McLeod Center

McLeod Center
Construction
The MC
Location	Cedar Falls, Iowa
Owner	University of Northern Iowa
Operator	University of Northern Iowa
Capacity	6,650 (Volleyball, Basketball, and Wrestling)
Surface	Multi-surface
Broke ground	October 9, 2004
Opened	November 18, 2006
Construction cost	$26 million ($30.4 million in 2015 dollars^[1])
Architect	HLKB Architecture Crawford Architects
Structural engineer	Martin/Martin, Inc.^[2]
Services engineer	M-E Engineers, Inc.^[3]
General contractor	Cardinal Construction^[4]
Tenants
UNI Panthers (Division I Missouri Valley Conference) (2006–present)

McLeod Center (The MC) is a 6,650-seat multi-purpose arena on the campus of the University of Northern Iowa in Cedar Falls, Iowa, currently housing the school's teams in men's and women's basketball, women's volleyball, and wrestling. The arena opened November 18, 2006 with a volleyball game against Bradley. The other three UNI teams made their debuts in the facility over the next three days—men's basketball versus Milwaukee on November 19, women's basketball against Iowa State on November 20, and wrestling versus Iowa on November 21.

South entrance of the McLeod Center at the University of Northern Iowa

The McLeod Center replaced the UNI-Dome as the home of the school's basketball teams and West Gymnasium as the home of the volleyball and wrestling teams. The McLeod Center is located on the west end of the campus, directly south of the UNI-Dome and connected by a covered walkway.

the McLeod Center interior

Other

In May of 2010, the McLeod Center became the first building in Iowa to host the Dalai Lama.
On October 24, 2010 Bob Dylan performed at the venue.
Other artists who have performed include Luke Bryan, Rodney Atkins, The All-American Rejects, Meat Loaf, Miranda Lambert, Gloriana (band), and Alan Jackson.

Depictions of volleyball, American football, and wrestling at the McLeod Center at the University of Northern Iowa

References

↑ Consumer Price Index (estimate) 1800–2014. Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis. Retrieved February 27, 2014.
↑ MPA Focus Summer 09
↑ "College Arenas". M-E Engineers, Inc. Archived from the original on January 13, 2008.
↑ McLeod Center | Rod Library

External links

University of Northern Iowa

Academics	Colleges Business Education Graduate College Humanities, Arts and Sciences Social and Behavioral Sciences

Athletics	Men's Baseball Cross Country Basketball Football Golf Track & Field Wrestling Women's Basketball Cross Country Golf Soccer Softball Swimming & Diving Tennis Track & Field Volleyball Venues McLeod Center O. R. Latham Stadium UNI-Dome People Mark Farley Ben Jacobsen Doug Schwab Tanya Warren

Campus	Buildings University of Northern Iowa Gallery of Art

History	UNI Presidents Notable Alumni

Media	KICJ KUNI North American Review The Northern Iowan

Related	Camp Adventure

Northern Iowa Panthers men's basketball

Venues	UNI-Dome (1976–2006) McLeod Center (2006–present)

Culture & lore	2007 Summer Universiade Iowa "Big Four" (Big Four Classic)

People	Head coaches

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Basketball arenas in the Missouri Valley Conference

Carver Arena (Bradley, men's) Renaissance Coliseum (Bradley, women's) Knapp Center (Drake) Ford Center (Evansville) Redbird Arena (Illinois State) Hulman Center (Indiana State) Joseph J. Gentile Arena (Loyola) JQH Arena (Missouri State) McLeod Center (Northern Iowa) SIU Arena (Southern Illinois) Charles Koch Arena (Wichita State)

Coordinates: 42°30′50″N 92°28′02″W / 42.51395°N 92.46714°W / 42.51395; -92.46714