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St. Louis Arena

5700 Oakland Ave

St. Louis, MO 63110

Opened: September 23, 1929

Closed: May 23, 1994

Originally known as St. Louis Arena, later known as the Checkerdome, was an indoor arena in St. Louis, Missouri. The country's second-largest indoor entertainment venue when it opened in 1929, it was home to the St. Louis Blues and other sports franchises. The Arena sat across I-64 from Forest Park's Aviation Field.

The Arena hosted conventions, concerts, political rallies, horse shows, circuses, boxing matches, professional wrestling, Roller Derby competitions, indoor soccer matches, the 1973 and 1978 NCAA men's basketball Final Four, the NCAA Men's Midwest Regional finals in 1982, 1984, and 1993, the 1992–94 Missouri Valley Conference men's basketball tournament, the 1968, 1969, and 1970 Stanley Cup Finals, and the 1975 NCAA Frozen Four ice hockey finals.

In the 1973 NCAA Basketball Final, the UCLA Bruins and legendary coach John Wooden defeated Memphis State 87-66, behind 44 points from Bill Walton who went 21 of 22 from the floor. Over 19,000 were in attendance at the Arena.

On February 13, 1974, the St. Louis Stars played host to the Red Army team at the Arena in the final match of Russian squad's three-city indoor soccer tour of North America. Attendance for the match was 12,241.

In the 1978 NCAA Basketball Final, the Kentucky Wildcats and coach Joe B. Hall defeated Duke 94-88, led by the 41-point effort of Jack Givens.

From 1980 to 1993, St. Louis Arena was the site of the Braggin' Rights basketball game played between the University of Missouri and the University of Illinois.

Last 10 Games
Date	Opponents	Result

Mar 7, 1994	Southern Illinois @ Northern Iowa #	77 - 74
Mar 6, 1994	Southern Illinois @ Bradley #	72 - 59
Mar 6, 1994	Tulsa @ Northern Iowa #	73 - 79
Mar 5, 1994	Wichita State @ Bradley #	44 - 52
Mar 5, 1994	Tulsa @ Drake #	91 - 82
Mar 5, 1994	Northern Iowa @ Illinois State #	84 - 70
Mar 5, 1994	Missouri State @ Southern Illinois #	50 - 52
Feb 23, 1994	Cincinnati @ Saint Louis	67 - 70
Feb 19, 1994	UAB @ Saint Louis	72 - 73
Feb 9, 1994	Iowa State @ Saint Louis	75 - 90
	# - 1993-94 Missouri Valley Conference Tournament