St. John Arena

St. John Arena
Construction
St. John
Exterior view in 2014
Location	410 Woody Hayes Dr Columbus, OH 43210
Coordinates	40°0′19″N 83°1′8″W / 40.00528°N 83.01889°W / 40.00528; -83.01889Coordinates: 40°0′19″N 83°1′8″W / 40.00528°N 83.01889°W / 40.00528; -83.01889
Owner	Ohio State University
Operator	Ohio State University Department of Athletics
Capacity	13,276 (basketball)
Opened	November 1956
Construction cost	$4 million (approximate)
Tenants
Ohio State Buckeyes men's basketball (1956–98) men's gymnastics (1956–present) wrestling (1956–present) women's basketball (1965–98) men's volleyball (1968–present) women's gymnastics (1970–present) women's volleyball (1971–present)

St. John Arena is a multi-purpose arena on the campus of The Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio, United States. The arena was named for Lynn St. John, who served as Ohio State's men's basketball coach and athletic director until 1947.

Located on north campus between Woody Hayes Drive and Lane Avenue, the 13,276-seat arena was built in 1956. When it housed the Ohio State Buckeyes men's basketball team from its completion until 1998, it saw the Buckeyes win the 1960 National Championship and five straight Big Ten titles from 1960 to 1964 under coach Fred Taylor. The men's and women's basketball teams moved to their current home, Value City Arena at the Jerome Schottenstein Center, in 1998. The arena now houses the school's men's and women's volleyball teams, men's and women's gymnastics teams, and wrestling squad. It also hosts the annual Buckeye Classic women's basketball tournament. Concerts by popular musical artists were held at the arena from 1971 to 1980.

In 2004, St. John Arena hosted its first men's basketball game in six years because of a scheduling conflict at the Schottenstein Center. St. John Arena was again used for men's basketball on March 24, 2008, when the Buckeyes hosted an NIT game against the California Golden Bears. The Buckeyes eventually took the 2008 NIT title.

The most popular event still held at the arena is the Skull Session, the pep rally before football games. Two hours prior to kickoff The Ohio State University Marching Band performs Buckeye favorites, and the players and coaches speak to the crowd. With roots back to 1932, the Skull Session sometimes features the visiting team's marching band or local high school bands as well. Many fans arrive hours early to obtain seating for the Ohio State tradition.

St. John Arena is used for Freshmen Convocation, at which the entire freshman class meets for the first time and university leaders initiate the freshmen.

Plans to demolish St. John were announced in November 2012 to be replaced by the Covelli Arena. However, in 2016, the university's associate vice president for planning and real estate said that the arena is unlikely to be demolished in the foreseeable future.^[1]

Panoramic view of St. John Arena

References

↑ Mary Morgan Edwards (August 31, 2016). "St. John Arena likely to remain, Ohio State officials say". Columbus Dispatch. Retrieved September 1, 2016.

External links

St. John Arena at Ohiostatebuckeyes.com

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Venues	The Armory (1897–1918) Ohio Expo Center Coliseum (1918–1956) St. John Arena (1956–1998) Value City Arena (1998–present) Covelli Arena (practice; 2014)
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