Mizzou Arena

Mizzou Arena
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Former names	Paige Sports Arena (October–November 2004; three regular season games)
Location	One Champions Drive; Columbia, MO 65211
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Owner	University of Missouri
Operator	University of Missouri
Capacity	15,061 (2004–present)
Surface	Hardwood
Construction
Broke ground	September 21, 2002
Opened	October 13, 2004
Construction cost	$75 million; ($94 million in 2024 dollars)
Architect	CDFM2; HOK Sport (now Populous)
Structural engineer	Walter P Moore
Services engineer	M-E Engineers, Inc.
General contractor	J.E. Dunn Construction Group
Tenants
	Missouri Tigers; (Men's & Women's Basketball)

Mizzou Arena is an indoor arena located on the south side of the campus of the University of Missouri in Columbia, Missouri. The facility, home to the school's men's and women's basketball teams, opened in November 2004 and replaced the Hearnes Center as the school's flagship indoor sports facility. The arena also serves as a concert venue or speaking venue for bigger named guests, such as Rascal Flatts, Luke Bryan and The Eagles. The arched-roof building seats 15,061, and is located just south of Hearnes and Memorial Stadium. The arena is host to Missouri State High School Activities Association championships for basketball and wrestling. The arena was briefly known as Paige Sports Arena.^[7]

About the arena

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Mizzou Arena from the Northwest side in 2014

Mizzou Arena also includes offices for the Men’s and Women’s basketball programs, the Athletic Administration and Mizzou Arena’s Building Operations. For the basketball programs the arena also offers locker rooms, a 24-hour practice gym,^[8] weight and training facilities including a hydrotherapy pool, video classrooms with audio and video editing capabilities, and an academic study center.

Missouri basketball coach from 1967–99, Norm Stewart, is the namesake of the arena's playing court.^[9]

History

After protracted negotiations,^[10] a third of Mizzou Arena's $75 million cost was donated by Walmart heir Nancy Walton Laurie and her husband Bill Laurie. The stadium was initially named the Paige Sports Arena after their daughter, but the donors gave up their naming rights following a scandal concerning her.^[11]^[12]^[13]^[14] The name of the arena's playing surface, Norm Stewart Court, was carried over from the basketball team's previous home at the Hearnes Center with the arena's opening in 2004.^[9]

Reflecting an SEC-wide trend, attendance at men's basketball games has dropped. With one conference game left to play in 2014, attendance was on track to be at its lowest since the 2007–08 season.^[15]^[16]

In September of 2014, the university announced renovations to the arena including a new video board, improvements to the facility's entryway and upgrades to the team's locker room coming from a $1.5 million donation.^[17]

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v t e University of Missouri
Academics	School of Accountancy College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources College of Arts and Science Trulaske College of Business College of Education College of Engineering Graduate School School of Health Professions College of Human Environmental Sciences School of Information Science and Learning Technology Missouri School of Journalism School of Law School of Medicine School of Music School of Natural Resources Sinclair School of Nursing Harry S Truman School of Public Affairs School of Social Work College of Veterinary Medicine
Athletics	Baseball Men's basketball Women's basketball Football Softball Volleyball The Antlers Arch Rivalry Border War Braggin' Rights Brewer Fieldhouse Faurot Field Hall of Fame Hearnes Center Marching Mizzou Missouri–Nebraska football rivalry Tiger-Sooner Peace Pipe Tiger's Lair Mizzou Arena Taylor Stadium Truman the Tiger Walton Stadium
Campus	A. P. Green Chapel Academic Hall Francis Quadrangle McAlester Arboretum Mizzou Botanic Garden Columbia Regional Hospital Sanford F. Conley House Ellis Fischel Cancer Center Ellis Library Jesse Hall Laws Hall Laws Observatory Memorial Union Missouri Theatre Center for the Arts Missouri State Teachers Association Building MU High School Police Department Switzler Hall Red Campus University of Missouri Children's Hospital University of Missouri Hospital University of Missouri Research Reactor Center Welch Hall Museum of Art and Archaeology Libraries University Hospitals and Clinics
Research	Oral Tradition (journal) Journal of Career Development Mizzou Hydrogen Car Team Pictures of the Year International Religion Newswriters Association Society of American Business Editors and Writers
Student life	The Maneater L.S.V. Mystical Seven QEBH
People	Esterhazy Quartet General Alumni General Faculty Hall of Fame Inductees Presidents and Chancellors
History	History of the University of Missouri Geyer Act Missouri ex rel. Gaines v. Canada Missouri Waltz State Historical Society of Missouri 2015–16 University of Missouri protests
Media	The Maneater Columbia Missourian KBIA KCOU KOMU-DT3 KOMU-TV MUTV University Press

v t e Missouri Tigers men's basketball
Venues	Rothwell Gymnasium (1906–1929) Brewer Fieldhouse (1929–1972) Hearnes Center (1972–2004) Mizzou Arena (2004–present)
Rivalries	Illinois Kansas
Culture & lore	The Antlers Truman the Tiger
People	Head coaches Retired jerseys All-Americans
Seasons	1906–07 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16
Premo-Porretta national championships in bold

v t e Music venues of Missouri
Outdoor	Arrowhead Stadium Busch Stadium Faurot Field Kauffman Stadium The Muny Starlight Theatre Verizon Wireless Amphitheater Crossroads KC At Grinders Kansas City Live!
Theaters and clubs	The Blue Note Blueberry Hill Fox Theatre Jesse Hall Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts Knuckleheads Saloon Orpheum Theater The Pageant Peabody Opera House Powell Hall The Sheldon Midland Theatre Missouri Theatre Center for the Arts Municipal Auditorium Uptown Theater
Arenas	Chaifetz Arena Family Arena JQH Arena Kemper Arena Mizzou Arena St. Joseph Civic Arena Scottrade Center Show Me Center Silverstein Eye Centers Arena Sprint Center
Festivals	True/False Film Festival

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