Anderson Arena
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| Location | Bowling Green, Ohio |
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| Owner | Bowling Green State University |
| Operator | Bowling Green State University |
| Capacity | 4,700 (basketball) 2,800 (gymnastics) |
| Opened | 1960 |
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Bowling Green Falcons (NCAA) Men's basketball (1960–2011) Women's basketball (1973–2011) Women's volleyball (1976–2010) Women's gymnastics (1975–present) |
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Anderson Arena is an indoor arena located in Memorial Hall on the campus of Bowling Green State University in Bowling Green, Ohio and is currently home to the Bowling Green Falcons women's gymnastics team. The arena, which opened in 1960, served as the home arena for the Bowling Green men's and women's basketball teams and women's volleyball team until 2011. Following their season finales in 2010 and 2011, the teams moved into the newly built Stroh Center on the east side of campus. It originally had a seating capacity of 4,700 people for basketball games. For gymnastics meets, the capacity is 2,800.
The arena is named after Naismith Basketball Hall of Famer Harold Anderson, who coached Bowling Green's men's basketball team from 1942–63, leading the Falcons to three NCAA tournament appearances. Anderson Arena played host to the championship game of the 1983 Mid-American Conference Men's Basketball Tournament, in which Bowling Green lost 59–56 to Ohio. The arena also hosted first round games for the NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament in 1989, 1993 and 1994. Anderson Arena was also notable for its final center-hung scoreboard, an All-American scoreboard which was originally at Allen County War Memorial Coliseum and was moved to Anderson in the late 1980s.
By the dawn of the new millennium, problems arose with the arena. There were only two restrooms in the entire arena--a serious problem whenever attendance was anywhere near capacity. It lacked a number of modern conveniences, such as air conditioning. The concession facilities were well behind the times. Its acoustics and seating arrangement for concerts left much to be desired. Most severely, it was nowhere near compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act.
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