Sports Spokane Veterans Memorial Arena

1 sports

1.1 basketball

1.1.1 ncaa division tournaments


1.2 bull riding
1.3 figure skating

sports
basketball

spokane arena, in addition duties being host of chiefs , shock games, has served secondary home men s basketball programs of gonzaga university , washington state university every year since opened. washington state has played 33 matchups in spokane arena in 19 of 22 years record of 18–15 (1–7 vs. ranked opponents), while gonzaga has hosted 18 games in 15 of 22 years record of 12–6 (1–2 vs. ranked opposition). in-state rivals washington state , gonzaga have faced off against each other in arena on 5 occasions (1995, 1996, 1998, 1999, , 2014) zags owning 3–2 record against cougars in games. bulldogs faced off against local rival eastern washington university @ arena in 4 consecutive years (2002, 2003, 2004, , 2005), each won zags, cougars, rivalry has gone dormant due rise of zags program major status since late 1990s, while cougars , eagles have not seen national spotlight. washington state has hosted home games @ spokane arena part of pac-12 conference men s basketball schedule, holding 7–9 against conference foes in arena, facing ucla in (1996 , 2004), oregon (1997 , 2011), oregon state (1997, 2011, , 2017), arizona (1998, 2001, , 2006), washington (1999), usc (2000 , 2004), stanford (2004), california (2005), , colorado (2014). gonzaga s rise prominence, zags able bring high major schools washington (1998), georgia (2003), memphis (2007, 2009, , 2011) , oklahoma (2009) spokane arena, gonzaga holding 2–3 record in matchups, conference realignment , west coast conference s additions of byu (2011) , pacific (2013), zags have been more selective , limited in scheduling 4 less matchups in non-conference schedule, have played in spokane arena once 2012–present.

it hosted wiaa class b state high school basketball tournament annually until 2006. tournament came arena in 2007, class 2b tournament. wiaa had split b classification 1b , 2b. yakima sundome in yakima hosts 1b tournament. class 1b tournament returned in 2011 when wiaa changed state tournament format.

notably, reason why west coast conference men s basketball tournament had never been in spokane before 2006; class b , wcc tournaments clash every year, , gonzaga s arena @ time, charlotte y. martin centre, small host wcc tournament (it seated 4,000 people). in 2004, gonzaga opened new basketball arena, mccarthey athletic center, enabled enter wcc tournament rotation. conference has since moved tournament neutral orleans arena in las vegas.

ncaa division tournaments

the arena has hosted several ncaa division basketball tournament first- , second-round games both men , women washington state university being host school.

for men, arena hosted in first , second rounds in 2003, 2007, , 2010. returned second , third rounds in 2014 , scheduled 2016, hosted university of idaho first time.

it women s regional site in 2008, 2011, , 2015. 2011 regional notable presence of gonzaga, became lowest-seeded team ever make regional final in women s tournament.

bull riding

in 1999, pbr made stop in spokane arena bud light cup event; 1 of 6 wins cody hart in 1999, same year became pbr world champion.

figure skating

in january 2007, spokane arena put in national spotlight once again. 1 of 2 facilities host 2007 u.s. figure skating championships, other being group health exhibit hall @ spokane center several blocks away. arena, city received many rave reviews , shattered previous attendance record event, held los angeles, california, on 30,000 attendees.

on may 5, 2008, announced spokane once again host u.s. figure skating championships leading 2010 winter olympics. spokane arena sole venue 2010 u.s. figure skating championships.

the spokane arena hosted 2010 figure skating championships january 15–24, 2010 , broke own attendance record 158,170 tickets sold during 10-day event.

also, spokane arena hosted first 2016 team challenge cup, athletes north america, europe, , asia, competed against each other in teams. team north america won event.