Arena Pictures

[eiu1999]

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[BisonFan02]

The "SHAC" (Sanford Health Athletic Complex) - Total renovation to be completed by October 2016.

http://issuu.com/ndsuathletics/docs/edge/6?e=1273067/3084608

[superman7515]

http://i.telegraph.co.uk/multimedia/archive/01496/O2_1496984i.jpg

[Go Lehigh TU Owl]

http://static.panoramio.com/photos/original/5752409.jpg

[Go Lehigh TU Owl]

http://www.discoverlehighvalley.com/files/20120118_Stabler-Arena_LJK-903x600.jpg

http://stadiumsandarenas.files.wordpress.com/2009/07/699.jpg

[813Jag]

Southern's F.G. Clark Center aka the Mini Dome
http://images.tapatalk-cdn.com/15/08/11/4f5e6ad203dd50b77b9a6deb9c025294.jpg

http://images.tapatalk-cdn.com/15/08/11/338c75c7bd4e17e4f0558d5654f76ef4.jpg

http://images.tapatalk-cdn.com/15/08/11/3340b310232a9a0ec1737a58d2f27805.jpg

http://images.tapatalk-cdn.com/15/08/11/b0c16d411b47efd68a226271098b7c92.jpg

[bonarae]

Humble Lavietes Pavilion (may be replaced by a slightly bigger, more modern one in a few years)

http://i.gse.io/gse_media/images/000/008/272/1380813614-lavietes.jpg?p=1

http://www.boston.com/sports/basketball/celtics/extras/celtics_blog/harvardcourt.jpg

[Go Lehigh TU Owl]

Temple's Liacouras Center (still with A10 court logos)


http://www.collegehoopsdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/DSCN1346.jpg

[Laker]

MSU-Mankato's Taylor Center- holds 4,800.

http://msumavericks.com/images/2013/8/9/large_taylor_center_2013_II.jpg

[Go Lehigh TU Owl]

That looks very similar to VCU and UNI's arena. Nice place!

[Laker]

That looks very similar to VCU and UNI's arena. Nice place!

I have season tickets for football and basketball and am in the Touchdown, Hoops and Championship (baseball) Clubs. That gets me into the Johnson Alumni room between the men's and women's games and at halftime. One night they were entertaining a number of people from UNI. Our AD is from there- they were looking for ideas on what they wanted to do. I haven't been in the new one yet, I was only in the UNIDome.

The nice thing is that like Iowa's Carver-Hawkeye Arena, you walk down to your seats and there are no posts in the way. If you ever sat in an obstructed seat in Minnesota's Williams Arena where you can't see the scoreboard at all and only half the court you wonder why they can even sell those type of seats.

[clenz]

I have season tickets for football and basketball and am in the Touchdown, Hoops and Championship (baseball) Clubs. That gets me into the Johnson Alumni room between the men's and women's games and at halftime. One night they were entertaining a number of people from UNI. Our AD is from there- they were looking for ideas on what they wanted to do. I haven't been in the new one yet, I was only in the UNIDome.

The nice thing is that like Iowa's Carver-Hawkeye Arena, you walk down to your seats and there are no posts in the way. If you ever sat in an obstructed seat in Minnesota's Williams Arena where you can't see the scoreboard at all and only half the court you wonder why they can even sell those type of seats.
The UNIDome was a terrible place to play, and watch basketball - especially since UNI wasn't very good most of the 80s and 90s. There are people who have been going to games for decades say that there were games they could count the number of people there to watch games - like less than 300 in a stadium that could probably house close to 25-30k for a game (and was over 20k a couple times.

Very early photo of the set up
http://www.vpaf.uni.edu/eventcomplex/unidome/images/dome5.jpg

2 minute clip of the intros the 1990 AMCU Confernce title game in the dome with well over 20k in attendance

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dit9cwBE_Ms
Some time in the 90s
http://www.vpaf.uni.edu/eventcomplex/unidome/eventpics/0001events/images/bballisu/bballfull.jpg

2005 - last year in the dome

http://www.vpaf.uni.edu/eventcomplex/unidome/eventpics/images/100_4108.JPG



We've upgraded a bit since then

[clenz]

McLeod Center - Opened in 2006 - I think the win % at home for UNI since it opened is 70-80%...maybe higher?

The front has been redone since this photo. The ticket booth is now no longer just a walk up booth. It's probably two or three times that width and a full walk in entry addition.
http://www.cardinalconst.com/wp-content/gallery/projects-higher-ed-uni-mcleod/higher-ed-uni-mcleod-1.jpg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1G7T1wtIa8U
http://i348.photobucket.com/albums/q340/unipanthers10/Untitled_zpshkhyyuog.png

http://i348.photobucket.com/albums/q340/unipanthers10/10974738_10205740010597621_855187552960110109_o_zp s80dunyhw.jpg

http://image1.stadiumjourney.com/images/stadiums/857_Corner_View_Inside_McLeod_Center.jpg

From alumni sweet - early photos. Much nicer at this point
http://i203.photobucket.com/albums/aa213/rjcawelti/Summer%2007%20UNI%20Pics/b5795a9a.jpg
http://i203.photobucket.com/albums/aa213/rjcawelti/Summer%2007%20UNI%20Pics/44d5c0ad.jpg

Connector between McLeod Center and UNIDome. Ticket office and some hall of fame is there. Also host Scholarship Club events in it
http://knowlesblunckarchitecture.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/Morning_Halloffame8x10web-469x286.jpg
http://www.crawfordarch.com/wp-content/plugins/vslider/timthumb.php?src=%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2011%2F11%2FMcLeodArena-01.jpg&w=700&h=400&zc=1&q=80
http://forman-ford.com/Handler.ashx?Item_ID=10E57EDF-439D-44E3-83AF-AC2B099CD547

There is not a bad seat in that place. I've sat in every section and every 1/3 (bottom, middle, top AND left, center, right) of each section for different basketball games, volleyball games, events, etc... There is no obstruction, except the hoop in the student section. It's a down walk to every single seat. Initial plans had it at ~10-12k seating instead of the 7k7,500 cap depending on the event now but the smaller design was chosen. I think the seats were either to be a small second level OR take the suite out of the north end and fill that in with seats. The suite is used for a ton of things and is a nice character piece to the arena though.

[clenz]

Looked it up...

UNI is 134-29 in the McLeod Center. Good for a 82.2% win % at home.

2 undefeated seasons at home. Worst year in the McLeod was the first year 9-4 (went 3-0 in games in Cedar Falls not in the McLeod).