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Conseco Fieldhouse
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Conseco Fieldhouse
Location 125 S. Pennsylvania St.
Indianapolis, Indiana, USA 46204
Broke ground July 22, 1997
Opened November 6, 1999
Owner Capital Improvements Board, City of Indianapolis
Operator Pacers Sports & Entertainment
Construction cost $183 million USD
Architect Ellerbe Becket Architects & Engineers
Home of
Indiana Pacers (NBA) (1999-Present)
Indiana Fever (WNBA) (2000-Present)
Indiana Firebirds (AFL) (2001-2004)
Capacity
18,345 for basketball,
14,400 for hockey & football

Conseco Fieldhouse is a sports arena in Indianapolis, Indiana, USA. It is the home of the Indiana Pacers of the National Basketball Association and the Indiana Fever of the Women's National Basketball Association. The Indiana Ice of the United States Hockey League also use Conseco Fieldhouse as their home arena for a few games a year. Additionally, other entertainment events such as concerts are frequently scheduled there. The name is a result of the naming rights to the venue being sold to Conseco, the financially-troubled financial services organization based in nearby Carmel. Image File history File links Confldhouselogo. ... Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (1458x926, 706 KB) Conseco Fieldhouse in downtown Indianapolis. ... Location in the state of Indiana Coordinates: County Marion Founded 1821 Mayor Bart Peterson (D) Area    - City 963. ... July 22 is the 203rd day (204th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 162 days remaining. ... 1997 (MCMXCVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... November 6 is the 310th day of the year (311th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 55 days remaining. ... 1999 (MCMXCIX) was a common year starting on Friday, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ... The Indianapolis skyline Indianapolis is the capital of the U.S. state of Indiana. ... ISO 4217 Code USD User(s) the United States, the British Virgin Islands, East Timor, Ecuador, El Salvador, the Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Palau, Panama, Turks and Caicos Islands, and the insular areas of the United States Inflation 3. ... Ellerbe Becket is an international architecture, engineering, and construction firm, founded in 1909, with its corporate office located in Minneapolis, MN, and other offices located in Washington, DC, Kansas City, MO, San Francisco, CA, and Dubai, UAE. Areas of Expertise include architecture, construction, engineering, interior design, and environmental graphics. ... The Indiana Pacers are a professional basketball team that plays in the National Basketball Association (NBA). ... The National Basketball Association (NBA) is the USAs premier mens professional basketball league. ... 1999 (MCMXCIX) was a common year starting on Friday, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ... The Indiana Fever is a professional womens basketball team that plays in the Womens National Basketball Association (WNBA). ... WNBA may also refer to WNBA-AM, a radio station in Illinois. ... This article is about the year 2000. ... The Indiana Firebirds were a team in the Arena Football League. ... The Arena Football League (AFL) was founded in 1987 as an American football indoor league. ... 2001 (MMI) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Location in the state of Indiana Coordinates: County Marion Founded 1821 Mayor Bart Peterson (D) Area    - City 963. ... The Indiana Pacers are a professional basketball team that plays in the National Basketball Association (NBA). ... The National Basketball Association (NBA) is the USAs premier mens professional basketball league. ... The Indiana Fever is a professional womens basketball team that plays in the Womens National Basketball Association (WNBA). ... The Womens National Basketball Association or WNBA is an organization governing a professional basketball league for women in the United States. ... The Indiana Ice is a Tier I ice hockey team formed in 2004 when it was purchased from the former Danville, Illinois, USA team. ... United States Hockey League (abbreviated USHL) is the top junior ice hockey league in United States. ... Naming rights are the right to name a piece of property, either tangible property or an event, usually granted in exchange for financial considerations. ... Conseco NYSE: CNO is a financial services organization based in Carmel, Indiana, which had its origin as Security Life of Indiana. ... Carmel (IPA: ) is a city in Hamilton County, Indiana, United States. ...

Lobby of Conseco Fieldhouse
Lobby of Conseco Fieldhouse

Conseco Fieldhouse replaced Market Square Arena as the home of the Indiana Pacers on November 6, 1999. It is notable for being the first modern "retro"-styled facility in the NBA. Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (1600x1200, 912 KB) Lobby of Conseco Fieldhouse in Indianapolis. ... Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (1600x1200, 912 KB) Lobby of Conseco Fieldhouse in Indianapolis. ... Market Square Arena was an indoor arena located in Indianapolis, Indiana. ... November 6 is the 310th day of the year (311th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 55 days remaining. ... 1999 (MCMXCIX) was a common year starting on Friday, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ...


In 2002, Conseco Fieldhouse served as one of two sites for the FIBA Men's World Basketball Championship, sharing the honors with RCA Dome. For album titles with the same name, see 2002 (album). ... The Basketball World Championship (official name: FIBA World Championship) is a world basketball tournament for mens national teams held quadrennially. ... The RCA Dome is a domed stadium located in Indianapolis, Indiana which is the home of the Indianapolis Colts NFL franchise. ...


The venue has hosted three Big Ten Conference men's basketball tournaments (2002, 2004, and 2006). Conseco Fieldhouse hosted WWE's The Great American Bash 2006 on July 23, 2006, the first WWE PPV in Indianapolis in nearly 10 years. The last was WWE In Your House: Buried Alive on October 20, 1996 at the Market Square Arena. Also The FieldHouse will host their first WWE Raw for the first time in 3 years on March 20th 2007 it's last being November 16th 2004. Big Ten redirects here. ... World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc. ... The Great American Bash is an annual summer pay-per-view event held by World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE). ... -1... July 23 is the 204th day (205th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 161 days remaining. ... -1... World Wrestling Entertainment, or WWE, is a professional wrestling promotion, currently the largest in North America. ... In Your House Logo For the song In Your House by The Cure, see Seventeen Seconds In Your House was a pay-per-view series created by the World Wrestling Federation (now World Wrestling Entertainment). ... Buried Alive has several meanings: Buried Alive (band) - a musical band Buried Alive (movie) - a movie by Frank Darabont Buried Alive (novel) - a novel by Arnold Bennett Buried Alive (play) - a play by Leo Tolstoy Buried Alive (song) - a song by Venom (band) Buried Alive (talk show) - an Irish tv... October 20 is the 293rd day of the year (294th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 72 days remaining. ... 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ... Market Square Arena was an indoor arena located in Indianapolis, Indiana. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... March 20 is the 79th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (80th in Leap years). ... 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD (or CE) era. ... November 16 is the 320th day of the year (321st in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 45 days remaining. ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...


Awards & Recognitions

Conseco Fieldhouse has received widespread acclaim as one of the finest facilities in all of the NBA. It is designed after Hinkle Fieldhouse at Butler University and the other great fieldhouses that covered the state of Indiana with standing room only crowds on Friday nights in the formative years of high school basketball. The fieldhouse is a veritable museum to the rich heritige that is Indiana basketball. Hinkle Fieldhouse is a sports arena in Indianapolis/Indiana. ... Butler University is a private liberal arts university in Indianapolis, Indiana (USA), founded by abolitionist and attorney Ovid Butler in 1855. ...


In 2005 and 2006 Conseco Fieldhouse was ranked the No. 1 venue in the NBA according to the Sports Business Journal/Sports Business Daily Reader Survey. In 2006 The Ultimate Sports Road Trip reaffirmed Conseco Fieldhouse as the best venue in all 4 of the major sports leagues. “The Ultimate Sports Road Trip has recently concluded a re-scoring and re-evaluation of all 122 franchises in the four major sports, based on our personal visits to each of the teams in a journey that began in 1998,” said Farrell and Kulyk. “Based on our criteria, Conseco Fieldhouse has once again withstood scrutiny to be named the “best of the best” in the four major sports. Everything about Conseco Fieldhouse is top notch, a sparkling venue in a sparkling city.”


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Preceded by
Market Square Arena
19741999
Home of the
Indiana Pacers
1999–present
Succeeded by
current

Coordinates: 39°45′50.13″N, 86°9′19.79″W Market Square Arena was an indoor arena located in Indianapolis, Indiana. ... 1974 (MCMLXXIV) was a common year starting on Tuesday. ... 1999 (MCMXCIX) was a common year starting on Friday, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ... The Indiana Pacers are a professional basketball team that plays in the National Basketball Association (NBA). ... 1999 (MCMXCIX) was a common year starting on Friday, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ... Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically), Eckert VI projection; large version (pdf, 1. ...

Current arenas in the National Basketball Association
Western Conference Eastern Conference
American Airlines Center | ARCO Arena | AT&T Center | EnergySolutions Arena | FedExForum | Ford Center | KeyArena | New Orleans Arena | Oracle Arena | Pepsi Center | Rose Garden Arena | Staples Center | Target Center | Toyota Center | US Airways Center Air Canada Centre | AmericanAirlines Arena | Amway Arena | Bradley Center | Charlotte Bobcats Arena | Conseco Fieldhouse | Continental Airlines Arena | Madison Square Garden | The Palace of Auburn Hills | Philips Arena | Quicken Loans Arena | TD Banknorth Garden | United Center | Verizon Center | Wachovia Center
Current arenas in the Women's National Basketball Association
Eastern Conference Western Conference
Conseco Fieldhouse | Madison Square Garden | Mohegan Sun Arena | Palace of Auburn Hills | UIC Pavilion | Verizon Center ARCO Arena | AT&T Center | KeyArena | Staples Center | Target Center | Toyota Center | US Airways Center

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Conseco Fieldhouse is a state-of-the-art athletic facility conceived and built with the idea of generating as much revenue as possible for the Indiana Pacers of the National Basketball Association.
Conseco, the Milwaukee visitors found, offers the Pacers far more revenue streams and marketing ideas than the team had in Market Square Arena, which opened in 1974.
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