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Henry J. Goodman Arena
2000 Prospect Ave
Cleveland, OH 44115
Opened: November 1, 1991
Henry J. Goodman Arena is a 13,610 seat indoor arena in The Bert L. and Iris S. Wolstein Center, located in downtown Cleveland, Ohio, on the campus of Cleveland State University (CSU). It is home to the Cleveland State Vikings men's and women's basketball teams and the Cleveland Charge of the NBA G League. It was also the former home of the Cleveland Crunch and Cleveland Force of the NPSL and MISL. The building opened in 1991 as a replacement for Woodling Gym and was known until 2005 as the CSU Convocation Center. It is named for Bert Wolstein, a Cleveland area real estate developer, former owner of the Force, and CSU alumnus, and his wife Iris. The main arena is known as Henry J. Goodman Arena - named for a businessman and former chairman of the CSU Board of Trustees.

It seats 13,610 for basketball, and with additional floor seating can hold 15,000 for concerts and professional wrestling. In addition to the arena, the Wolstein Center also has a practice gym and grand ballroom. It is the largest basketball arena in the Horizon League and the second-largest college basketball arena in Ohio by seating capacity.

In recent years, Cleveland State has downsized capacity for basketball to 8,500 for most Vikings games. The basketball floor is placed closer to the eastern baseline, and the western third of the arena is curtained off. For many games only lower-level seating is available and upper-level seating sections are covered with tarps, further reducing available seating. The area behind the curtain is used for a variety of other purposes, including a "Kids Fun Zone" children's play area during games, and the curtain itself is adorned with various banners facing the court.

The arena served as host for first and second-round games of the 2000 and 2005 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournaments as well as the 2019 NCAA Fencing Championships. Both the 1992 Mid-Continent Conference men's basketball tournament and the 2002 Horizon League men's basketball tournament were held at the Wolstein Center, as well as being the site for first and second-round games of the NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament, in 2000 and 2005.

In the 2005 tournament, the 12th-seeded Milwaukee Panthers and 7th-seeded West Virginia Mountaineers won both of their respective games played at the Wolstein Center to advance to the Sweet Sixteen.
Last 10 Games
Date Opponents Result
Feb 25, 2014Youngstown State @ Cleveland State 69 - 70
Feb 22, 2014Milwaukee @ Cleveland State 50 - 74
Feb 15, 2014Green Bay @ Cleveland State 68 - 54
Feb 13, 2014UIC @ Cleveland State 53 - 73
Jan 25, 2014Valparaiso @ Cleveland State 50 - 69
Jan 19, 2014Wright State @ Cleveland State 49 - 46
Jan 16, 2014Oakland @ Cleveland State 76 - 86
Jan 8, 2014Detroit @ Cleveland State 63 - 73
Dec 18, 2013Notre Dame College @ Cleveland State 72 - 97
Dec 16, 2013Cleveland State @ Western Carolina 66 - 55