Bankers Life Fieldhouse
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| Former names | Conseco Fieldhouse (1999–2011) |
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| Address | 125 South Pennsylvania Street |
| Location | Indianapolis, Indiana |
| Coordinates | 39°45′50″N 86°9′20″W / 39.76389°N 86.15556°WCoordinates: 39°45′50″N 86°9′20″W / 39.76389°N 86.15556°W |
| Owner | Capital Improvement Board, City of Indianapolis |
| Operator | Capital Improvement Board of Managers of Marion County, Indiana |
| Capacity |
Basketball: 17,923 Concert: 19,000 |
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| Broke ground | July 22, 1997 |
| Opened | November 6, 1999 |
| Construction cost |
$183 million ($263 million in 2017 dollars) |
| Architect |
Ellerbe Becket Blackburn Architects |
| Project manager | John Klipsch Consulting, LLC |
| Structural engineer | Fink Roberts & Petrie Inc. |
| Services engineer | Moore Engineers, P.C. |
| General contractor | Hunt/Smoot |
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Indiana Pacers (NBA) (1999–present) Indiana Fever (WNBA) (2000–present) |
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Bankers Life Fieldhouse is an indoor arena located in downtown Indianapolis, Indiana, USA. It is the home of the Indiana Pacers of the National Basketball Association and the Indiana Fever of the Women's National Basketball Association. The Fieldhouse also hosts college basketball games (including the annual Big Ten Conference tournaments), indoor concerts, and ice hockey.
The arena opened in November 1999 as Conseco Fieldhouse to replace Market Square Arena. The naming rights to the venue were sold to Conseco, a financial services organization based in nearby Carmel, Indiana. In May 2010, the company renamed itself as CNO Financial Group, but the Conseco name was retained by the Fieldhouse. In December 2011, CNO Financial Group changed the name of the Fieldhouse to Bankers Life Fieldhouse, after one of its subsidiaries, Bankers Life and Casualty.
Unlike other multipurpose arenas, the arena was designed primarily for basketball. Nevertheless, the arena can accommodate an NHL-sized rink, but the seating capacity would be reduced to 12,300 for ice hockey, as the seating arrangement is asymmetrical. Many of the seats on one end of the arena have obstructed views, which results in poor sightlines for ice hockey.
The first NBA game held at Bankers Life Fieldhouse was on November 6, 1999 when the Indiana Pacers played their regular-season home opener against the Boston Celtics. Later that same season, the Pacers made it to the 2000 NBA Finals against the Los Angeles Lakers. Games 3, 4, and 5 of that championship series were held at Bankers Life Fieldhouse, but the Pacers ended up losing that season's title 4 games to 2.
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