Gannon University welcomes you to the Gannon campus and Erie, Pennsylvania. Below are information and links that will help you plan your trip to our beautiful campus and great hometown.
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City of Erie Information & Attractions
Erie, Pa.
Erie, Pennsylvania, the state’s fourth-largest city and an exciting trend of community progress, is the home to Gannon University.
Downtown, there are new developments taking place everyday -- new restaurants, luxury apartments and shopping centers. Erie is home to recent additions such as the Blasco Library, Maritime Museum, and the Bicentennial Observation Tower that offers great views of Presque Isle Bay and the city. The Warner Theatre has also been recently restored. The construction of a luxury hotel and convention center complex was completed within the last year on the bayfront. Presque Isle Downs, a horse racing track, was also recently built last year in Summit Township.
Erie is home to several sports teams. The Erie Seawolves, an affiliate of the Detroit Tigers, are a Double-A baseball team that plays in the Eastern League. Former Erie players include Justin Verlander, Jose Guillen, Aramis Ramirez, Todd Worrell, Todd Zeile, and Nate Cornejo. The Anaheim Angels stopped in Erie during the summer of 1999 to play in an exhibition game where fans were able to see Mo Vaughn, Garrett Anderson and others. The Detroit Tigers stopped during the summer of 2001. Fans were able to see Dean Palmer, Bobby Higginson, Damion Easley, and others.
The Erie Otters play hockey at the Erie Civic Center in the Ontario Hockey League. The OHL has seen players such as Mario Lemieux and Wayne Gretzky come through its ranks. The Otters have had a total of 27 players selected in the National Hockey League Entry Draft including at least one first-round selection in five straight NHL Entry Drafts from 1997-2001. Michael Rupp, a former Otter, was named the first star during Game 7 of the 2003 NHL Stanley Cup Finals.
The Erie Bayhawks played their first season in the NBA Developmental League in 2008-09.
Uptown, Erie has experienced an incredible surge of retail development. Many new stores, superstores, outlets, restaurants, and hotels along with the giant 200+ store Millcreek Mall combine to make an exciting shopping mecca for the whole region.
All around town, the arts are alive and well with three playhouses, a superb philharmonic orchestra, art museum, professional ballet company, and much more.
Historical sights abound include the completely seaworthy U.S. Brig Niagara, Commodore Perry’s victorious flagship in the 1813 Battle of Lake Erie.
Across the bay, Presque Isle State Park juts seven miles out into Lake Erie. This biologically diverse 3,200-acre peninsula welcomes visitors every day to swim, hike, bike, fish, wind surf, rollerblade, cross-country ski, ice skate, or just motor around and enjoy nature in all of its beauty. Just outside of town are wooded foothills, farms and vineyards, fed by rivers and lakes “great” and small.
The Gannon Campus
Gannon University is located in downtown Erie, Pennsylvania, on the shores of Lake Erie. The modern campus sprawls over a seven-block radius and includes academic buildings, student living, recreational facilities and everything that today’s student needs.
Major renovations have taken place over the past decade in an effort to maintain Gannon’s quality of learning and living. Gannon University Field was added to Gannon’s campus in the summer of 2001, allowing all Gannon sports to play home games on campus. The multi-sport complex hosts football, baseball, softball, lacrosse, soccer, intramurals and other events. New turf was installed at the complex this past summer.
The Waldron Campus Center, Gannon’s nine-year-old campus center, was completed during the Fall of 1999. It is located on West Seventh Street.
The campus center provides students with a central and convenient building where students can study, relax, and socialize with each other and with the faculty and staff. Entities include conference rooms, study lounges, computer stations, food services, mailboxes and a television lounge.
The Palumbo Center is the center of Gannon’s academic learning. The University bought the downtown building and remodeled it into a state-of-the-art facility in the mid-1990s. The bookstore, lecture halls, computer labs and many large classrooms are located in the Palumbo Center.
The Schuster Theatre is a refurbished theatre located on Sassafras Street with all the entities a theatre student needs. It includes several areas for classes along with dressing rooms and theatre in the round.
The Nash Library and Zurn Science Center provide students with a comfortable place for learning and research. Both buildings are located on West Seventh Street between Peach and Sassafras Streets.
The Carneval Athletic Pavilion and Hammermill Center meet the physical needs of Gannon’s students. The Carneval Athletic Pavilion is complete with basketball courts, handball courts, weight rooms, a pool, and much more. It’s open throughout the day and the majority of the evening for student use.
The Hammermill Center is open at various times throughout the year for student use and is also the home to Gannon’s basketball, volleyball and wrestling teams.
Erie, Pa. Area Hotels - listed alphabetically
Sheraton Erie Bayfront Hotel
55 West Bay Drive
Erie, PA 16507
Phone: (814) 454-2005
Avalon Hotel
16 West 10th Street
Erie, PA 16501
Phone: (814) 459-2220
Clarion Hotel and Conference Center
2800 W 8th St
Erie, PA 16505
Phone: (814) 833-1116
Fax: (814) 838-3242
Comfort Inn
8051 Peach St
Erie, PA 16509
Phone: (814) 866-6666
Fax: (814) 864-1367
Country Inn & Suites
8040 Old Oliver Rd
Erie, PA 16509
Phone: (814) 864-5810
Fax: (814) 864-7589
Courtyard by Marriott/Erie
7792 Peach St
Erie, PA 16509
Phone: (814) 860-8300
Fax: (814) 868-9299
Days Inn
7415 Schultz Rd
Erie, PA 16509
Phone: (814) 868-8521
Fax: (814) 866-8073
Econo Lodge
8050 Peach St
Erie, PA 16509
Phone: (814) 866-5544
Fax: (814) 864-6218
Fairfield Inn- Erie
2082 Interchange Rd
Erie, PA 16565
Phone: (814) 868-0985
Fax: (814) 868-0985
Hampton Inn Erie South
8050 Old Oliver Rd
Erie, PA 16509
Phone: (814) 866-6800
Fax: (814) 866-6814
Hilton Homewood Suites
2084 Interchange Rd
Erie PA 16565
Phone: (814) 866-8292
Fax: (814) 866-3222
Holiday Inn Express
8108 Peach Street
Erie PA 16509
Phone: (814) 217-1100
Quality Inn & Suites
8040 Perry Hwy
Erie, PA 16509
Phone: (814) 864-4911
Fax: (814) 864-3743
Red Roof Inn
7865 Perry Hwy
Erie, PA 16509
Phone: (814) 868-5246
Fax: (814) 868-5450
Residence Inn by Marriott
8061 Peach St
Erie, PA 16509
Phone: (814) 864-2500
Fax: (814) 864-0688
SpringHill Suites by Marriott
2087 Interchange Road
Erie, PA 16509
Phone: (814) 864-5000
FAX: (814) 640-5500
Erie, Pa. Area Restaurants - listed alphabetically
Applebee’s (12th St)
2911 West 12th Street
Erie, PA
Phone: (814) 838-1144
Applebee’s (Peach St)
7790 Peach Street
Erie, PA
Phone: (814) 966-8210
Bob Evans Restaurant
2340 W. 12th St.
Erie, PA
Phone: (814) 455-0118
Bob Evans Restaurant
8041 Peach Street
Erie, PA
Phone: (814) 864-5444
Damon’s
7165 Peach St
Erie, PA
Phone: (814) 866-7427
Eat’n Park Restaurant
7355 Peach St
Erie, PA
Phone: (814) 866-3970
Golden Corral
7500 Peach Street
Erie, PA
Phone: (814) 864-3488
Hoss’s Steak And Sea House
3302 West 26th Street
Erie, PA
Phone: (814) 838-6718
Marketplace Grill
319 Street Street
Erie, PA
Phone: (814) 455-7272
Matthew’s Trattoria
153 East 13th Street
Erie, PA
Phone: (814) 459-6458
Max & Erma’s
2078 Interchange Road
Erie, PA
Phone: (814) 860-3332
Moe's Southwest Grill
2052 Edinboro Road
Erie, PA
Phone: (814) 868-2121
Molly Brannigan’s Irish Pub & Restaurant
506 State Street
Erie, PA
Phone: (814) 453-7800
O'Charleys
2077 Interchange Road
Erie, PA
Phone: (814) 464-2957
Old Country Buffet
7200 Peach Street
Erie, PA
Phone: (814) 866-5671
Olive Garden
5945 Peach Street
Erie, PA
Phone: (814) 866-1105
Outback Steakhouse
2076 Interchange Rd. Millcreek Mall
Erie, PA
Phone: (814) 864-8513
Perkins Family Restaurants
4403 Peach Street
Erie, PA
Phone: (814) 864-0497
Ponderosa Steak House
Millcreek Mall
Erie, PA
Phone: (814) 864-8054
Pizza Hut
5050 Peach Street
Erie, PA
Phone: (814) 868-7545
Quaker Steak & Lube
Upper Peach Street
Erie, PA
Phone: (814) 864-WING
Red Lobster
2040 Edinboro Road
Erie, PA
Phone: (814) 868-7506
Ruby Tuesday
700 Millcreek Mall
Erie, PA
Phone: (814) 866-7744
Smokey Bones Barbeque & Grill
2074 Intechange Road
Erie, PA
Phone: (814) 868-3388
Steak 'N Shake
7841 Peach Street
Erie, PA, 16509
Phone: (814) 866-8028
TGI Fridays
6755 Peach St.
Erie, PA
Phone: (814) 868-9655
Under the Clock Grill
Boston Store (Across from the Hammermill Center)
Erie, PA
Phone: (814) 454-4700
Valerios Italian Restaurant & Pizzeria
Multiple Locations
Erie, PA
Phone: (814) 833-2959