Roberts Municipal Stadium
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Roberts Municipal Stadium is a multi-use arena for sports, public events, and concerts, seats 13,232 spectators, and is located in Evansville, Indiana. It 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.
It is co-managed with Mesker Amphitheatre, The Centre, and Victory Theatre.
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| Current Basketball Venues in the Missouri Valley Conference |
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| Carver Arena (Bradley) • Charles Koch Arena (Wichita State) • Hammons Student Center (Missouri State) • Hulman Center (Indiana State) • Knapp Center (Drake) • McLeod Center (Northern Iowa) • Qwest Center Omaha (Creighton) • Redbird Arena (Illinois State) • Roberts Stadium (Evansville) • SIU Arena (Southern Illinois) |
| Current arenas in United Indoor Football | ||||
| Eastern Conference | Western Conference | |||
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| Family Arena | Roberts Municipal Stadium | Rockford MetroCentre | Rupp Arena | US Cellular Coliseum | WesBanco Arena | Budweiser Events Center | Gateway Arena | MetraPark Arena | Omaha Civic Auditorium | Sioux Falls Arena | |||
