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Memorial Coliseum, coloquailly known as "The House That Rupp Built" [2] and "Historic Memorial Coliseum", [3] is a 6,250-seat multi-purpose arena in Lexington, Kentucky.The facility, which opened in 1950, is home to four women's teams at the University of Kentucky – basketball, volleyball, gymnastics, and stunt.
Rupp Arena at Central Bank Center is an arena located in downtown Lexington, Kentucky, United States.Since its opening in 1976, it has been the centerpiece of Central Bank Center (formerly Lexington Center), a convention and shopping facility owned by an arm of the Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government, which is located next to the Lexington Hyatt and Hilton hotels.
The first six tournaments were held at the University of Kentucky gymnasium in Lexington. After 1923 the tournament continued in Lexington but moved to the new Alumni Gymnasium on UK's campus which had become the new venue for the university's basketball teams, where it stayed from 1924 until 1944.
Upcoming sporting events in Lexington include UK basketball, high school football, state soccer and cross country championships and more. Sports ‘Around Town’ schedule for Lexington, Kentucky ...
On 17 October 1961, five African-American basketball players of the Boston Celtics and two from the St. Louis Hawks boycotted a National Basketball Association exhibition game between the teams in Lexington, Kentucky, after facing racial discrimination in the city. [1] [2] The game proceeded as scheduled, with the Hawks winning 128–103.
Sixteen schools secured berths through regional championships this week. The state tournament gets underway Wednesday, March 20, in Rupp Arena.
The 1989 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament involved 64 schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division I college basketball. It began on March 16, 1989, and ended with the championship game on April 3 in Seattle .
The 1985 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament involved 64 schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division I college basketball. This was the first year the field was expanded to 64 teams, from 53 in the previous year's tournament.