Walter Pyramid

The Pyramid!
Funny, I didn’t even go to this school and yet I’ve found myself at the Pyramid more than I did at my alma mater’s gym.
You won’t find king tut’s tomb. What you will find is 49er gold! I like this sports venue. I’ve watched a few matches of men’s volleyball team play.
The seats are pretty comfortable and the view is great. I like hanging out on the floor 2^nd floor where the snack bar area is. There’s more room to walk around and watch from a far. The snack bar area serves typical fast food such as nachos, popcorn, sodas, chips and hot dog to name a few.
I’ve watched a few of my friends’ volleyball tournaments played here as well as my nieces’ basketball ball tournament. It amazes me how much they can fit into one space.
I’m not a fan of their acoustics. It can get pretty loud and I suppose it has something to do with the way this building is constructed.
Definitely a landmark in LB. Go Beach!

Awesome place and really cool design. Great amount of parking there and I go there often for Ibjjf Jiu Jitsu championships which is very well run. The place has very good ventilation as a result of the design!

You’ve got to have big cajones to spend money to build a pyramid on a college campus. To me, it’s such an illogical construct when you think about potential growth and space opportunities. Think of the issues with the Luxor in Vegas. You can say it was a design choice but then the buildings that surround it don’t reflect this.
And then you use it to host sumo tournaments? Da phở? And go figure, Egyptian sumos (not Japanese sumos) dominate this said tournament.
It probably sounds like I’m rambling but there is a point. The point is when you come here, ignore logic, believe in the cards as said by yugioh, and receive entertainment. Magical things will happen when you let go the seriousness of life and let it flow.
Here’s a tip: don’t sit with the mega jumbotron behind you if you can avoid it… it sucks to turn around to watch replays or bands playing.

It’s a great venue for viewing sporting events. Small enough that there are no bad seats in the house. Seats aren’t that comfortable. Bring a cushion. Bathrooms don’t have too long a line.

Nothing like watching a sporting event, or anything for that matter, in a Pyramid! History has been made here. Go Beach!

Pretty Awesome.
I expected it to be so much bigger inside but it felt cool being inside a pyramid.
food vendors are average. they don’t have much of a selection especially for any healthy options.
clean bathrooms

Great place to watch a 49ers basketball game. Ordering tickets online is easy, and you get to reserve a seat. Acoustics are horrible, but that is to be expected due to the unique architecture.

The Pyramid is awesome simply for its architecture.
Whether you’re coming here to watch Long Beach State athletics, NBA Summer League, or playing in a tournament, it is a nice and clean, well taken care of facility.

A very nice facility.

Great place to watch a basketball or volleyball game. Such a unique exterior you aren’t quite sure what to expect when you get inside. Through the main entrance, there is a concrete oval around the arena and the floor is actually below you.
The concessions stands aren’t that plentiful but they have limited spacing. The games usually aren’t very crowded (during the week) so it’s nice to come and sit wherever you want.
Parking is pretty plentiful although you have to walk a little ways.
Exiting the campus after attending a heavily-​attended event can test your patience. They seem to try and funnel you out to certain exits and it can try your patience if people aren’t proceeding in a orderly fashion.

I went to the Walter Pyramid at CSULB in Long Beach, CA on 12/​19/​2013. It was my first time to see a basketball game there (although I’d been here once as an extra when they made the film Red Belt here). My USC Trojans lost to the host Long Beach State 49ers by a score of 71 to 72 (I’d have given 4 stars if we would have won the game). The parking was $ 5.00 and tickets to the game were $ 27.00 each.

Almost every sports arena looks the same. Not CSULB’s. Cool. A pyramid. The Pharods would be proud. The engineer in me studied the structure and analyzed that it’s not energy efficient; but that’s ok since this is in sunny and cool California. No screen to watch replays. One scoreboard high up. The arena is small and to get around requires both teams and spectators to climb stairs. One concession stand is present and a CSULB Hall of Fame is present as well. I will be moving in the area soon and will likely come here to root for the Beach even though I’m an alumni of the Maryland Terrapins.

I have competed in this venue, and watched plenty of BJJ matches here.
It is a very nice venue. Plenty of parking, clean bathrooms, easy access to the stage from multiple areas. What’s more, there is good eating options at this venue as well, which is usually hard to find at a competition.
As a spectator, there are a lot of different vantage points to watch matches, so it makes it easy to get a good view.

The Pyramid at Cal State Long Beach… wow! One of the several unique things at CSULB (the beautiful Japanese Gardens are also here as well). Many other people/​companies has to agree and thus have made many commercials here, with the pyramid in the background.
But anyways, not only the pyramid beautiful on the outside, but very much awesome on the inside as well. But before I briefly talk about the inside, let me tell you that the pyramid has such a strong association with CSULB, where I went for my undergrad and met my husband. I actually had 1 of my engagement photo shoots at the pyramid and it made for some really awesome & unique photos.
So moving inside the pyramid, I have been here numerous of times for women’s volleyball games and a few men’s basketball games as well. There is plenty of seating inside (but of course smaller than other arenas) that are arranged in a layout of a pyramid. Also many years ago, there was a Frog’s Gym inside the pyramid, but that is long gone now.
Overall, the pyramid is a well known landmark at CSULB that offers excellent photos and a unique experience to watch games.

no complaints about this place. I am an alum of the school. does you’re school have a pyramid? =)

Definitely get the kettle corn, it was delicious and fairly priced. I went here to watch a CSULB basketball game and there really didn’t seem to be a bad seat in the house. The arena is small, and on most days seems that it wouldn’t draw a large game-​watching crowd. The staff was friendly, but I took off one star for the extremely long lines at the concession areas throughout the event (they did not have enough registers open).

Whenever I bring people to the CSULB (Go Beach!) campus, they always remember the Walter Pyramid. I remember when I first started attending this school and found this place to be really fascinating. Back when Frog’s gym was all the rage (has since been torn down and replaced by the CSULB Wellness Center).
A fun place to see Basketball, Volleyball, and Brazilian Jiu Jitsu. They also used to feature the NBA summer league here and you could see rookie NBA players play at a cheaper cost than you could at during a regular season game.
As an Alumni I always try to go see the Women’s and Men’s basketball team. I was very proud that they both made it to the Big West Tournament, with the Men going to the dance. Yeah they got ousted in the first round, but how many teams even get that chance to go? I hope that will bring in more recruits and make the games at the pyramid all the more exciting. Can’t wait for the season to begin again!

If the sun is harsh Walter Pyramid (blue pyramid) is a good place to start your shoot.
Located on the campus of Cal State University — Long beach. You can park on the street or pay a little extra and park on campus, but I would always, just to be safe, pay extra for safety and guaranteeing not getting a parking ticket. I remember when my friend did a day shoot and all six cars, including mine, received a parking ticket. No bueno.
This location affords the photographer beautiful lines and shade when the sun is overwhelming bright. Moreover, it allows for creativity in that positioning of the subjects and composition of the photograph, even just a tad, helps change the overall appeal of the image.
I would suggest shooting at a wide aperture with a shutter speed no faster than 1/​100, though ¹⁄₆₀ is acceptable if your hands are still. If it is still a tad too bright, I would suggest bringing a neutral density filter to trick the camera in shooting wider aperture. Always focus on the subjects eyes.
Good luck and happy shooting!

My first time to the Walter Pyramid came a week ago to watch a world Muay Thai boxing event. I didn’t know what to expect from this venue having never even visited CSULB before. I have to say that I was impressed with the size of the building and how cool it looked from the outside. That sky blue color stands out from a mile away.
Inside there was a very large capacity of seating available. There were plenty of concession stands for food, snacks, drinks, and of course beer. All of the above ridiculously overpriced but not shocking is it? Bathrooms were really clean also.
The PA system sounded pretty good for the event itself. Lighting was setup really well. The view from the upper seats were still really great and offered a perfect viewing angle. So i can imagine pretty much any seat here is a good seat to watch an event.
I would definitely come here again for a sport event.

This is the famous Long Beach Pyramid at CSULB.
Venue for many events. Little do a lot of you guys know, but it’s also home to many Brazilian Jiu Jitsu and submission grappling tournaments. The two big ones being, ADCC and the BJJ World Championships, also simply known as the Mundials.
I’ve competed here several times. It’s not far from the 405, across the street from the campus. Tons of parking but for event parking its usually 5 bucks. When you first pull into this place, its pretty awesome.
Inside reminds you of an arena rock stadium. Concession stands upstairs, and from the top of the stadium you work your way down, as opposed to other stadiums where you work your way up. It’s really an interesting lay out. You really just gotta see it.
For tournaments, the grounds are full of tatame mats. It’s funny. A few Unilocalers I guess are into BJJ. I hadn’t mentioned it to anyone on Unilocal but one person saw my name on the brackets, and another Unilocaler I saw there attending as a spectator. Random. Unilocalers at a BJJ World Championships.
This is the reason I took time off from my AYEs. I made sacrifices. From over training I had several severe injuries. I stopped drinking, going out, and in the last few days I really haven’t talked to many people. I realize its really hard for people who never competed in sports before or it has been so long, or been in a championships to know what I was going through. It must be another world I’m sure. In that sense you feel alienated from those people but feel a brotherhood to the ones you do compete with, hence why teams always become like frats. I don’t think its something most Unilocalers would understand. If I told one of my Unilocal friends I was competing in the Worlds, they would probably ask me where I am eating after. It’s just different. I’m better define by my sport than this site or by food.
And in this way, this is a Unilocal review unlike any I’ve read. Cept maybe the one guy who was a paintball champ.
I dunno how to explain how badly I wanted to win. It just felt like everything I’ve ever done led up to this moment. And I wanted to seize it so badly. I thought about, are my intentions noble? Winning? And I realized, wanting to challenge yourself and strive to be the best is as noble cause as any.
I won my first match, a lil rough at first but when the rust wore off I was able to implement my game. I gave my friends my digital camera to record my fights. My 2^nd fight was so much fun. It was a high scoring fight going back and forth. I felt I should have won but I didn’t get the nod. I didn’t care though cuz I know I had a great fight, and I had proof. Not only that, but I know I should have won and I had also proof how I got denied my rightful points.
Hours later in checking my camera, I realized my friends didn’t record my fight at all. They had set it to picture mode for some reason and instead of filming me, all they did was take a snap shot of me.
My heart sank. Without actual proof, I just turned into one of those guys who always talks about, the could haves, the almosts, the should haves.
Its hard to explain how important it was to me. To be considered one of the best in the world. I went to my car and I broke down. Its hard not to. 6 days a week for the past 6 months. Training twice a day, 2 – 3 hours at a time. I took a job as a personal trainer to give me more time to train and to pursue some of my writing aspirations.
I felt it within my reach. It’s heart breaking. Why do athletes put themselves through all this? For the single chance, that you will be that one person, who can call themselves a champion. It’s something important to a small few of us.
All day after I kept thinking to myself. Bring me to life. Because losing and losing the video, I really felt dead. All the hard work and sacrifice, and dieting and cutting weight and making weight, felt like for nothing. I just wanted everyone to see my desire. But by tomorrow I will be over it. Tonight is just the dark night of the soul.
This event though is 4 days. Over a thousand competitors from all over the world. Thousands of spectators.
Here is video of my first fight.