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O'Connell Center
250 Gale Lemerand Dr
Gainesville, FL 32611
Opened: December 30, 1980
Originally known as the Stephen C. O'Connell Center, now called Exactech Arena at the Stephen C. O'Connell Center, also known as the O'Dome, is a 10,500 seat multi-purpose arena located on the University of Florida campus in Gainesville, Florida. The facility is named for the sixth president of the university, Stephen C. O'Connell, who served from 1967 to 1973. The facility is located on the northern side of the university's campus, between its football field, Ben Hill Griffin Stadium at Florida Field, and the James W. "Bill" Heavener Complex athletic training center. It is owned by the University of Florida, is the home arena of several of the university's Florida Gators intercollegiate sports teams, including the men's and women's college basketball, gymnastics, swimming and diving, and volleyball teams.

The entire facility was known as the O'Connell Center from 1980 until 2016. The building underwent a major $64.5 million renovation / reconstruction during that year, and Exactech, a Gainesville medical firm, signed a $5.9 million, 10-year naming rights deal for the main arena, which was officially renamed the Exactech Arena at the Stephen C. O'Connell Center.

The facility was quickly dubbed the "O'Dome" by students, a nickname that is still in use. ESPN The Magazine nicknamed it the "House of Horrors" in 1999, a name that the sports teams began using promotionally a few years later. The student section of the stadium has been dubbed the "Rowdy Reptiles". ESPN commentator Dick Vitale, on assignment at the Florida-Kentucky game in 2006, said that the Rowdy Reptiles make the O'Dome one of the toughest places to play in college basketball.

In March 2016, the O'Connell Center began its most extensive renovation to date with a $64.5 million project that reconstructed the main arena with significant changes to its layout and design. Led by contractors from Brasfield & Gorrie, the entire interior of the arena was demolished to the foundation and rebuilt. In addition to a new seating bowl with a luxury club with box seats, a new hanging scoreboard with a large video screen was installed over the floor. Locker rooms and meeting rooms were also upgraded, swimming and gymnastics areas were revamped, and a "grand entrance" was built facing Ben Hill Griffin Stadium across the street, among many other improvements. When it reopened in December 2016, a naming rights deal with local medical firm Exactech changed the name of the main arena to the Exactech Arena at the Stephen C. O'Connell Center.
Last 10 Games
Date Opponents Result
Mar 8, 2014Kentucky @ Florida 65 - 84
Mar 1, 2014LSU @ Florida 61 - 79
Feb 19, 2014Auburn @ Florida 66 - 71
Feb 8, 2014Alabama @ Florida 69 - 78
Feb 4, 2014Missouri @ Florida 58 - 68
Feb 1, 2014Texas A&M @ Florida 36 - 69
Jan 25, 2014Tennessee @ Florida 41 - 67
Jan 14, 2014Georgia @ Florida 50 - 72
Jan 8, 2014South Carolina @ Florida 58 - 74
Jan 4, 2014Richmond @ Florida 58 - 67