Bison Sports Arena

Bison Sports Arena is a 5,830^[1] seat multi-purpose arena in Fargo, North Dakota. It was built in 1970 and is home to the North Dakota State University Bison basketball and wrestling team.

Fundraising was launched as part of the Edge Campaign to privately raise money for the extension and renovation of the Bison Sports Arena. On October 11, 2013, the NDSU Foundation voted unanimously to back the project up to 41 million, pending legislative approval. On November 23, 2013, the State Board Of Higher Education unanimously approved the project. On December 11, 2013 the project was unanimously approved and construction could begin in 2014.

The renovation will include:

Scheels Center basketball arena, Shelly Ellig indoor track and field facility (completed), 14,500 sq. ft. basketball training facility, 15,000 sq. ft. performance training center, 2,000 sq. ft. Hall of Fame display, team store, ticket office, and a Student Athlete Academic Center.

References

↑ http://www.gobison.com/sports/2013/4/19/bsa.aspx?tab=bisonsportsarena

External links

Official website

North Dakota State University

Fargo, North Dakota

Campus	Bison Sports Arena Dacotah Field Fargodome Reineke Fine Arts Center

Media	Thunder Radio The Spectrum Bison Illustrated Bison Radio Network

School songs	On Bison The Yellow and The Green We are the Pride Gold Star Marching Band

Athletics	The Bison Baseball Basketball (Men's/Women's) Football Soccer Softball Volleyball Wrestling

North Dakota State Bison men's basketball

Venues	Bentson Bunker Fieldhouse (1931–1970) Bison Sports Arena (1970–present)

Culture & lore	Thundar "On Bison" Pep band

People	Head coaches

Seasons	1897–98 1898–99 1899–00 1900–01 1901–02 1902–03 1903–04 1904–05 1905–06 1906–07 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15

Basketball arenas of The Summit League

Magness Arena (Denver) Hilliard Gates Sports Center (IPFW) Indiana Farmers Coliseum (IUPUI) Bison Sports Arena (North Dakota State) Lee & Helene Sapp Fieldhouse (Omaha, women's) Ralston Arena (Omaha, men's) Mabee Center (Oral Roberts) DakotaDome (South Dakota) Frost Arena (South Dakota State) Western Hall (Western Illinois)

Coordinates: 46°54′1.59″N 96°47′56.49″W / 46.9004417°N 96.7990250°W / 46.9004417; -96.7990250