Hearnes Center

Hearnes Center

Location	600 E Stadium Blvd Columbia, MO 65211
Owner	Univ. of Missouri
Operator	Univ. of Missouri
Capacity	13,611 (1972-present)
Construction
Broke ground	1969
Opened	August 4, 1972
Construction cost	$10.75 million
Architect	Sverdrup & Parcel
Tenants
Missouri Tigers; Volleyball, wrestling, gymnastics (main); track and field (field house annex)

Hearnes Center is a 13,611-seat multi-purpose arena in Columbia, Missouri. The arena opened in 1972. It is currently home to the Tigers' nationally ranked wrestling and volleyball teams as well as the school's gymnastics and indoor track & field teams. It was home to the University of Missouri Tigers basketball team before Mizzou Arena opened in 2004.

Groundbreaking for the Hearnes Center occurred in 1969, and the stadium was officially dedicated on August 4, 1972. The stadium got its name from former Missouri governor and 1952 Mizzou graduate Warren Hearnes. The cost of the building project was $10.75 million. Prior to the opening of the Hearnes Center, the Missouri basketball team played its home games at Brewer Fieldhouse, which was built in 1929 and has since been remodeled into a modern recreation center.

Hearnes quickly became one of the toughest places to play during the 1980s, when players such as Steve Stipanovich, Jon Sundvold, Derrick Chievous and Doug Smith suited up for Norm Stewart. Several factors contributed to this reputation: the steep banking of the seating area, its flat roof and angling of its upper sections, and The Antlers, whose presence in Section A-16 made them the bane of many an opposition. Decibel meters were added to the corners of the arena in the early 1990s in addition to new scoreboards, and it was not uncommon to see them go well above 110 dB during conference games, and regularly cresting 125 dB against Kansas or during 2002's famed "Fire Code Game" against Iowa, where well over 14,500 people packed the building to see then-#2 Mizzou be stunned by Steve Alford's club.

In its later life, the building saw several changes: a new floor was installed in 1998, rear-projection video monitors replaced the matrix boards at the turn of the new millennium, and the student seating plan was also altered. Before Quin Snyder came to coach the Tigers, student seating was scattered throughout the arena and distributed via who picked up tickets first, and while the largest amount sat along one sideline (including the band, Student Athletic Board and the aforementioned Antlers), others sat as high as the D sections, which early in the arena's life doubled as lecture halls (to this day, their seats have fold-out writing desks). Attempting to create an atmosphere similar to his former employers, Duke, Snyder mandated that all students be moved to one end of the court, where bleachers would replace the old seats and primacy would be given to his new "Zou Crew" club, with all other seating areas becoming general admission. The move was criticized for changing the atmosphere at Missouri games to something less unique while enabling more seats to be sold at a higher cost, but was duplicated (with more restrictions on student seating) at Mizzou Arena.

The Hearnes Center also contains a field house that is home to the indoor track and field team, as well as one of the country's largest blood drives. Each fall, students donate blood as part of the school's Homecoming week festivities. In 2005, students and Columbia residents donated over 5,000 units of blood.

During the school year, the parking lot adjacent to the main building serves as student parking for the many on-campus residents.

Men's basketball record at the Hearnes Center

Season	Won	Loss	Pct.	Losses
1972-73	11	1	0.917	Colorado
1973-74	8	5	0.615	SMU, Kansas, Oklahoma, Nebraska, Kansas St.
1974-75	12	0	1.00	NONE
1975-76	13	1	0.929	Kansas State
1976-77	13	1	0.929	Kansas State
1977-78	9	4	0.629	Kansas, Marquette, Oklahoma, Iowa State
1978-79	10	4	0.714	Illinois, Alabama, Oklahoma State, Kansas
1979-80	15	1	0.938	Kansas State
1980-81	14	0	1.00	NONE
1981-82	12	2	0.857	Nebraska, Kansas State
1982-83	17	1	0.944	Marquette
1983-84	10	5	0.667	Washington, Kansas St., Nebraska, Kansas, Oklahoma
1984-85	12	4	0.75	Iowa State, Oklahoma, Kansas State, St. Joseph's
1985-86	14	3	0.824	Kansas, Nebraska, Virginia
1986-87	13	1	0.929	Memphis State
1987-88	14	1	0.933	Kansas
1988-89	16	0	1.00	NONE
1989-90	15	0	1.00	NONE
1990-91	14	2	0.875	Arkansas, Kansas
1991-92	13	2	0.867	Kansas, Oklahoma
1992-93	11	5	0.688	Arkansas, Memphis State, Kansas, Nebraska, Oklahoma
1993-94	15	0	1.00	NONE
1994-95	11	3	0.786	Arkansas, Kansas, Nebraska
1995-96	14	2	0.875	Iowa State, Oklahoma State
1996-97	11	5	0.688	Arkansas, Iowa State, Colorado, Wake Forest,
1997-98	14	2	0.875	Coppin State, Alabama-Birmingham (NIT)
1998-99	13	3	0.813	SW Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma
1999-2000	10	5	0.667	Indiana, Winthrop, Iowa State, Texas, Oklahoma State
2000-2001	13	1	0.929	Oklahoma
2001-2002	10	3	0.769	Iowa, Texas, Kansas
2002-2003	14	1	0.933	Kansas
2003-2004	10	4	0.714	Kansas, Texas, Syracuse, Belmont
Totals	401	72	.848