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U.S. Cellular Arena

US Cellular Arena
Stadium information
Former namesMilwaukee Arena (1968 � 1974)
MECCA Arena (1974 � 1995)
Milwaukee Arena (aka Wisconsin Center Arena) (1995 � 2000)
Location400 W Kilbourn Ave, Milwaukee, WI 53203
Broke ground1945
Opened1950
OwnerWisconsin Center District
OperatorWisconsin Center District
SurfaceMaple basketball floor, concrete, ice, or Astroturf
Construction cost$10 million USD
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ArchitectEschweiler & Eschweiler
Capacity12,700 (maximum)
10,783 (basketball)
9,500 (Indoor Soccer)
TenantsMilwaukee Wave (MISL) (1984 � 1987, 2003 � present)
Milwaukee Panthers (NCAA) (1992 � 1998, 2003 � present)
Horizon League Championship (2004, 2005, 2006, 2011)
Milwaukee Mustangs (AFL) (2010; 1 playoff game) Milwaukee Hawks (NBA) (1951 � 1955)
Milwaukee Bucks (NBA) (1968 � 1988)
Milwaukee Admirals (IHL) (1984 � 1987)
Marquette Warriors (NCAA) (1974 � 1989)
Milwaukee Bonecrushers (CIFL) (2008 � 2009)

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U.S. Cellular Arena (originally Milwaukee Arena and formerly MECCA Arena and Wisconsin Center Arena) is an indoor arena, located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The arena, which seats as many as 12,700 people and offers 41,000 feet of floor space, is part of a larger downtown campus, that includes the Milwaukee Theatre and Frontier Airlines Center.

The arena was part of the MECCA Complex (The Milwaukee Exposition Convention Center and Arena) 1974-1995.

It is the current home of the Milwaukee Panthers, of the University of Wisconsin � Milwaukee.

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Wisconsin-Milwaukee no match for Butler in Horizon League tournament title game - Lexington Herald Leader Tweet this news
Lexington Herald Leader--MILWAUKEE � A horrific start proved too much for the UW-Milwaukee Panthers to overcome in the Horizon League tournament championship game Tuesday night at the -US Cellular Arena-. Butler took advantage of the ... - Date : Sat, 09 Apr 2011 08:31:20 GMT+00:00
Year 5: Coliseum recognized venue but challenges remain - Bloomington Pantagraph Tweet this news
Bloomington Pantagraph--These are a few examples of how the 7500-seat -US Cellular- Coliseum has changed the landscape in Bloomington in the years since it opened on April 1, 2006. The downtown -arena- has become the largest Twin City attraction, luring 2 - Date : Sun, 03 Apr 2011 12:09:24 GMT+00:00
Golden Eagles To Host Milwaukee Wave Saturday - GoMarquette.com Tweet this news
GoMarquette.com--The Wave, which makes its indoor home at the -US Cellular Arena- located just blocks from the MU campus, have won five league championships since 1998 season and are the defending MISL champions. Many former Marquette players have gone on - Date : Fri, 08 Apr 2011 15:43:09 GMT+00:00
Thunder's push for No. 1 ends - Bloomington Pantagraph Tweet this news
Bloomington Pantagraph--Bloomington is tied for third place in the conference with Missouri heading into today's 3:05 pm regular-season finale against Evansville at -US Cellular- Coliseum. First-place Colorado ended the regular season Saturday night - Date : Sun, 27 Mar 2011 03:45:16 GMT+00:00
ZZ Top, Lynyrd Skynyrd to play Peoria - Bloomington Pantagraph Tweet this news
Bloomington Pantagraph--Dusty Hill, left, and Billy Gibbons along with drummer Frank Beard of ZZ Top entertained a crowd of about 3000 at -US Cellular- Coliseum Wednesday, June 23, 2010. (The Pantagraph, David Proeber) PEORIA -- Southern rockers ZZ Top an - Date : Mon, 21 Mar 2011 16:19:41 GMT+00:00
One Step From The Big Dance - Media Newswire (press release) Tweet this news
Media Newswire (press release)--The Panthers play Butler in the Horizon League Men's Basketball Championship game Tuesday at 8 pm at the -US Cellular Arena-. The game will be televised by ESPN and the winner gets an automatic bid to the NCAA Tourname - Date : Sat, 12 Mar 2011 13:43:58 GMT+00:00
After strange season, Butler comes through - ESPN (blog) Tweet this news
ESPN (blog)--MILWAUKEE -- The crowd at -US Cellular Arena- was 10000-deep. The students, universally clad in yellow, were packed like sardines from the floor to the rafters, swaying and buzzing with help from Kanye West on the arena loudspeakers. ... - Date : Wed, 09 Mar 2011 07:01:52 GMT+00:00
ESPN's Gottlieb says it's better that Butler beat UWM - Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (blog) Tweet this news
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (blog)--He wasn't sad to see the Panthers lose Tuesday night at -US Cellular Arena-. "I think one of the flaws in the conference tournament is that it does not allow the conferences to put their best foot forward,& - Date : Fri, 11 Mar 2011 19:42:01 GMT+00:00
Cedar Rapids Ice Arena Will Host 2011 State Volleyball Tourney - KCRG Tweet this news
KCRG--It's a change due to the -US Cellular- Center's construction plans. This is the only spot Cedar Rapids had to offer the girls high school athletic union. ... - Date : Wed, 19 Jan 2011 23:26:20 GMT+00:00
Renovate Target Center? Who designed it in the first place? - MinnPost.com (blog) Tweet this news
MinnPost.com (blog)--They wound up with the basketball version of -US Cellular- Field, the soulless White Sox ballpark that opened in 1991 � a year before Camden Yards. ... - Date : Wed, 02 Feb 2011 03:04:26 GMT+00:00

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