Value City Arena as seen from the Horseshoe

Value City Arena at The Jerome Schottenstein Center

• Ground broke on 4/2/1996
• cost $116 million
• $12.5 million donation from Jerome Schottenstein, owner of Value City and other retail stores, named arena
• designed by OSU walkon cager Curt Moody(1971-73)
• opened 11/3/1998 for exhibition basketball game
• first regular season basketball game 11/13/1998 v. Oakland(W, 89-61)
• first hockey game 1/2/1999 v. Michigan(W, 1-0)
• sits 17,500 for hockey, 19,200 for basketball, 21,000 for concerts
• larger then some NBA and NHL arenas
• borded by Fred Taylor Drive, Olentangy River Road, Borror Drive, and Lane Avenue
• Keystone of West Campus sports complex also including Woody Hayes Athletic Center, Bill Davis Stadium, Jesse Owens Stadium, and Buckeye Field

  One of the four corners during the winter

  Value City Arena at night

  The VCA seen from overhead during construction