Roberts Municipal Stadium
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Roberts Municipal Stadium is a multi-use arena in Evansville, Indiana for sports, public events, and concerts. It seats up to 13,232 spectators and features four star locker rooms and a press room.
The arena was built in 1956. It is the home of the Evansville BlueCats of the United Indoor Football league and the University of Evansville's Purple Aces basketball program. The sports arena seats 12,500 for basketball. In addition, it regularly hosts a variety of concerts and other sporting events, most notably the Great Lakes Valley Conference (NCAA Division II) men's and women's basketball tournaments in early March of every year. It also hosted the 1980 and 1983 Midwestern City Conference (now Horizon League) men's basketball conference tournament.
The stadium received a $16 million dollar upgrade in 1990. In 2007 the city of Evansville hired a professional consultant to examine whether the stadium should be renovated or replaced with a new and larger arena.[1]
It is co-managed with Mesker Amphitheatre, The Centre, and Victory Theatre.
[edit] References
- ^ "Arena Study", Evansville Courier & Press. Retrieved on January 28, 2007.
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