THOMPSON-BOLING ARENA
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CAPACITY /// 21,678 Strong Season-Ticket Sales
¢ Tennessee has sold more than 13,200 seasonticket packages for the 2012-13 campaign. ¢ The Vols’ total of season-ticket sales exceeds the capacity of five SEC arenas (Ole Miss [capacity 9,061], Auburn [9,121], Mississippi State [10,500], Georgia [10,523] and Florida [12,000]).
Tennessee Stands Alone
¢ Tennessee is the only Division I school ever to rank in the top five nationally in attendance for football, men’s basketball and women’s basketball in the same year. ¢ UT accomplished that feat for the ninth time in 2011-12.
Home Crowds of 20,000+ Nothing New For Vols
¢ Tennessee has played in front of 48 home crowds larger than 20,000 dating to the 200506 season. ¢ The crowd of 22,326 for the 2009 Gonzaga game was the largest at Thompson-Boling Arena since capacity was reduced from 24,535 to 21,678 prior to the 2007-08 campaign. ¢ Tennessee also has hosted ESPN College GameDay twice in the last five years.
Overall Record in 26 Seasons at TBA
AVG. HOME ATTENDANCE 2011-12 Regular Season Arena/School Avg. 1. Rupp Arena 23,721 Kentucky 2. The Carrier Dome 23,618 Syracuse 3. KFC Yum! Center 21,503 Louisville 4. Dean Smith Center 20,159 North Carolina 5. Thompson-Boling Arena 17,411 Tennessee 6. Kohl Center 17,181 Wisconsin 7. FedEx Forum 16,689 Memphis 8. Value City Arena 16,510 Ohio State 9. Assembly Hall 16,462 Indiana 10. Allen Fieldhouse 16,300 Kansas
Top-Five Streak: Seven Years
¢ Tennessee has ranked in the top five nationally in average regular-season home attendance for each of the last seven seasons.
ENTER AT YOUR OWN RISK
THOMPSON-BOLING ARENA BY THE NUMBERS Thompson-Boling Arena is hosting its 26th season in 2012-13. The Vols have won nearly 75 percent of their games in Thompson-Boling Arena and have ranked in the top 10 nationally in attendance 11 times, including an active streak of seven consecutive seasons in which UT has ranked in the top five.
• Tennessee is 296-104 (.740) in 26 seasons in Thompson-Boling Arena.
• Since the 1998 season, the Vols are 196-45 (.813) in Thompson-Boling Arena.
• The Vols are 90-30 against SEC teams at home over the last 11 seasons.
• Tennessee has won 38 of its last 48 SEC games at Thompson-Boling Arena.
• UT has won 113 of its last 128 home games against non-conference opponents.
• Tennessee finished both the 2006-07 and 2007-08 seasons with a 16-0 home record.
• The Vols have won four straight home games against the defending national champions.
(UConn in 2012, Florida in 2008, Florida in 2007, Kentucky in 1999)
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$40 MILLION COMMITMENT Hoops a Priority on Rocky Top
The University of Tennessee has invested more than $40 million into its basketball facilities since the end of the 2006-07 campaign. Prior to the 2007-08 season, UT added a basketball-only practice facility and began the first phase of renovations to Thompson-Boling Arena. The $19 million first phase of renovations included the addition of 32 luxury suites that are located in the existing north balcony, a loge area just below the luxury suites that includes 166 side court seats, new seats for the entire arena, a $3 million center-hung scoreboard and concourse refurbishments, such as graphics and other amenities. The Vols’ state-of-the-art basketball practice facility, Pratt Pavilion, houses two full-size gymnasiums, one for each of the men’s and women’s basketball teams, as well as an athletic training room, weight room and film-study room. The athletic department renovated the men’s and women’s basketball offices at the arena during the 2010-11 campaign, creating a new and impressive “front door” for the basketball programs. And new to Thompson-Boling Arena last year was the 360-degree LED ribbon board that runs along the bottom of the upper deck.