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Former names: U.S. Cellular Coliseum (2006–2016) The Coliseum (2016–2017) Location: 101 South Madison Street Bloomington, Illinois 60701: Coordinates: Public transit: Connect Transit
The State Farm Center is a large dome-shaped 15,544-seat indoor arena located in Champaign, Illinois, owned and operated by the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. The arena hosts games for the Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball , women's basketball , and wrestling teams.
Bloomington is a city in and the county seat of McLean County, Illinois, United States.The 2020 census showed the city had a population of 78,680, [5] making it the 13th-most populous city in Illinois and the fifth-most populous outside the Chicago metropolitan area. [6]
The White Place Historic District is a residential historic district in Bloomington, Illinois. The district includes houses on White Place, North Clinton Boulevard, and the east side of Fell Avenue bordered to the south by Empire Street (U.S. Route 9) and Emerson Street to the north.
The seven-floor Ensenberger Building, at 212 N. Center St., was completed in 1926 at a cost of $250,000. The building was the home of Bloomington icon Ensenberger Furniture from its opening until the time it closed in 1995. The furniture store was started in 1879 by Gustave A. Ensenberger and operated by his descendants until its closure.
The first eight-floor section of the building (the south portion) was constructed in 1929. [2] In 1934, an additional four floors and a penthouse were added. [2] Five years later, State Farm acquired the property directly to the north of the lot the Downtown Building was constructed on. [2]
The tournament was then called the Bloomington-Normal Holiday Classic, and later took on Converse as its title sponsor in 1996 and 1997. Major changes implemented at the time included having 32 participating boys' teams, and breaking the field into two 16-team sections (Class A and Class AA to mirror the IHSA state tournament).
Greenwashing (a compound word modeled on "whitewash"), also called green sheen, [1] [2] is a form of advertising or marketing spin that deceptively uses green PR and green marketing to persuade the public that an organization's products, goals, or policies are environmentally friendly.