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{{Short description|Indoor arena on the campus of the University of Missouri}}
{{Infobox venue
| stadium_name        = Mizzou Arena
| nickname            = 
| image               = [[Image:Mizzouarena.jpg|250px]]
| image_map           = {{maplink|frame=yes|plain=yes|frame-align=center|frame-width=250|zoom=15|type=point}}
| location            = One Champions Drive<br>Columbia, Missouri 65211
| coordinates         = {{coord|38.93237|N|92.33303|W|source:placeopedia|display=inline,title}}
| publictransit       = {{Bus icon}} [[Go COMO]]
| broke_ground        = {{Start date|2002|09|21}}
| opened              = {{Start date|2004|10|13}}<ref>{{cite web |title=Mizzou Athletics to Hold Series of Open Houses at Paige Sports Arena|url=http://www.mutigers.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/100804aab.html|publisher=Missouri Athletics|date=October 8, 2004|access-date=November 12, 2013}}</ref>
| closed              =
| demolished          =
| former names        = Paige Sports Arena (October–November 2004; three regular season games<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/schools/missouri/2005-schedule.html|title=2004-05 Missouri Tigers Schedule and Results|publisher=[[Sports Reference]]|access-date=18 December 2013}}</ref>)
| owner               = [[University of Missouri]]
| operator            = University of Missouri
| surface             = Hardwood
| construction_cost   = $75 million<br><small>(${{formatprice|{{Inflation|US|75000000|2004}}}} in {{Inflation-year|US}} dollars{{inflation-fn|US}})</small>
| architect           = [[360 Architecture|CDFM2]]<br>HOK Sport <small>(now [[Populous (company)|Populous]])</small>
| structural engineer = [[Walter P Moore Engineers and Consultants|Walter P Moore]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Mizzou Arena|url=http://www.walterpmoore.com/general_content.cfm?categoryName=%2A%3C%2CB%28JX1G%21D2V%40%20%20%20%0A&category2Name=%28%3C%5CZ5M%28%29P%21T4%20%0A&category3Name=%288LJ3OY%2DZ%27%25%40%20%0A&projectID=%25%248C%29%5B%5DX%20%0A|publisher=Walter P Moore|access-date=February 8, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060311130749/http://www.walterpmoore.com/general_content.cfm?categoryName=%2A%3C%2CB%28JX1G%21D2V%40%20%20%20%0A&category2Name=%28%3C%5CZ5M%28%29P%21T4%20%0A&category3Name=%288LJ3OY-Z%27%25%40%20%0A&projectID=%25%248C%29%5B%5DX%20%0A|archive-date=March 11, 2006|url-status=dead}}</ref>
| services engineer   = M-E Engineers, Inc.<ref>{{cite web |title=College Arenas|url=http://www.me-engineers.com/college_arenas.html|publisher=M-E Engineers, Inc.|access-date=February 8, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080113135027/http://www.me-engineers.com/college_arenas.html|archive-date=January 13, 2008|url-status=dead}}</ref>
| general_contractor  = [[J.E. Dunn Construction Group]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Show Me Money: Missouri Arena Delivers Revenue|first=David|last=Broughton|url=http://www.sportsbusinessdaily.com/Journal/Issues/2004/11/20041122/Facilities/Show-Me-Money-Missouri-Arena-Delivers-Revenue.aspx?hl|work=SportsBusiness Journal|date=November 22, 2004|access-date=November 12, 2013}}</ref>
| tenants             = [[Missouri Tigers]]<br>([[Missouri Tigers men's basketball|Men's]] & [[Missouri Tigers women's basketball|Women's]] Basketball)
| seating_capacity    = 15,061 (2004–present)
}}
'''Mizzou Arena''' is an [[List of indoor arenas|indoor arena]] located on the campus of the [[University of Missouri]] in [[Columbia, Missouri]]. Home to the school's men's and women's [[basketball]] teams, the facility opened in November 2004 and replaced the [[Hearnes Center]] (which still hosts all other indoor events) as the school's flagship indoor sports facility. The arena also serves as the Columbia-Jefferson City market's venue for well-known 'arena' acts such as [[Rascal Flatts]], [[Luke Bryan]] and the [[Eagles (band)|Eagles]]. The arched-roof building seats 15,061, and is located just south of [[Hearnes Center|Hearnes]] and [[Memorial Stadium (Columbia)|Memorial Stadium]]. The arena is host to [[Missouri State High School Activities Association]] championships for boys and girls basketball, as well as wrestling. The arena was originally known as '''Paige Sports Arena'''.<ref name=Paige>{{cite news|title=College removes name of Wal-Mart heiress on arena|url=http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/money/industries/retail/2004-11-24-walmart-heiress-arena_x.htm|access-date=25 November 2013|newspaper=USA Today|date=24 November 2004|author=Jenna Isaacson}}</ref>

==About the arena==
[[File:Mizzou Arena interior - 2014.jpg|thumb|Mizzou Arena from the Northwest side in 2014]]
Mizzou Arena also includes offices for the Men's and Women's basketball programs, the Athletic Administration and Mizzou Arena's Building Operations.  For the basketball programs the arena also offers locker rooms, a 24-hour practice gym,<ref name="Potential upgrades">{{cite news |title=$200 Million Questions: MU Officials Weigh Options for Facilities|first=Ross|last=Dellenger|url=http://www.columbiatribune.com/sports/mu/million-questions/article_3c9a8519-7a62-5a50-b49e-8ae89ecb947c.html|newspaper=[[Columbia Daily Tribune]]|date=July 24, 2012|access-date=July 24, 2014|quote=There are other ideas floating about, too. A second basketball practice gym is a possibility. Mizzou Arena has just one practice court.}}</ref> weight and training facilities including a hydrotherapy pool, video classrooms with audio and video editing capabilities, and an academic study center.

Missouri basketball coach from 1967 to 1999, [[Norm Stewart]], is the namesake of the arena's playing court.<ref name="Stewart Court">{{cite web |title=New Arena Floor Named for Norm Stewart|url=http://www.mutigers.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/030704aaa.html|publisher=University of Missouri Department of Athletics|date=March 7, 2004|access-date=February 11, 2014}}</ref>

==History==
After protracted negotiations,<ref name=recommit>{{cite news|last1=Sherbo|first1=Marisa|title=Arena plans move forward without Lauries" donation|url=http://www.themaneater.com/stories/1997/9/16/arena-plans-move-forward-without-lauries-donation/|access-date=14 June 2015|work=The Maneater|date=16 September 1997|quote=MU administrators say they still are committed to building a new basketball arena, even though they will have to do it without the $10 million donation from Bill and Nancy Laurie.}}</ref> a third of the venue's $75 million cost was donated by [[Walton family|Walmart heiress]] [[Nancy Walton Laurie]] and her husband [[Bill Laurie|Bill]]. It was initially named '''Paige Sports Arena''' after their daughter (who attended the [[University of Southern California]] rather than Mizzou, to much alumni and student criticism regarding the name), but the Lauries gave up their [[naming rights]] due to a term paper scandal involving that daughter shortly after the arena's dedication.<ref>{{cite news |title=Lauries Transfer Arena Naming Rights Back to Missouri U.|url=http://www.bizjournals.com/stlouis/stories/2004/11/22/daily31.html|newspaper=[[American City Business Journals|St. Louis Business Journal]]|date=November 23, 2004|access-date=December 17, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Benefactors Find Scandal Gave New Arena a Bad Name|first=Stephanie|last=Simon|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/2004/11/25/benefactors-find-scandal-gave-new-arena-a-bad-name/|newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]]|date=November 25, 2004|access-date=December 17, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Univ. of Missouri Board Approves New Arena Name|url=http://www.bizjournals.com/stlouis/stories/2004/11/22/daily41.html|newspaper=[[American City Business Journals|St. Louis Business Journal]]|date=November 26, 2004|access-date=December 17, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Paige Sports Arena Signs Removed from eBay|first=Sheena|last=Martin|url=http://www.themaneater.com/stories/2004/12/10/paige-sports-arena-signs-removed-ebay/|newspaper=[[The Maneater]]|location=University of Missouri–Columbia|date=December 10, 2004|access-date=December 17, 2013}}</ref> The name of the arena's playing surface, [[Norm Stewart]] Court (in honor of Mizzou's longtime men's coach), was carried over from the basketball team's previous home at the [[Hearnes Center]] with the arena's opening in 2004.<ref name="Stewart Court" />

In September 2014, the university announced renovations to the arena including new [[scoreboard]] infrastructure, improvements to the facility's entryway and upgrades to the team's locker room coming from a $1.5 million donation.<ref>{{cite news |title=Mizzou Arena Getting Upgrades After 10 Years|first=Steve|last=Walentik|url=http://www.columbiatribune.com/sports/mu_basketball/mizzou-arena-getting-upgrades-after-years/article_8518a403-2ff3-5f08-8439-371c0435a041.html|newspaper=[[Columbia Daily Tribune]]|date=September 19, 2014|access-date=February 17, 2015}}</ref>

In June 2017, a former Mizzou athletics staffer was arrested on two felony charges after he allegedly drove a [[Volkswagen Passat]] through Mizzou Arena and onto Norm Stewart Court early that morning, causing an estimated $100,000 in damages.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Matter|first1=Dave|title=MU grad drives onto court at Mizzou Arena, causes $100K in damage|url=http://www.stltoday.com/sports/college/mizzou/recent-grad-crashes-car-into-mizzou-arena-causes-k-damage/article_8349bb7f-d9e7-572b-9c79-6d96373f38ee.html|access-date=27 June 2017|work=St. Louis Post-Dispatch|date=26 June 2017}}</ref>

Prior to the 2023-2024 basketball season, the gold seats inside the arena were removed and replaced with black seats. <ref>{{cite news|last1=Hudnell|first1=Bryan|title=Seating at Mizzou Arena is changing from gold to black|url=https://krcgtv.com/sports/content/seating-at-mizzou-arena-is-changing-from-gold-to-black|access-date=16 December 2024|work=KRCG|date=21 July 2023}}</ref>

==See also==
* [[List of NCAA Division I basketball arenas]]

==References==
{{Reflist|2}}

==External links==
{{Commons category}}
* [http://www.mutigers.com/facilities/mizzou-concerts-intro.html Mizzou Arena Concerts at MUTigers.com]
* [http://www.mutigers.com/facilities/fac-mizzou-arena-mbb.html Mizzou Arena Men's Basketball at MUTigers.com]
* [http://www.mutigers.com/facilities/fac-mizzou-arena-wbb.html Mizzou Arena Women's Basketball at MUTigers.com]
* [http://www.tsf-mizzou.com/ Tiger Scholarship Fund]

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