| The Assembly Hall | |
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| Location | 1800 South First Street Champaign, Illinois 61820 |
| Opened | March 2, 1963 |
| Owner | University of Illinois |
| Operator | University of Illinois |
| Construction cost | $8.35 million |
| Architect | Max Abramovitz |
| Tenants | |
| Illinois Fighting Illini Basketball | |
| Capacity | |
| 16,618 | |
Assembly Hall is a large dome-shaped indoor arena located in Champaign, Illinois, and is part of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. The Hall hosts games for the Fighting Illini men's and women's basketball teams, and doubles as a performance and event center.
Fighting Illini Basketball
Assembly Hall hosts home games of Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball. It also hosts Illinois Fighting Illini women's basketball. It is known as a very beautiful stadium from the outside.
Opening
Assembly Hall opened on March 2, 1963 and continues to attract attention for its design and construction. Four hundred feet across, it at one time was one of only two edge-supported domes in the world. The roof is supported by 614 miles of one-quarter inch steel wire wrapped at the base of the dome under intensive pressure. The architect was Max Abramovitz, a distinguished University of Illinois alumnus.
Size
The third largest Illinois arena after the United Center in Chicago and the Allstate Arena in Rosemont, Assembly Hall has nearly 16,000 permanent seats, but when portable chairs are placed on the floor for an in-the-round performance there is a potential of up to 17,200 depending on the size of the stage.
IHSA
Assembly Hall has hosted a variety of Illinois High School Association events. It has been the home of the state individual wrestling tournament since 1967. From 1963 to 1995, Assembly Hall played host to the state finals of the boys' basketball tournament. From 1978 to 1990, it also hosted the IHSA girls' basketball tournament.
Broadway Series
Assembly Hall is also the venue for the annual News-Gazette Broadway Series, which features popular musical such as Les Miserables, Miss Saigon, RENT, and Fiddler on the Roof.
External links
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| University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign | |
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| Academics |
Undergraduate Colleges and Schools Graduate Colleges and Schools |
| Athletics |
Fighting Illini • Basketball • Football • Memorial Stadium • Assembly Hall • Braggin' Rights • Sweet Sioux Tomahawk • Huff Hall • IMPE • CRCE • Kenney Gym • Chief Illiniwek |
| Points of Interest |
Allerton Park • Arboretum • The Beckman Institute • Boneyard Creek • Conservatory • CSL • Engineering Campus • Grainger • Illini Union • Krannert Center • Libraries • Lincoln Hall • Main Campus • Morrow Plots • NCSA • Spurlock Museum |
| Students |
Alumni • Illini Media • Marching Illini • Orange Krush • Residence Halls • Oskee Wow-Wow • Illinois Loyalty • |
| Current Basketball Arenas in the Big Ten |
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| Assembly Hall (Illinois) • Assembly Hall (Indiana) • Breslin Student Events Center (Michigan State) • Bryce Jordan Center (Penn State) • Carver-Hawkeye Arena (Iowa) • Crisler Arena (Michigan) • Kohl Center (Wisconsin) • Mackey Arena (Purdue) • Value City Arena (Ohio State) • Welsh-Ryan Arena (Northwestern) • Williams Arena (Minnesota) |
| Basketball Student Sections of the Big Ten |
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| Barnyard, The (Minnesota) • Buckeye NutHouse (Ohio State) • Grateful Red (Wisconsin) • Hawk's Nest (Iowa) • Izzone (Michigan State) • Maize Rage (Michigan) • Orange Krush (Illinois) • Paint Crew (Purdue) • Sampsonites (Indiana) • White Noise (Penn State) • Wildside (Northwestern) |
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