John E. Worthen Arena

Infobox University campus
university = Ball State University
color = #CC2233
name = Worthen Arena
picture = WorthenArena.jpg
pic_caption =
use = Arena
style =
erected = 1991
location = 1300 North McKinley Avenue
Muncie, IN 47306
campus = main
namesake = John E. Worthen
architect = Browning Day Mullins Dierdorf
free_label = Seating Capacity
free = 11,500
website = | [http://www.bsu.edu/arena]

John E. Worthen Arena is a basketball arena in Muncie, Indiana. The arena opened in the year 1992 and it is home to the Ball State University Cardinals men's and women's basketball and volleyball teams. The facility currently seats 11,500 people and cost $8 million to build.

Worthen Arena is also the site of other events, including concerts (seating capacity 11,500 end-stage, 8,800 270 degree end-stage, 7,200 180-degree end-stage, and 5,500 half-house), trade shows (18,700 square feet of space on the arena floor) and other special events.

It features eight permanent and six portable concession stands, two permanent souvenir stands, a press room, two loading docks, and an arena lounge. It stands between 95 and convert|120|ft|m from the floor to the ceiling.

Originally named Ball State Arena or University Arena, it became Worthen Arena in honor of the former University President, John E. Worthen, and replaces the old arena, Irving Gymnasium.

External links

* [http://www.bsu.edu/arena Official site]