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Coordinates:40°0′19″N83°1′8″W / 40.00528°N 83.01889°W /40.00528; -83.01889

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Multi-purpose arena in Columbus, Ohio, United States

For St. John Arena in Steubenville, Ohio, seeSt. John Arena (Steubenville).

St. John Arena
Construction
St. John
Exterior view in 2014
Interactive map of St. John Arena
Location	410 Woody Hayes Dr Columbus, OH 43210
Coordinates	40°0′19″N83°1′8″W / 40.00528°N 83.01889°W /40.00528; -83.01889
Public transit	1 CABS CoGo
Owner	Ohio State University
Operator	Ohio State University Department of Athletics
Capacity	13,276 (basketball)
Opened	November 1956
Construction cost	$4 million (approximate)
Tenants
Ohio State Buckeyes (NCAA) Men's basketball 1956–1998 Men's gymnastics 1956–2019 Wrestling 1956–2019 Women's basketball 1965–1998 Men's volleyball 1968–2019 Women's gymnastics 1970–2019 Women's volleyball 1971–2018

St. John Arena is a multi-purposearena on the campus ofOhio State University inColumbus, Ohio, United States. The arena was named forLynn St. John, who served as Ohio State's men's basketball coach and athletic director until 1947. It was designed byHoward Dwight Smith, architect of Ohio Stadium. It opened in 1956 to serve as the home of multiple Buckeye athletic teams, primarily the men's basketball team. Prior to its construction, the men's basketball team played off-campus in theFairgrounds Coliseum at thestate fairgrounds. St. John Arena served as home of the men's and women's basketball teams until it was replaced byValue City Arena in 1998, while the remaining tenants moved to theCovelli Center in 2019. It is still occasionally used by the men's and women's basketball teams for games and is used before every OSU football home game forThe Ohio State University Marching Band's Skull Session.

History

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Located on north campus between Woody Hayes Drive and Lane Avenue, the 13,276-seat arena was built in 1956. During the time it was the home court of theOhio State Buckeyes men's basketball team, it saw the Buckeyes win the1960 National Championship and five straightBig Ten titles from 1960 to 1964 under coachFred Taylor. The men's and women's basketball teams moved to their current home,Value City Arena at the Jerome Schottenstein Center, in 1998. The arena housed the school'smen's andwomen's volleyball teams, men's and women's gymnastics teams, and wrestling squad until 2018. It also hosted the annual Buckeye Classic women's basketball tournament.

Concerts by popular musical artists were held at the arena from 1971 to 1980.

In 2004, St. John Arena hosted its first men's basketball game in six years because of a scheduling conflict at the Schottenstein Center. St. John Arena was again used for men's basketball on March 24, 2008, when the Buckeyes hosted anNIT game against theCalifornia Golden Bears. The Buckeyes eventually took the 2008 NIT title.

The most popular event still held at the arena is theSkull Session, the pep rally before football games. Two hours prior to kickoffThe Ohio State University Marching Band performs Buckeye favorites, and the players and coaches speak to the crowd. With roots back to 1932, the Skull Session sometimes features the visiting team's marching band or local high school bands as well. Many fans arrive hours early to obtain seating for this Ohio State tradition.

St. John Arena is used for Freshmen Convocation, at which the entire freshman class meets for the first time and university leaders initiate the freshmen.

Possible demolition

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Plans to demolish St. John were announced in November 2012, with the arena being replaced byCovelli Center; however, in 2016, the university's associate vice president for planning and real estate said that the arena is unlikely to be demolished in the foreseeable future.^[1]

Panoramic view of St. John Arena

References

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^Mary Mogan Edwards (August 31, 2016)."St. John Arena likely to remain, Ohio State officials say".Columbus Dispatch. RetrievedSeptember 1, 2016.

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