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Taco Bell Arena
1401 Bronco Ln
Boise, ID 83706
Opened: May 16, 1982
Closed: March 31, 2019
Taco Bell Arena, originally known as the BSU Pavilion, now called ExtraMile Arena, is a multi-purpose indoor arena on the campus of Boise State University in Boise, Idaho. It is located on the east end of campus, between West Campus Lane and Cesar Chavez Circle, immediately northwest of Albertsons Stadium.

Home to the Broncos basketball and gymnastics teams, its current seating capacity is 12,644 for basketball. The elevation of its floor is approximately 2,700 feet above sea level.

The venue is also used for concerts (capacity 13,390), community events, and trade shows (17,000 square feet of arena floor space plus 10,000 sq ft in the auxiliary gym). It hosted a Davis Cup tennis match in April 2013, a second-round tie between the U.S. and Serbia.

The arena's predecessor on campus was Bronco Gymnasium, which opened in the mid-1950s, during the junior college era. Its last varsity basketball game was the regular season finale in 1982 on February 27, against rival Idaho, ranked ninth in the AP poll. Sold out two weeks in advance, the Saturday night game had a record attendance of 3,946; the capacity of the gym at the time was listed at 3,682.

While the Broncos were members, the venue hosted four Big Sky Conference men's basketball tournaments: 1985, 1989, 1990, and 1994. In those four tourneys, BSU made the finals in 1989 and won the title in 1994.

ExtraMile Arena has been a familiar site for early-round NCAA Tournament games, hosting first and second round competition nine times (1983, 1989, 1992, 1995, 1998, 2001, 2005, 2009, and 2018). It had been scheduled to return in 2021, but the COVID-19 pandemic resulted in the entire tournament getting moved to Indiana.

In 1995, UCLA guard Tyus Edney dashed the length of the 94-foot (29 m) court in just over four seconds to make a layup that gave the Bruins a 75-74 win over Missouri, which sustained UCLA's run to the national title.

In 2001, it was the site of the closest first-round day at a single host location, with the four games on March 15 decided by a combined total of seven points. One was Hampton's 58-57 upset of #2 seed Iowa State - only the fourth #15 seed to advance since the tournament expanded from 53 to 64 teams in 1985.
Last 10 Games
Date Opponents Result
Mar 9, 2019Air Force @ Boise State 52 - 80
Feb 27, 2019Colorado State @ Boise State 76 - 62
Feb 23, 2019Utah State @ Boise State 78 - 71
Feb 9, 2019San Jose State @ Boise State 57 - 105
Feb 6, 2019UNLV @ Boise State 83 - 72
Jan 26, 2019Wyoming @ Boise State 52 - 77
Jan 19, 2019Fresno State @ Boise State 63 - 53
Jan 15, 2019Nevada @ Boise State 72 - 71
Jan 5, 2019San Diego State @ Boise State 64 - 88
Dec 29, 2018Oregon @ Boise State 62 - 50