University Arena is a multi-purpose arena on the campus of Western Michigan University in Kalamazoo, Michigan , United States. Located in Read Fieldhouse , the arena opened in 1957 and is home to multiple Western Michigan Broncos athletic teams, including men's and women's basketball, women's gymnastics, women's indoor track and field, and women's volleyball. The facility seats 5,421 people. Read Fieldhouse was named for Buck Read , WMU head men's basketball coach from 1922 to 1949.
4-521: University Arena may refer to: University Arena (Western Michigan University) , basketball and volleyball arena at Western Michigan University University Arena (Limerick) , sports complex at the University of Limerick University Arena, former name of The Pit at the University of New Mexico Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with
8-436: A major renovation, adding 20,900 square feet (1,940 m ) to bring the total to 114,900 square feet (10,670 m ). The renovation included rotating the playing surface 90 degrees and reducing the seating capacity from over 10,000 to 5,421. Before the basketball team moved into Read Fieldhouse, WMU played at Oakland Gymnasium from the 1938–39 season through the 1956–57 season. In addition to hosting WMU basketball games,
12-521: The arena also hosts high school basketball games between Kalamazoo Central and Kalamazoo Loy Norrix high schools twice a year as a neutral site. University Arena is home to The Zoo , Western Michigan's student section for basketball games. Formerly known as the Bronco Brigade , The Zoo was formed in 2003 and officially named in 2004. This article about a sports venue in Michigan
16-536: The title University Arena . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=University_Arena&oldid=1090927576 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages University Arena (Western Michigan University) In 1994, University Arena went through
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