The main entrance of the Kennedy Center, along South 23rd Avenue, serves as the entrance to both the Kennedy Center and Si Melby Hall. The entrance is open and airy, with three stories of glass facing Murphy Square Park. Stairs lead up to the main Melby/Kennedy concourse and the Lute Olson Hall of Champions.

The Lute Olson Hall of Champions is a multimedia display that features each of Augsburg's 18 intercollegiate varsity sports. Each current team photo is displayed, along with action photos and memorabilia from each sport. There are two monitors within the display, which will feature multimedia presentations for each sport.

The display is named for Augsburg alumnus Lute Olson '56, the longtime men's basketball coach at the University of Arizona who was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Baskeball Hall of Fame in 2002. Olson was an Augsburg student from 1952-56, playing three sports (football, basketball, baseball) while earning a double major in history and physical education. Olson was named the school's Honor Athlete in 1956, received the Augsburg Distinguished Alumni award in 1986 and was inducted into the Augsburg Athletic Hall of Fame in 1977. He has coached for more than 30 years on the major-college level (Long Beach State 1973-74, Iowa 1974-83, Arizona 1983-present), and has won more than 750 games. Olson's teams have reached the NCAA Final Four five times, with Arizona winning the national championship in 1997.