, the team faltered financially and lost fans when it sold off Erving and its other star player, George Gervin. The team folded just before the ABA merger with the National Basketball Association in 1976.
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Squires' Center Jim Eakins watches the ball settle through the net after tapping it in, Dec. 11, 1975.
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Julius Erving of the Virginia Squires stuffs two of his 46 for points for the Squires in November 1972.
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Two Virginia Squires rookies - Julius Erving (left) and Willie Sojourner discuss training camp in September 1971.
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Julius Erving of the Virginia Squires is shown on April 12, 1972.
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Jim Eakins and Davie Robinsch watch Julius Erving of the Virginia Squires soar toward the basket on Oct. 26, 1972.
In a statement on Monday evening, Gov. Glenn Youngkin, seen here speaking outside the state Capitol on Nov. 8, said: “I’m pleased all of Virginia’s school divisions have heeded my call to urgently and aggressively take action to help our students recover" from COVID "pandemic learning loss.”
The arena would have been in Alexandria, just south of Washington Reagan National Airport, near the Potomac River and adjacent to Virginia Tech’s Innovation Campus.
