| William Lindsay White Auditorium | |
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| White Auditorium | |
| Location | 111 E. 6th Ave., Emporia, Kansas 66801 USA |
| Broke ground | 1940 |
| Opened | 1941 |
| Closed | never |
| Owner | Emporia State University Pete Euler |
| Operator | Emporia State University Pete Euler |
| Surface | Grade 1, one-inch thick, northern hardwood maple |
| Capacity | 5,000 |
| Tenants | |
| Emporia State University (Men's & Women's Basketball) |
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The William Lindsay White Auditorium is a 7,000 seat multi-purpose arena in Emporia, Kansas, that houses Emporia State University men and women's basketball NCAA teams and the women's NCAA Volleyball team.. It was built in 1940 and is the home of the Emporia State University Hornets Men's and Women's basketball teams.[1] It also hosts the Kansas High School 6A Basketball State championships, but will host the Class 1A-Division II state tournament starting in 2011, when the 6A tournaments move to Charles Koch Arena at Wichita State University. The building was named to honor William Lindsay White, son of William Allen White.[2]