Kohl Center
| "The Madhouse in Madison" | |
A view from outside the Kohl Center
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| Location | 601 West Dayton Street Madison, WI 53715-1206 |
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| Owner | University of Wisconsin–Madison |
| Operator | University of Wisconsin–Madison |
| Capacity | 17,230 (basketball) 15,359 (hockey) |
| Surface | Multi-surface 200' x 97' (hockey) |
| Construction | |
| Broke ground | September 7, 1996 |
| Opened | January 17, 1998 |
| Construction cost | $76.4 Million ($112 million in 2017 dollars) |
| Architect |
HOK Sport Heinlein Schrock Stearns |
| Project manager | Hammes Company |
| Structural engineer | Thornton Tomasetti |
| Services engineer | M-E Engineers, Inc. |
| General contractor | The Boldt Company |
| Tenants | |
| Wisconsin Badgers Men's Basketball (1998-Present) Wisconsin Badgers Women's Basketball (1998-Present) Wisconsin Badgers Men's Hockey (1998-Present) Wisconsin Badgers Women's Hockey (1998–2012) WIAA State Boys Basketball Tournament (1998-Present) WIAA State Girls Basketball Tournament (1998, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2010–2012) WIAA State Wrestling Tournament (1998–2004) NCAA Men's Basketball Midwest Regional (2002) NCAA Men's Hockey Midwest Regional (2008) |
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The Kohl Center is an arena and athletic center at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, United States. The building, which opened in 1998, is the home of the university's men's basketball and ice hockey teams, and the women's basketball team. It also housed the university's women's ice hockey team through 2012, after which they moved into the adjacent LaBahn Arena. Seating capacity is variable, as the center can be rearranged to accommodate a basketball court, a hockey rink, or a concert. The maximum capacity is 17,230 in its basketball configuration, and 15,359 for ice hockey. The center has three levels, with the floor holding about 7,500 people, and the two upper balconies about 4,500 each. It is the second largest indoor venue in Wisconsin and the largest outside Milwaukee. The arena is located on the southeast corner of the UW–Madison campus, at the intersection of West Dayton and North Frances Streets.
The sporting arena is named after former United States Senator and Milwaukee Bucks owner Herb Kohl, who donated $25 million of his Kohl's department/grocery store fortune to the building project. At the time it was the largest single donation in University of Wisconsin System history. Because of the donor's first name, it is sometimes locally referred to as the "Herb Garden". Former Wisconsin Badgers basketball player Albert Nicholas and his wife donated $10 million toward the project, with the adjoining practice pavilion named the Nicholas-Johnson Pavilion and Plaza. Jack F. Kellner and his sons donated an additional $2.5 million to the project. Wisconsin-based Hammes Company developed the arena for UW–Madison in 1993. The Boldt Company was the project's general contractor.
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