Roberts Municipal Stadium

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Roberts Municipal Stadium is a multi-use arena in Evansville, Indiana for sports, public events, and concerts. The arena was built in 1956. It seatus up to 13,232 spectators and features four star locker rooms and a press room.

The sports arena seats 12,500 for basketball. It is the home of the University of Evansville's Purple Aces basketball program. In addition, it regularly hosts a variety of 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.

From 1957 to 1976, Roberts Stadium served as the host site for the NCAA College Division (now referred to as Division II) Men's Basketball National Championship. It again hosted the "Elite 8" in 2002.

The arena 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.

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• Roberts Municipal Stadium Website

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