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Riverfront Coliseum
100 Broadway St
Cincinnati, OH 45203
Opened: September 9, 1975
Originally known as Riverfront Coliseum, then The Crown, Firstar Center and U.S. Bank Arena, now called the Heritage Bank Center, is an indoor arena located in downtown Cincinnati, next to the Great American Ball Park. It was completed in September 1975 and named Riverfront Coliseum because of its placement next to Riverfront Stadium. In 1997, the facility became known as The Crown, and in 1999, it changed its name again to Firstar Center after Firstar Bank assumed naming rights. In 2002, following Firstar's merger with U.S. Bank, the arena took on the name U.S. Bank Arena and kept that name until 2019.

The arena seats 17,556 people and is the largest indoor arena in the Greater Cincinnati region with 346,100 square feet of space. The arena underwent a $14 million renovation project in 1997. The current main tenant is the Cincinnati Cyclones of the ECHL.

The facility's longest-serving tenant was the Cincinnati Bearcats men's basketball program of the University of Cincinnati, who used the arena from its construction until 1987, when the team moved to Cincinnati Gardens and eventually to the on-campus Fifth Third Arena. During the Bearcats' tenancy the venue hosted the 1978 and 1983 Metro Conference men's basketball tournament.

Additional conference tournaments hosted here was the finals of the 1981 and the entire 1992 Midwestern Collegiate Conference men's basketball tournament as well as the 2005 and 2006 Atlantic 10 men's basketball tournament. In these instances, Xavier served as the host for the conference tournaments.

The 2002 and 2004 Conference USA men's basketball tournament were also hosted at the venue, in these instances with Cincinnati serving as the host for the conference tournaments.

The arena was the site of the Regional of the 1979 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament and 1987 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament, as well as a first and second round site for the 1988 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament and the 1992 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament. The arena was also host to the 1997 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament Final Four.
Last 10 Games
Date Opponents Result
Nov 27, 2010Dayton @ Cincinnati 34 - 68
Dec 18, 2008Ole Miss @ Louisville 68 - 77
Dec 31, 2007Kansas State @ Xavier 103 - 77
Nov 24, 2006Louisville @ Dayton 64 - 68
Mar 11, 2006Xavier @ St. Josephs #61 - 62
Mar 10, 2006Xavier @ Fordham #59 - 70
Mar 10, 2006Temple @ St. Josephs #59 - 73
Mar 9, 2006Xavier @ Charlotte #55 - 59
Mar 9, 2006Fordham @ La Salle #64 - 62
Mar 9, 2006Temple @ George Washington #53 - 68

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