Largest Arenas (University Owned & Operated)

H8IAST8

H8IAST8

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Carver is the 16th largest in the country.
Just a little prespective...

Carrier Dome 34,616 Syracuse Orange
Marriott Center 22,700 BYU Cougars
Dean Smith Center 21,750 North Carolina Tar Heels
Thompson-Boling Arena 21,000 Tennessee Volunteers basketball, Tennessee Lady Volunteers basketball
Bud Walton Arena 19,200 Arkansas Razorbacks men's basketball, Arkansas Lady Razorbacks
Value City Arena 18,809 Ohio State Buckeyes men's basketball, Ohio State Buckeyes women's basketball
Thomas & Mack Center 18,776 UNLV Runnin' Rebels basketball
Colonial Life Arena 18,000 South Carolina Gamecocks men's basketball, South Carolina Gamecocks women's basketball
Assembly Hall 17,472 Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball
Kohl Center 17,142 Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball, Wisconsin Badgers women's basketball
The Pit 17,126 New Mexico Lobos men's basketball
Frank Erwin Center 16,755 Texas Longhorns men's basketball, Texas Longhorns women's basketball
Assembly Hall 16,618 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball, Illinois Fighting Illini women's basketball
Allen Fieldhouse 16,300 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball, Kansas Jayhawks women's basketball
Save Mart Center at Fresno State 15,544 Fresno State Bulldogs
Carver-Hawkeye Arena 15,400 Iowa Hawkeyes men's basketball, Iowa Hawkeyes women's basketball
Coleman Coliseum 15,316 Alabama Crimson Tide men's basketball
Bryce Jordan Center 15,261 Penn State Nittany Lions men's basketball, Penn State Lady Lions women's basketball
Mizzou Arena 15,061 Missouri Tigers men's basketball
Arena-Auditorium 15,028 Wyoming Cowboys basketball
United Spirit Arena 15,020 Texas Tech Red Raiders basketball, Texas Tech Lady Raiders basketball
 
H8IAST8 said:
Carver is the 16th largest in the country.
Just a little prespective...

Carrier Dome 34,616 Syracuse Orange
Marriott Center 22,700 BYU Cougars
Dean Smith Center 21,750 North Carolina Tar Heels
Thompson-Boling Arena 21,000 Tennessee Volunteers basketball, Tennessee Lady Volunteers basketball
Bud Walton Arena 19,200 Arkansas Razorbacks men's basketball, Arkansas Lady Razorbacks
Value City Arena 18,809 Ohio State Buckeyes men's basketball, Ohio State Buckeyes women's basketball
Thomas & Mack Center 18,776 UNLV Runnin' Rebels basketball
Colonial Life Arena 18,000 South Carolina Gamecocks men's basketball, South Carolina Gamecocks women's basketball
Assembly Hall 17,472 Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball
Kohl Center 17,142 Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball, Wisconsin Badgers women's basketball
The Pit 17,126 New Mexico Lobos men's basketball
Frank Erwin Center 16,755 Texas Longhorns men's basketball, Texas Longhorns women's basketball
Assembly Hall 16,618 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball, Illinois Fighting Illini women's basketball
Allen Fieldhouse 16,300 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball, Kansas Jayhawks women's basketball
Save Mart Center at Fresno State 15,544 Fresno State Bulldogs
Carver-Hawkeye Arena 15,400 Iowa Hawkeyes men's basketball, Iowa Hawkeyes women's basketball
Coleman Coliseum 15,316 Alabama Crimson Tide men's basketball
Bryce Jordan Center 15,261 Penn State Nittany Lions men's basketball, Penn State Lady Lions women's basketball
Mizzou Arena 15,061 Missouri Tigers men's basketball
Arena-Auditorium 15,028 Wyoming Cowboys basketball
United Spirit Arena 15,020 Texas Tech Red Raiders basketball, Texas Tech Lady Raiders basketball
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And is smaller than the Pit. We simply cannot expect to retain high quality coaches with our current facilities. We need to add a second level to Carver to get capacity up to 20k.
 
How does KU get 16K+ fans into that fieldhouse?? I have been there for a game and it doesn't seem like 16k
 
Oh gotchya.
Either way we need to expand. Having people watching from the parking lot because Carver is packed might seem fun but they should be in there cheering on the Hawks!
 
H8IAST8 said:
Carver is the 16th largest in the country.
Just a little prespective...

Carrier Dome 34,616 Syracuse Orange
Marriott Center 22,700 BYU Cougars
Dean Smith Center 21,750 North Carolina Tar Heels
Thompson-Boling Arena 21,000 Tennessee Volunteers basketball, Tennessee Lady Volunteers basketball
Bud Walton Arena 19,200 Arkansas Razorbacks men's basketball, Arkansas Lady Razorbacks
Value City Arena 18,809 Ohio State Buckeyes men's basketball, Ohio State Buckeyes women's basketball
Thomas & Mack Center 18,776 UNLV Runnin' Rebels basketball
Colonial Life Arena 18,000 South Carolina Gamecocks men's basketball, South Carolina Gamecocks women's basketball
Assembly Hall 17,472 Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball
Kohl Center 17,142 Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball, Wisconsin Badgers women's basketball
The Pit 17,126 New Mexico Lobos men's basketball
Frank Erwin Center 16,755 Texas Longhorns men's basketball, Texas Longhorns women's basketball
Assembly Hall 16,618 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball, Illinois Fighting Illini women's basketball
Allen Fieldhouse 16,300 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball, Kansas Jayhawks women's basketball
Save Mart Center at Fresno State 15,544 Fresno State Bulldogs
Carver-Hawkeye Arena 15,400 Iowa Hawkeyes men's basketball, Iowa Hawkeyes women's basketball
Coleman Coliseum 15,316 Alabama Crimson Tide men's basketball
Bryce Jordan Center 15,261 Penn State Nittany Lions men's basketball, Penn State Lady Lions women's basketball
Mizzou Arena 15,061 Missouri Tigers men's basketball
Arena-Auditorium 15,028 Wyoming Cowboys basketball
United Spirit Arena 15,020 Texas Tech Red Raiders basketball, Texas Tech Lady Raiders basketball
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Why on earth did Texas, Ttech, and PSU build arenas that large. People DO NOT go to basketball games in those places.
 
vosov said:
Why on earth did Texas, Ttech, and PSU build arenas that large. People DO NOT go to basketball games in those places.
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Well Texas did it because they can. As for the other two your guess is as good as mine. Did Tech build it before or after they hired B. Knight?
 
goods10 said:
Well Texas did it because they can. As for the other two your guess is as good as mine. Did Tech build it before or after they hired B. Knight?
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I'd guess UT averages at least 95% full for men's conference games.


How do they fit over 17K into Assembly Hall? On TV that place looks like it can only hold about 11K.
 
atxhawk said:
I'd guess UT averages at least 95% full for men's conference games.


How do they fit over 17K into Assembly Hall? On TV that place looks like it can only hold about 11K.
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I've always wondered that myself. Considering there's basically no seats behind the baskets.
 
Texas averages 13,358 in big 12 play. I threw out a&m cause it says 21k for attendance. Obviously that isn't possible in that arena.
 
vosov said:
Why on earth did Texas, Ttech, and PSU build arenas that large. People DO NOT go to basketball games in those places.
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But they likely do go to concerts and other events, having a larger arena in a college town likely allows for some additional tours to schedule events in those venues.
 
goods10 said:
How does KU get 16K+ fans into that fieldhouse?? I have been there for a game and it doesn't seem like 16k
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This is exactly why it is so freakin loud and intimidating in there. I've been to several games there and it's amazing. Smaller than Carver, but holds more. Fans are pretty much stacked on top of each other as the stands are more straight up where as Carver is spread out wide... if that makes sense. The top row is in the rafters literally. Not for the people who want comfort, as there is about a 99% chance the guy behind you will have his knee in between your shoulders all game.... kinda like Kinnick can be at least in my North End Zone seats. One time I had this guys knee just driving into me all half and it ended up being Gayle Sayers.
 
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