Clune Arena

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Clune Arena
Cadet Field House
Location	2168 Field House Dr U.S. Air Force Acad., CO 80840, USA
Opened	1968 (1968)
Owner	U.S. Air Force Academy
Operator	U.S. Air Force Academy
Surface	Multi-surface
Construction cost	$5.6 million (entire field house) ($37 million in 2013 dollars^[1])
Capacity	5,858 (basketball)
Tenants
Air Force Academy Falcons (men's and women's basketball)

Clune Arena is a multi-purpose sports complex at the United States Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, in the U.S. state of Colorado. A part of the Cadet Fieldhouse, the fieldhouse complex houses track, hockey and basketball. Clune Arena is the men's and women's basketball arena. It was named after long-time USAFA Director of Athletics, Colonel John J. Clune.

The Cadet Ice Arena seats 2,502, while Clune Arena seats 5,858.

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^ Consumer Price Index (estimate) 1800–2012. Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis. Retrieved March 31, 2013.

v t e United States Air Force Academy

Academics	FalconLaunch FalconSAT Robert F. McDermott Prep School

Aircraft	Diamond T-52 Blanik TG-10 Ximango TG-14 Schempp-Hirth TG-15 de Havilland UV-18B Twin Otter

Athletics	Air Force Falcons Boxing Commander-in-Chief's Trophy Football Ice hockey Rugby

Campus	Cadet Area Carlton House Cemetery Chapel Clune Arena Eisenhower Golf course Falcon Baseball Field Falcon Stadium Fieldhouse Ice Arena Jacks Valley Soccer stadium

History	Academy history Air Training Officers Lowry Air Force Base

Military training	Freefall Parachuting SERE

People	Alumni Air Officer Commanding Commandants Superintendents Lance P. Sijan

Traditions	The Bird Contrails The Dodo Honor Code Insignia Jabara Award KAFA Prop and Wings

Units	Wings 10 ABW 34 TRW Groups 306 FTG Squadrons 1 FTS 70 FTS 94 FTS 98 FTS 557 FTS

v t e Basketball arenas of the Mountain West Conference

Clune Arena (Air Force) Taco Bell Arena (Boise State) Moby Arena (Colorado State) Save Mart Center (Fresno State) Lawlor Events Center (Nevada) The Pit (New Mexico) Viejas Arena (San Diego State) Thomas & Mack Center (UNLV, men's) Cox Pavilion (UNLV, women's) Arena-Auditorium (Wyoming)

v t e Air Force Falcons men's basketball

Playing venues	Clune Arena

Head coaches	Bob Spear (1956–1971) Hank Egan (1971–1984) Reggie Minton (1984–2000) Joe Scott (2000–2004) Chris Mooney (2004–2005) Jeff Bzdelik (2005–2007) Jeff Reynolds (2007–2012) Dave Pilipovich (2012– )

Seasons	2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13

Conference affiliations	Mountain West Conference (MWC)

Rivalries	Army Black Knights Navy Midshipmen

NCAA Tournament appearances	1960 1962 2004 2006

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