Popular Post OkieBilliken Posted May 19 Popular Post Posted May 19 Interesting year for me concluding with the 2025 Softball regional. I saw volleyball at home and the soccer teams at City Park. I saw men's hoops at GW and the women at Davidson. I saw baseball at Richmond and at home, both tennis teams in Orlando and the softball team at the Kennesaw, GA tournament and at the regional in Fayetteville. I'm up to 5 different softball fields. Anyone got more that 14 different arenas that you have watched SLU basketball? MENS BASKETBALL 14 Enterprise Center St. Louis, MO Kiel Auditorium St. Louis, MO St. Louis Arena St. Louis, MO Chaifetz Arena St. Louis, MO Edward Jones Dome St. Louis, MO Hearnes Center Columbia, MO Assembly Hall Champaign, IL Kemper Arena Kansas City, MO Sun Dome Temple Terrace, FL Fogelman Arena New Orleans, LA FLA Live Arena Sunrise, FL Legacy Arena at BJCC Birmingham, AL HTC Center Conway, SC Charles E Smith Center Washington, DC WOMENS BASKETBALL 13 Keil Auditorium St. Louis, MO Bauman-Eberhardt Athletic Complex St. Louis, MO Chaifetz Arena St. Louis, MO Hearnes Center Columbia, MO Sun Dome Temple Terrace, FL FAU Arena Boca Raton, FL Hertz Center Estero, FL Fogelman Arena New Orleans, LA Walton Arena Fayetteville, AR O'Connell Center Gainesville, FL Thompson-Boling Arena Knoxville, TN First Community Bank Arena Edwardsville, IL John M Belk Arena Davidson, NC BASEBALL 15 Billiken Sports Complex St. Louis, MO TR Hughes Ballpark St. Charles, MO JL Johnson Stadium Tulsa, OK Lake Point Sports Complex Emerson, GA Melching Field DeLand, FL Hoover Metropolitan Stadium Hoover, AL Lexington County Stadium Lexington, SC Centennial Park Port Charlotte, FL Minnesota Twins Spring Training Complex Fort Myers. FL Hammond Stadium Fort Myers. FL USA Stadium Millington, TN Red McEwen Field Temple Terrace, FL Greer Field at Turchin Stadium New Orleans, LA Pat Kenelly Diamond at Alumni Field Hammond, LA Pitt Field Richmond, VA MENS SOCCER 7 World Wide Technology Park Fenton, MO Robert R Hermann Stadium St. Louis, MO Bill Armstrong Stadium Bloomington, IN USF Soccer Stadium Temple Terrace, FL Euguene Stone Soccer Stadium Greenville, SC Hurricane Soccer and Track Stadium Tulsa, OK CITYPark St. Louis, MO WOMENS SOCCER 6 Worl Wide Technology Park Fenton, MO Robert R Hermann Stadium St. Louis, MO President's Field at River Road Richmond, VA Cardinal Park Louisville, KY Sports Backers Stadium Richmond, VA CITYPark St. Louis, MO SOFTBALL 5 Billiken Sports Complex St. Louis, MO Osceola Softball Complex Kissimmee, FL FCGU Softball Complex Fort Myers, FL Bailey Park Kennesaw, GA Bogle Park Fayetteville, AR VOLLEYBALL 7 Enterprise Center St. Louis, MO Chaifetz Arena St. Louis, MO Sun Dome Temple Terrace, FL Simon Recreation Center St. Louis, MO Bauman-Eberhart Athletic Center St. Louis, MO Recreation Athletic Complex Fairfax, VA Chaifetz Pavilion St. Louis, MO FIELD HOCKEY 1 World Wide Technology Park Fenton, MO MEN'S TENNIS 2 USTA National Campus Orlando, FL Crotty Tennis Complex Daytona Beach, FL WOMEN'S TENNIS 2 USTA National Campus Orlando, FL Crotty Tennis Complex Daytona Beach, FL Updating my spreadsheet I remembered something that is pretty good trivia. In 1994 the Billikens moved from the Arena to the brand spanking new Kiel Center. They had an open house before the season where the season ticket holders could come check out their new seat location. On that day they also set up a volleyball court and SLU played Mizzou. SLU won 3-0 and if my memory is correct that was the first sporting event ever held at that arena, not a hockey or basketball game. BuiltFordBills, TheDude, BLIKNS and 10 others 13 Quote
billiken_roy Posted May 19 Posted May 19 42 minutes ago, OkieBilliken said: Interesting year for me concluding with the 2025 Softball regional. I saw volleyball at home and the soccer teams at City Park. I saw men's hoops at GW and the women at Davidson. I saw baseball at Richmond and at home, both tennis teams in Orlando and the softball team at the Kennesaw, GA tournament and at the regional in Fayetteville. I'm up to 5 different softball fields. Anyone got more that 14 different arenas that you have watched SLU basketball? MENS BASKETBALL 14 Enterprise Center St. Louis, MO Kiel Auditorium St. Louis, MO St. Louis Arena St. Louis, MO Chaifetz Arena St. Louis, MO Edward Jones Dome St. Louis, MO Hearnes Center Columbia, MO Assembly Hall Champaign, IL Kemper Arena Kansas City, MO Sun Dome Temple Terrace, FL Fogelman Arena New Orleans, LA FLA Live Arena Sunrise, FL Legacy Arena at BJCC Birmingham, AL HTC Center Conway, SC Charles E Smith Center Washington, DC WOMENS BASKETBALL 13 Keil Auditorium St. Louis, MO Bauman-Eberhardt Athletic Complex St. Louis, MO Chaifetz Arena St. Louis, MO Hearnes Center Columbia, MO Sun Dome Temple Terrace, FL FAU Arena Boca Raton, FL Hertz Center Estero, FL Fogelman Arena New Orleans, LA Walton Arena Fayetteville, AR O'Connell Center Gainesville, FL Thompson-Boling Arena Knoxville, TN First Community Bank Arena Edwardsville, IL John M Belk Arena Davidson, NC BASEBALL 15 Billiken Sports Complex St. Louis, MO TR Hughes Ballpark St. Charles, MO JL Johnson Stadium Tulsa, OK Lake Point Sports Complex Emerson, GA Melching Field DeLand, FL Hoover Metropolitan Stadium Hoover, AL Lexington County Stadium Lexington, SC Centennial Park Port Charlotte, FL Minnesota Twins Spring Training Complex Fort Myers. FL Hammond Stadium Fort Myers. FL USA Stadium Millington, TN Red McEwen Field Temple Terrace, FL Greer Field at Turchin Stadium New Orleans, LA Pat Kenelly Diamond at Alumni Field Hammond, LA Pitt Field Richmond, VA MENS SOCCER 7 World Wide Technology Park Fenton, MO Robert R Hermann Stadium St. Louis, MO Bill Armstrong Stadium Bloomington, IN USF Soccer Stadium Temple Terrace, FL Euguene Stone Soccer Stadium Greenville, SC Hurricane Soccer and Track Stadium Tulsa, OK CITYPark St. Louis, MO WOMENS SOCCER 6 Worl Wide Technology Park Fenton, MO Robert R Hermann Stadium St. Louis, MO President's Field at River Road Richmond, VA Cardinal Park Louisville, KY Sports Backers Stadium Richmond, VA CITYPark St. Louis, MO SOFTBALL 5 Billiken Sports Complex St. Louis, MO Osceola Softball Complex Kissimmee, FL FCGU Softball Complex Fort Myers, FL Bailey Park Kennesaw, GA Bogle Park Fayetteville, AR VOLLEYBALL 7 Enterprise Center St. Louis, MO Chaifetz Arena St. Louis, MO Sun Dome Temple Terrace, FL Simon Recreation Center St. Louis, MO Bauman-Eberhart Athletic Center St. Louis, MO Recreation Athletic Complex Fairfax, VA Chaifetz Pavilion St. Louis, MO FIELD HOCKEY 1 World Wide Technology Park Fenton, MO MEN'S TENNIS 2 USTA National Campus Orlando, FL Crotty Tennis Complex Daytona Beach, FL WOMEN'S TENNIS 2 USTA National Campus Orlando, FL Crotty Tennis Complex Daytona Beach, FL Updating my spreadsheet I remembered something that is pretty good trivia. In 1994 the Billikens moved from the Arena to the brand spanking new Kiel Center. They had an open house before the season where the season ticket holders could come check out their new seat location. On that day they also set up a volleyball court and SLU played Mizzou. SLU won 3-0 and if my memory is correct that was the first sporting event ever held at that arena, not a hockey or basketball game. This was a lot of work just to compile the list with the various sports let alone make the trips. Thanks. I have only traveled to watch the men's basketball teams play. I have watched baseball, and women's basketball and softball but only on the SLU campus. I've seen the men's billiken Billikens in Memphis, Louisville, Chicago, Milwaukee, Birmingham, Brooklyn, Carbondale, Indianapolis, Myrtle Beach, Cincinnati and all the St Louis venues you mentioned above Planning to go to Pittsburgh next year assuming nothing comes out of the weeds for me in 2026. TheA_Bomb and OkieBilliken 2 Quote
OkieBilliken Posted May 19 Author Posted May 19 9 minutes ago, billiken_roy said: This was a lot of work just to compile the list with the various sports let alone make the trips. Thanks. I have only traveled to watch the men's basketball teams play. I have watched baseball, and women's basketball and softball but only on the SLU campus. I've seen the men's billiken Billikens in Memphis, Louisville, Chicago, Milwaukee, Birmingham, Brooklyn, Carbondale, Indianapolis, Myrtle Beach, Cincinnati and all the St Louis venues you mentioned above Planning to go to Pittsburgh next year assuming nothing comes out of the weeds for me in 2026. Nice. I missed out on a lot of the those terrific Great Midwest/CUSA venues when I was living in St. Louis because I couldn’t travel very much at the time. Now I just wait for the schedules to come out and hope they venture into the southeast. Quote
willie Posted May 19 Posted May 19 I can beat you in basketball but that is because I am older. I lose Charles Smith-Fla Live-and Conway SC. I gain Loyola 2 stadiums-DePaul 2 stadiums Detroit Mercy-Madison Square-Freedom Hall-Hinkle-Pitt.-St. Joe-Cinn. Evansville-Carbondale-Honolulu-SIUE-Sorry I don't know the names of all the arenas. All of the NCAA tournament games since Wichita. OkieBilliken 1 Quote
OkieBilliken Posted May 19 Author Posted May 19 8 minutes ago, willie said: I can beat you in basketball but that is because I am older. I lose Charles Smith-Fla Live-and Conway SC. I gain Loyola 2 stadiums-DePaul 2 stadiums Detroit Mercy-Madison Square-Freedom Hall-Hinkle-Pitt.-St. Joe-Cinn. Evansville-Carbondale-Honolulu-SIUE-Sorry I don't know the names of all the arenas. All of the NCAA tournament games since Wichita. Yeah I’m bummed I didn’t get to Freedom Hall, Hinkle, MSG, even the Memphis Pyramid. Hopefully we can get back to prominence and play in some great facilities again. Quote
willie Posted May 19 Posted May 19 4 minutes ago, OkieBilliken said: Yeah I’m bummed I didn’t get to Freedom Hall, Hinkle, MSG, even the Memphis Pyramid. Hopefully we can get back to prominence and play in some great facilities again. I forgot the Pyramid. Interesting building. To show you how old some of us are. West Pine Gym. Quote
Box and Won Posted May 19 Posted May 19 My list: In STL Kiel Auditorium St. Louis Arena Enterprise Center Chaifetz Arena Edward Jones Dome Road games SIUC SIUE Indiana State Butler DePaul Xavier Neutral sites Sprint Center (Kansas, K-State, and Wichita State) Madison Square Garden (VA Tech and Providence) Nationwide Arena (NCAA tourney versus Memphis) Amway Center (NCAA tourney versus NC State) OkieBilliken 1 Quote
willie Posted May 19 Posted May 19 2 minutes ago, willie said: I forgot the Pyramid. Interesting building. To show you how old some of us are. West Pine Gym. Two more: Cameron Indoor and the Dean Dome. Quote
cgeldmacher Posted May 19 Posted May 19 My list (I count 17): 1. Kiel Auditorium 2. TWA Dome 3. St. Louis Arena 4. Kiel/Savvis/Scottrade/Enterprise 5. Chaifetz 6. Sprint Center (KC) 7. Nationwide Arena (Columbus) 8. Hinkle Fieldhouse (Butler) 9. Dayton Arena 10. Siegel Center (VCU) 11. Rose Hill Gymnasium (Fordham) 12. Belk Arena (Davidson) 13. Hagan Arena (St. Joe) 14. UPMC Cooper Fieldhouse (Duquesne) 15. Gentile Arena (Loyola Chicago) 16. Barclay's Center (A-10 Tournament) 17. The Pyramid in Memphis EDIT: Sorry, I keep remembering more OkieBilliken 1 Quote
TheA_Bomb Posted May 19 Posted May 19 4 hours ago, Box and Won said: Neutral sites Sprint Center (Kansas) This is what it's all about. Sprint KC been there Other venues I've seen SLU MBB 1999 TWA Dome 2002 C-USA tournament at Cincinnati Firststar Center 2018 Hofhienz Pavillion Houston TX 2018 Barclay's vs Pitt 2018 Prudential Center Newark NJ 2021 NIT Comerica Center Frisco TX 2024 Rose Hill M Soccer at SMU Quote
wgstl Posted May 19 Posted May 19 Kiel Chaifetz FedEx forums (Memphis) Rose Hill Enterprise Sprint Center (KC) Hammons Center( Springfield) George Washington Either Duquesne or A10T in Pittsburgh is what I want to do next year. Quote
cgeldmacher Posted May 19 Posted May 19 1 hour ago, wgstl said: Kiel Chaifetz FedEx forums (Memphis) Rose Hill Enterprise Sprint Center (KC) Hammons Center( Springfield) George Washington Either Duquesne or A10T in Pittsburgh is what I want to do next year. Pittsburgh is very cool if you stay in the downtown area between the rivers. Duquesne is easy to get to from there. TheA_Bomb and wgstl 2 Quote
SLU_Nick Posted May 20 Posted May 20 Savvis chaifetz St charles family arena (Drejaj) madison square garden San Francisco Barclays Atlantic City temple lasalle gola gw Vcu a-10 tourney during covid Wichita st joeys George Mason OkieBilliken 1 Quote
billikenfan05 Posted May 20 Posted May 20 The best part of reading all of these is that I keep remembering places I've watched the Billikens with every new post. Quote
kshoe Posted May 20 Posted May 20 21 hours ago, willie said: Two more: Cameron Indoor and the Dean Dome. Don't forget the high school gym in Las Vegas for that tournament we all went to in the early 2000s. Young Bill Self coaching Illinois in the game in front of us. willie 1 Quote
LarryB Posted May 20 Posted May 20 This is fun reading, for me - Kiel Auditorium St. Louis Arena Enterprise Center Chaifetz Arena Edward Jones Dome Francis Howell North High School (intra squad scrimmage I think) Capital One Center - DC Pentagon - Souix Falls Loyola - Chicago Cameron Indoor Hinkle Fieldhouse (Butler) Arkansas State - Jonesboro Quote
billikenfan05 Posted May 20 Posted May 20 13 minutes ago, LarryB said: Francis Howell North High School (intra squad scrimmage I think) Why the **** were we playing an intra squad scrimmage at FHN? It would have to involve Chris Sloan? Quote
billikenfan05 Posted May 20 Posted May 20 Basketball Old Arena (I think) Enterprise Chaifetz Vadalabene Center - SIUE Banterra Center - SIUC Great Southern Bank Arena - Missouri State Comerica Center - Frisco, TX NIT Boardwalk Hall - A10 Tournament SAP Center - San Jose, CA NCAA Kia Center - Orlando, FL NCAA Nationwide Arena - Columbus, OH NCAA Hinkle Field House - Butler Edward Jones Dome Gentile Arena - Loyola Chicago Intrust Bank Arena - Wichita St Women's Basketball Missouri State Vadalabene Center Enterprise Chaifetz West Pine Gym Soccer Evansville Cincinnati Xavier SIUE Energizer Park Soccer Park Baseball Swayze Field - Ole Miss GCS Ballpark - Gateway Grizzlies Billikens Sports Center Volleyball Huff Hall - Illinois Frericks Center - Dayton L&N Credit Union Arena - Louisville Fifth Third Arena - Cincinnati Cintas Center - Xavier West Pine Gym Chaifetz Pavilion Chaifetz Arena OkieBilliken and TheA_Bomb 2 Quote
OkieBilliken Posted May 20 Author Posted May 20 9 minutes ago, billikenfan05 said: Basketball Old Arena (I think) Enterprise Chaifetz Vadalabene Center SIUC Missouri State Comerica Center - Frisco, TX NIT Boardwalk Hall - A10 Tournament SAP Center - San Jose, CA NCAA Kia Center - Orlando, FL NCAA Nationwide Arena - Columbus, OH NCAA Hinkle Field House - Butler Edward Jones Dome Gentile Arena Intrust Bank Arena - Wichita St Women's Basketball Missouri State Vadalabene Center Enterprise Chaifetz West Pine Gym Soccer Evansville Cincinnati Xavier SIUE Energizer Park Soccer Park Baseball Swayze Field - Ole Miss GCS Ballpark - Gateway Grizzlies Billikens Sports Center Volleyball Huff Hall - Illinois Frericks Center - Dayton L&N Credit Union Arena - Louisville Fifth Third Arena - Cincinnati Cintas Center - Xavier West Pine Gym Chaifetz Pavilion Chaifetz Arena You went to the Oxford Regional. That must have been awesome. I would have done almost anything to go but my wife had this crazy 2-week vacation to LA/SF/Tokyo/Seoul/Sydney/Melbourne that she had planned for about a year that I couldn't really postpone. Quote
billikenfan05 Posted May 20 Posted May 20 43 minutes ago, OkieBilliken said: You went to the Oxford Regional. That must have been awesome. I would have done almost anything to go but my wife had this crazy 2-week vacation to LA/SF/Tokyo/Seoul/Sydney/Melbourne that she had planned for about a year that I couldn't really postpone. It was a great time. A buddy of mines' little brother was in school down there. I ended up crashing at his apartment and went to the game with one of his roommates, since he wasn't in town. Super random stuff. I completely underestimated how crazy the outfield would be. I got there at like 10 am and could barely find a spot. It was SO HOT, I was only drinking beer but by the end of the game, I don't remember getting in my uber. Quote
BrettJollyComedyHour Posted May 20 Posted May 20 1 hour ago, billikenfan05 said: Why the **** were we playing an intra squad scrimmage at FHN? It would have to involve Chris Sloan? The Mark Buehrle Classic obviously lol Quote
Box and Won Posted May 20 Posted May 20 On 5/19/2025 at 10:42 AM, Box and Won said: My list: In STL Kiel Auditorium St. Louis Arena Enterprise Center Chaifetz Arena Edward Jones Dome Road games SIUC SIUE Indiana State Butler DePaul Xavier Neutral sites Sprint Center (Kansas, K-State, and Wichita State) Madison Square Garden (VA Tech and Providence) Nationwide Arena (NCAA tourney versus Memphis) Amway Center (NCAA tourney versus NC State) I forgot about the Family Arena! Quote
Bay Area Billiken Posted May 20 Posted May 20 Billikens Men’s Basketball: Chaifetz Arena, Enterprise Center (Kiel Center, Savvis Center, Scottrade Center), Dome at America’s Center (then TWA Dome), St. Louis Arena (The Checkerdome), Kiel Auditorium, West Pine Gym, UMSL Mark Twain Building, Sprint Center (KC), Gentile Arena (Loyola Chicago), Western Hall (WIU), Rose Hill Gym (Fordham), Barclay’s Center, Capital One Arena, War Memorial at the Sobrato Center (War Memorial Gym, USF CA), Toso Pavilion (now Leavey Center, Santa Clara), Gersten Pavilion (LMU), Haas Pavilion (Cal), Spanos Center (Pacific), Pauley Pavilion (UCLA); NCAA Tourneys: Baltimore Arena, Georgia Dome, Cleveland State, Columbus, OH, San Jose SAP Center, Orlando. Men’s Soccer: Hermann Stadium, STL Soccer Park, Busch Memorial Stadium, Francis Field (WashU), Lindenwood, SIUE, Jack Mackenzie Field at Legends Stadium (Quincy), USF Negoesco Stadium, Santa Clara Buck Shaw Stadium, Cal Edwards Stadium, Stanford. Baseball: SLU, Heine Meine Field, Santa Clara Schott Stadium, St. Mary’s (CA). Women’s Basketball: West Pine Gym. Softball: SLU. Quote
cgeldmacher Posted May 20 Posted May 20 26 minutes ago, Box and Won said: I forgot about the Family Arena! Remind me when and why we played at the St. Charles Family Arena. Quote
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