Basketball Arena Nicknames

41 arenas in the directory go by a nickname, including “ACC” (Scotiabank Arena), “Ballhalla (for Valkyries games)” (Chase Center), and “The Barn” (Williams Arena).

  1. 1NBAScotiabank Arena — Toronto Raptors (Toronto, Ontario)ACC
  2. 2NBAChase Center — Golden State Warriors (San Francisco, California)Ballhalla (for Valkyries games)
  3. 3D-IWilliams Arena — Minnesota Golden Gophers (Minneapolis, Minnesota)The Barn
  4. 4D-IBud Walton Arena — Arkansas Razorbacks (Fayetteville, Arkansas)Basketball Palace of Mid-America
  5. 5NBASmoothie King Center — New Orleans Pelicans (New Orleans, Louisiana)The Blender
  6. 6D-IPete Maravich Assembly Center — LSU Tigers (Baton Rouge, Louisiana)The Deaf Dome; also "The PMAC" or "Pete's Palace"
  7. 7D-IDean Smith Center — North Carolina Tar Heels (Chapel Hill, North Carolina)The Dean Dome
  8. 8NBADelta Center — Utah Jazz (Salt Lake City, Utah)Decibel Center
  9. 9D-IAmica Mutual Pavilion — Providence Friars (Providence, Rhode Island)The Dunk
  10. 10NBATD Garden — Boston Celtics (Boston, Massachusetts)The Garden
  11. 11NBAMadison Square Garden — New York Knicks (New York, New York)The Garden / MSG
  12. 12NBAAmerican Airlines Center — Dallas Mavericks (Dallas, Texas)The Hangar
  13. 13D-IAlaska Airlines Arena at Hec Edmundson Pavilion — Washington Huskies (Seattle, Washington)Hec Ed
  14. 14D-IKohl Center — Wisconsin Badgers (Madison, Wisconsin)Herb Garden
  15. 15NBAState Farm Arena — Atlanta Hawks (Atlanta, Georgia)Highlight Factory
  16. 16D-ICrisler Center — Michigan Wolverines (Ann Arbor, Michigan)The House that Cazzie Built
  17. 17NBACrypto.com Arena — Los Angeles Lakers (Los Angeles, California)The House That Kobe Built
  18. 18D-IHumphrey Coliseum — Mississippi State Bulldogs (Mississippi State, Mississippi)The Hump
  19. 19D-IHinkle Fieldhouse — Butler Bulldogs (Indianapolis, Indiana)Indiana's Basketball Cathedral
  20. 20D-ILawrence Joel Veterans Memorial Coliseum — Wake Forest Demon Deacons (Winston-Salem, North Carolina)The Joel
  21. 21D-IJohn Paul Jones Arena — Virginia Cavaliers (Charlottesville, Virginia)JPJ
  22. 22D-INeville Arena — Auburn Tigers (Auburn, Alabama)The Jungle
  23. 23D-IJMA Wireless Dome — Syracuse Orange (Syracuse, New York)The Loud House
  24. 24NBAUnited Center — Chicago Bulls (Chicago, Illinois)Madhouse on Madison
  25. 25D-IGallagher-Iba Arena — Oklahoma State Cowboys (Stillwater, Oklahoma)The Madison Square Garden of the Plains
  26. 26D-IMemorial Gymnasium — Vanderbilt Commodores (Nashville, Tennessee)Memorial; the "Fenway Park of College Basketball"
  27. 27D-IExactech Arena at the Stephen C. O'Connell Center — Florida Gators (Gainesville, Florida)O'Dome
  28. 28D-IBramlage Coliseum — Kansas State Wildcats (Manhattan, Kansas)Octagon of Doom
  29. 29D-IPetersen Events Center — Pittsburgh Panthers (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania)The Pete
  30. 30D-IAllen Fieldhouse — Kansas Jayhawks (Lawrence, Kansas)The Phog
  31. 31NBAMortgage Matchup Center — Phoenix Suns (Phoenix, Arizona)The Purple Palace
  32. 32NBARocket Arena — Cleveland Cavaliers (Cleveland, Ohio)The Q
  33. 33D-IJersey Mike's Arena — Rutgers Scarlet Knights (Piscataway, New Jersey)The RAC; "Trapezoid of Terror"
  34. 34D-IPrudential Center — Seton Hall Pirates (Newark, New Jersey)The Rock
  35. 35NBAModa Center — Portland Trail Blazers (Portland, Oregon)Rose Garden
  36. 36D-IFifth Third Arena — Cincinnati Bearcats (Cincinnati, Ohio)The Shoe
  37. 37D-IThe Sandy and John Black Pavilion at Ole Miss — Ole Miss Rebels (University, Mississippi)SJB Pavilion
  38. 38D-IHank McCamish Pavilion — Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets (Atlanta, Georgia)The Thrillerdome
  39. 39NBAKaseya Center — Miami Heat (Miami, Florida)Triple-A (A3)
  40. 40D-IPinnacle Bank Arena — Nebraska Cornhuskers (Lincoln, Nebraska)The Vault
  41. 41D-IDesert Financial Arena — Arizona State Sun Devils (Tempe, Arizona)You-Ack