The Northeastern women's swimming and diving team has a premier facility for its home meets and practices - the Barletta Natatorium, located inside the Cabot Center. Dedicated on Jan. 14, 1969, the pool facility honors the memory of three Barletta family members, pioneers in local heavy construction. Vincenzo Barletta's company was later passed to his sons Nicola (NU '36) and Frederick. The Barletta Natatorium features a seating gallery that can accommodate over 500 fans.
Cabot Center is full of amenities for Husky swimmers. It is the home to the Husky athletics department as well as a 2,300-square-foot weight room, racquetball courts, an indoor track, rowing tanks and a cardiovascular room. In 2001, Cabot underwent a major renovation that included the construction of the Shanahan Academic Center, which is the home to Student-Athlete Support Services offices, a computer lab, classroom, conference room and other places for student-athletes to study.
Sports history had already occurred at the corner of Forsyth Street and Huntington Avenue long before the Cabot Center opened there in 1954. The building, named for beneficiary Godfrey Lowell Cabot in 1957, sits on the former site of the Huntington Avenue Grounds, where the first World Series was played in 1903 between Boston and Pittsburgh. Just outside the Cabot Center is a statue of Cy Young that commemorates the inaugural Fall Classic.