Taco Bell Arena

TACO BELL ARENA
Capacity: 12,380   Opened: 1982

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

Recognized as one of the finest basketball arenas in the West, Taco Bell 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, Taco Bell Arena (formerly known as The Pavilion) seats 12,380 people. In the last 20 years, Taco Bell Arena crowds have witnessed exciting college basketball from Boise State, as well as some of the top ranked teams in the country.

Taco Bell 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, Taco Bell Arena hosted the NCAA Women's West Regional Finals. Taco Bell Arena also hosted another major women's collegiate championship in April of 2000 with the NCAA Women's National Gymnastics Championships. Taco Bell 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 Taco Bell Arena to rank the team 70th in the nation.

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

TACO BELL ARENA FACTS

Ground Breaking: February 1980
First Men's Basketball Game in Taco Bell 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 Taco Bell 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

NCAA 1st and 2nd Rounds in 2005

Packed House to See the Broncos in 2007


Nearly completed Pavilion in 1981		Outside the Pavilion in 1982

Top 20 Men's Basketball Taco Bell 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 Taco Bell 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

Boise State's Men's BB Year-by-Year Record in Taco Bell Arena
1982-83: 8 - 8	1990-91: 12 - 3	2000-01: 10 - 2	2010-11: 12 - 4
1983-84: 12 - 3	1991-92: 13 - 4	2001-02: 9 - 6
1984-85: 12 - 6	1992-93: 13 - 2	2002-03: 9 - 7
1985-86: 11 - 5	1993-94: 15 - 3	2003-04: 12 - 4
1986-87: 16 - 1	1994-95: 10 - 4	2004-05: 11 - 7
1987-88: 14 - 2	1995-96: 9 - 4	2005-06: 10 - 5
1988-89: 14 - 3	1996-97: 9 - 4	2006-07: 13 - 2
1989-90: 11 - 5	1997-98: 13 - 0	2007-08: 11 - 5
	1998-99: 9 - 3	2008-09: 13 - 3
	1999-00: 7 - 7	2009-10: 9 - 7	TOTALS: 327 - 119 (.733)

Boise State's Women's BB Year-by-Year Record in Taco Bell Arena
1982-83: 5 - 5	1990-91: 6 - 4	2000-01: 8 - 4	2010-11: 7 - 9
1983-84: 5 - 5	1991-92: 10 - 3	2001-02: 6 - 8
1984-85: 7 - 5	1992-93: 9 - 2	2002-03: 6 - 7
1985-86: 10 - 3	1993-94: 10 - 1	2003-04: 5 - 8
1986-87: 7 - 6	1994-95: 10 - 6	2004-05: 6 - 5
1987-88: 11 - 3	1995-96: 8 - 4	2005-06: 9 - 4
1988-89: 9 - 4	1996-97: 5 - 6	2006-07: 9 - 4
1989-90: 11 - 3	1997-98: 10 - 3	2007-08: 14 - 0
	1998-99: 7 - 6	2008-09: 10 - 6
	1999-00: 9 - 4	2009-10: 13 - 2	TOTALS: 244 - 125 (.661)

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