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Moby Gymnasium

951 West Plum St

Fort Collins, CO 80521

Opened: January 24, 1966

Originally known as Moby Gymnasium, now called Moby Arena, is an 8,745 seat basketball arena on the campus of Colorado State University in Fort Collins, Colorado. The arena, officially known as the Colorado State Auditorium-Gymnasium, was opened on January 24, 1966, with a victory over New Mexico State. The arena was built to replace South College Gymnasium, which was built in 1926 and seated 1,500 people.

On the outside, the arena is a rounded rectangle over the indented lower level, with a hump-shaped roof arcing over the long sides of the building. Inside, the seating is much higher on the sidelines than in the endzones. However, the most recognizable features of the arena are the corner walls which divide the sidelines from the end zones, and feature large ram's horn patterns on each one, radiating out from the near corners. The basketball court floor also features the ram's horns pattern, created with the use of two different colors of hardwood (the horns used a darker shade prior to 2022, and a lighter shade currently). A video scoreboard hangs from the center of the rafters, and is surrounded by banners as well as retractable basketball hoops for use during practice. Two auxiliary scoreboards are located on opposite corner walls (to the right when standing on either sideline).

The arena was originally intended to be called the Auditorium-Gymnasium during construction, and the building is still listed as such on state records. However, an article in the Rocky Mountain Collegian mentioned the hump-shaped building looking like a beached whale. From that, the gymnasium was nicknamed "Moby Gymnasium" for Moby Dick, the white whale of Herman Mellville's classic story. Athletic director Oval Jaynes renamed the gymnasium "Moby Arena" during his tenure in the late 1980s.

The arena is home to the Colorado State University Rams basketball and volleyball teams. In 1967, it hosted two first-round games for the West and Midwest regions, for that year's men's basketball tournament. It also hosted the 1992 Western Athletic Conference men's basketball tournament.

Last 10 Games
Date	Opponents	Result

Feb 20, 1986	UTEP @ Colorado State	64 - 61
Feb 14, 1986	Air Force @ Colorado State	58 - 66
Feb 13, 1986	Hawaii @ Colorado State	71 - 91
Feb 1, 1986	Wyoming @ Colorado State	68 - 66
Jan 30, 1986	San Diego State @ Colorado State	72 - 75
Jan 17, 1986	BYU @ Colorado State	68 - 63
Jan 16, 1986	Utah @ Colorado State	59 - 54
Jan 11, 1986	New Mexico @ Colorado State	58 - 65
Dec 7, 1985	USC @ Colorado State	66 - 53
Dec 4, 1985	Eastern Illinois @ Colorado State	62 - 83