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James H. Hilton Coliseum is a 14,356-seat multi-purpose arena
Arena

An arena is an enclosed area, often circular or oval-shaped, designed to showcase theater, musical performances, or sporting events. It is composed of a large open space surrounded on most or all sides by tiered seating for spectators....
 in Ames, Iowa
Ames, Iowa

Ames is a city located in the central part of the U.S. state of Iowa, and is approximately 30 miles north of Des Moines, Iowa in Story County, Iowa....
. The arena opened in 1971. It is home to the Iowa State University
Iowa State University

The Iowa State University of Science and Technology, more commonly known as Iowa State University , is a public land-grant university and Space grant colleges university located in Ames, Iowa, United States....
 Cyclones basketball
Basketball

Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five active players each try to score points against one another by propelling a basketball through a 10 feet  high hoop under organized rules....
, wrestling, gymnastics
Gymnastics

Gymnastics is a sport involving performance of exercises requiring physical strength, flexibility, agility and coordination. Artistic Gymnastics is the best known and most popular of the gymnastics sports governed by the F?d?ration Internationale de Gymnastique ....
 and volleyball
Volleyball

Volleyball is an Olympic Games team sport in which two teams of 6 active players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules....
 teams. The building was specifically built to hold in sound with a solid concrete structure, steel doors, and a crowd that sits just a few feet from the court. During big games, players from opposing teams, as well as Iowa State, have even said that the floor has shaken due to the loudness of the crowd.






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James H. Hilton Coliseum is a 14,356-seat multi-purpose arena
Arena

An arena is an enclosed area, often circular or oval-shaped, designed to showcase theater, musical performances, or sporting events. It is composed of a large open space surrounded on most or all sides by tiered seating for spectators....
 in Ames, Iowa
Ames, Iowa

Ames is a city located in the central part of the U.S. state of Iowa, and is approximately 30 miles north of Des Moines, Iowa in Story County, Iowa....
. The arena opened in 1971. It is home to the Iowa State University
Iowa State University

The Iowa State University of Science and Technology, more commonly known as Iowa State University , is a public land-grant university and Space grant colleges university located in Ames, Iowa, United States....
 Cyclones basketball
Basketball

Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five active players each try to score points against one another by propelling a basketball through a 10 feet  high hoop under organized rules....
, wrestling, gymnastics
Gymnastics

Gymnastics is a sport involving performance of exercises requiring physical strength, flexibility, agility and coordination. Artistic Gymnastics is the best known and most popular of the gymnastics sports governed by the F?d?ration Internationale de Gymnastique ....
 and volleyball
Volleyball

Volleyball is an Olympic Games team sport in which two teams of 6 active players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules....
 teams. The building was specifically built to hold in sound with a solid concrete structure, steel doors, and a crowd that sits just a few feet from the court. During big games, players from opposing teams, as well as Iowa State, have even said that the floor has shaken due to the loudness of the crowd. A record basketball crowd of 15,000 saw the Cyclones post a 97-94 win over Iowa in 1971.

The building was constructed in 1971 as part of the Iowa State Center
Iowa State Center

Iowa State Center is located just southeast of Iowa State University's central campus in Ames, Iowa. The Iowa State Center is a complex of cultural and athletic venues....
, a new athletics area suggested by then-ISU president Dr. James H. Hilton (for whom the arena is named), located to the southeast of the main campus. It includes Jack Trice Stadium
Jack Trice Stadium

Jack Trice Stadium is a stadium in Ames, Iowa. It is primarily used for college football, and is the home field of the Iowa State University Iowa State Cyclones football....
, C.Y. Stephens Auditorium, Fisher Theater and Scheman Continuing Education Building, and was in part meant to replace the smaller former athletics plant, including State Gymnasium
State Gymnasium, Iowa

State Gymnasium is an arena on the campus of Iowa State University in Ames, Iowa. It was opened in 1913, and once was the school's primary indoor athletic facility, before the opening of Hilton Coliseum....
 and Clyde Williams Stadium
Clyde Williams Stadium

Clyde Williams Stadium was an outdoor stadium on the campus of Iowa State University at Ames, Iowa. It was the home of the football and track and field teams....
, at the corner of Union Dr. & Sheldon Ave.

The arena hosted the 1972 NCAA basketball tournament Midwest Regionals, as well as the 1982, 1988 and 1993 NCAA wrestling championships
NCAA Wrestling Team Championship

The National Collegiate Athletic Association Collegiate wrestling Team Championship was first officially awarded in 1929 and began to be continuously awarded on an annual basis in 1934 except during World War II 1943-1945....
. The arena is also the site of the annual Iowa All State Music Festival. It has also hosted commencements, concerts, conventions and other assemblies.

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