Mizzou Arena
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| Former names | Paige Sports Arena (October–November 2004; three regular season games) |
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| Location | One Champions Drive Columbia, MO 65211 |
| Coordinates | 38°55′57″N 92°19′59″W / 38.93237°N 92.33303°WCoordinates: 38°55′57″N 92°19′59″W / 38.93237°N 92.33303°W |
| Owner | University of Missouri |
| Operator | University of Missouri |
| Capacity | 15,061 (2004–present) |
| Surface | Hardwood |
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| Broke ground | September 21, 2002 |
| Opened | October 13, 2004 |
| Construction cost | $75 million ($95.1 million in 2017 dollars) |
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CDFM2 HOK Sport (now Populous) |
| Structural engineer | Walter P Moore |
| Services engineer | M-E Engineers, Inc. |
| General contractor | J.E. Dunn Construction Group |
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Missouri Tigers (Men's & Women's Basketball) |
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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.
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, 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.
After protracted negotiations, a third of the venue's $75 million cost was donated by Walmart heiress Nancy Walton Laurie and her husband Bill. It was initially named Paige Sports Arena after their daughter (who attended the University of Southern California rather than Mizzou, to much alumni and student criticism regarding the name), but the Lauries gave up their naming rights due to a term paper scandal involving that daughter shortly after the arena's dedication. The name of the arena's playing surface, Norm Stewart Court (in honor of Mizzou's longtime men's coach), was carried over from the basketball team's previous home at the Hearnes Center with the arena's opening in 2004.
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