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"Home Sweet Home" for Boise State basketball and gymnastics is ExtraMile Arena.

Recognized as one of the finest basketball arenas in the West, ExtraMile Arena has become one the toughest places for Bronco opponents to pick up a win.

Built in the spring of 1982 at a cost of $17.5 million, ExtraMile Arena (formerly known as The Pavilion) seats 12,380 people. In the last 20 years, ExtraMile Arena crowds have witnessed exciting college basketball from Boise State, as well as some of the top ranked teams in the country.

ExtraMile Arena hosted first and second round games for the NCAA Men's Division I National Tournament on eight different occasions (1983, 1989, 1992, 1995,1998, 2001, 2005 and 2009). From victories by top-ranked Virginia and Ralph Sampson, to UCLA and Tyus Edney's improbable 4.8 second coast-to-coast lay up to beat Missouri in 1995, to Hampton's shocking upset of second-seeded Iowa State in 2001, Boise has become one of the most popular and respected NCAA regional sites.

In March of 2002, ExtraMile Arena hosted the NCAA Women's West Regional Finals. ExtraMile Arena also hosted another major women's collegiate championship in April of 2000 with the NCAA Women's National Gymnastics Championships. ExtraMile Arena also hosted three conference championship tournaments while Boise State was a member of the Big Sky Conference. In 1994, Boise State won three straight tourney games on its home floor to win the Big Sky crown and advance to the NCAA Tournament for the third time in seven years.

In Boise State's last four seasons as a member of the Big West Conference, the Broncos led the league in attendance. During the 2000-01 season, the Broncos averaged 8, 448 fans per game to rank 57th nationally. In 1999-2000 Boise State averaged 7,657 fans per game to rank 67th nationally, while in 1998-99, Boise State averaged 7,988 fans per game to not only lead the league but rank 59th in the country. In 1997-98, a Big West best 7,040 fans per game turned out at ExtraMile Arena to rank the team 70th in the nation.

Between the Bronco basketball team and fans, ExtraMile Arena comes to life, making life hard on opponents and providing a "Home Sweet Home" for Boise State.

ExtraMile ARENA FACTS

  • Ground Breaking: February 1980
  • First Men's Basketball Game in ExtraMile Arena: November 29, 1982 (vs. Michigan State)
  • Total seating capacity: 12,380
  • Men's Basketball All-time attendance record: 12,649 (vs. Idaho, March 5, 1993)
  • Women's Basketball All-time attendance record: 12,193 (Boise State vs. Idaho, February 12, 2011)
  • All-time ExtraMile Arena attendance record: 12,897 (Neil Diamond concert, November 6, 1996)
  • Men's Basketball All-time Record, through 2010-11 season: 327-119 (.733)
  • Women's Basketball All-time Record, through 2010-11 season: 244-125 (.661)
  • Street level 17,472 sq. ft. exhibition area accommodating 110 booths (10'x10') with direct access from two loading bays
  • 9,600 sq. ft. auxiliary gymnasium (80'x120') for additional exhibition, staging or meeting space
  • Deluxe green room, VIP blue room, two road offices and five performer dressing rooms
  • World class rigging grid for record breaking load in and load out
  • State of the art video board (Bronco Vision) over center court
Top 20 Men's Basketball ExtraMile Arena Crowds
Rank Attendance Opponent Date Winner
1. 12,649 Idaho March 5, 1993 Idaho
2. 12,422 Idaho February 23, 1989 Boise State
3. 12,329 Idaho 1991 Boise State
4. 12,265 Wyoming December 22, 1987 Wyoming
5. 12,231 Nevada 1988 Boise State
6. 12,225 Idaho January 17, 1987 Idaho
7. 12,193 Idaho February 12, 2011 Boise State
8. 12,128 Idaho 1988 Boise State
9. 11,872 Idaho State February 25, 1989 Boise State
10. 11,852 Idaho State 1988 Boise State
11. 11,576 Idaho March 10, 1989 Idaho
12. 11,518 Cincinnati December 30, 1999 Cincinnati
13. 11,345 Idaho January 30, 2000 Idaho
14. 10,983 Montana 1988 Boise State
15. 10,868 Weber State February 17, 1996 Weber State
16. 10,843 Idaho 1992 Boise State
17. 10,817 Idaho March 4, 1994 Boise State
18. 10,643 Weber State March 9, 1989 Boise State
19. 10,636 Montana State 1988 Montana State
20. 10,613 Idaho February 10, 1995 Boise State

Top 20 Women's Basketball ExtraMile Arena Crowds
Rank Attendance Opponent Date Winner
1. 12,193 Idaho February 12, 2011 Idaho
2. 11.558 Montana January 29, 1994 Boise State
3. 9,556 Montana January 25, 1992 Montana
4. 8,825 San Jose State January 13, 2011 Boise State
5. 6,473 Hawai'i January 15, 2011 Boise State
6. 6,236 Montana February 25, 1993 Montana
7. 5,265 St. Mary's January 9, 1994 Boise State
8. 5,019 Utah State January 30, 2010 Boise State
9. 4,637 Idaho March 6, 1994 Boise State
10. 4,518 Louisiana Tech February 3, 2007 Louisiana Tech
11. 4,505 Idaho State February 19, 1994 Boise State
12. 4,273 Northern Arizona February 12, 1994 Boise State
13. 4,238 Idaho State January 23, 1993 Boise State
14. 4,158 Montana State January 28, 1994 Montana State
15. 4,048 Saint Mary's December 29, 2010 Saint Mary's
16. 4,034 Weber State February 22, 1992 Boise State
17. 4,000 Washington December 5, 1987 Washington
18. 3,617 Idaho State March 4, 1995 Boise State
19. 3,504 Nevada March 3, 1990 Boise State
20. 3,500 Idaho February 16, 1989 Boise State