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CEFCU Arena, formerly known as Redbird Arena, is a 10,200-seat multi-purpose arena located in Normal, Illinois, on the campus of Illinois State University.Built in 1989, the building is notable for its use of a Teflon-coated roof that gives off a "glow" during night events.
Cook Hall is one of "Altgeld's castles": it was designed toward the end of the administration of Illinois Governor John Peter Altgeld. Altgeld was a German native who favored Gothic Revival architecture. [2] First proposed as a dormitory by Richard Edwards during his presidency at Illinois State University, the building was not approved until ...
Watterson Towers is a student residence hall at Illinois State University, and is said by the university to be one of the tallest dormitory buildings in the world [1] at 298.5 feet. Located in Normal, Illinois , at the corner of Fell and Beaufort Streets, it was completed in 1969.
The construction of State Farm Center, originally known as the Assembly Hall, at the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign consisted of building a huge indoor arena with a 400-foot-diameter (120 m) concrete dome whose center height is 125 feet (38 m) above the center floor, and which weighs 10 million pounds. [1]
The two-person double chair, which for many years was the workhorse of the ski industry, can move roughly 1,200 people per hour at rope speeds of up to 2.5 m/s (8.2 ft/s). [2] The four person detachable chairlift ("high-speed quad") can transport 2,400 people per hour with an average rope speed of 5 m/s (16.4 ft/s). [ 3 ]
Founded as Illinois State Normal University, it was the first state university in Illinois. Its classes were initially held in downtown Bloomington , occupying space in Major's Hall , which was previously the site of Lincoln's " Lost Speech ."
Eastern Illinois University: Charleston: 1895 8,857 Master's Governors State University: University Park: 1969 4,427 Master's Illinois State University: Normal: 1857 20,683 Research University University of Illinois Chicago: Chicago: 1965 33,747 Research University Part of the University of Illinois system: University of Illinois Springfield ...
Hancock Stadium is a 13,391-seat [1] multi-purpose stadium in Normal, Illinois. It opened in 1963. [3] It is home to the Illinois State University Redbirds football team as well as University High School. Central Catholic High School also played its games there through the 2004 season.