University Of Dayton Arena

Greatest college basketball arena in the country! There isn’t a bad seat in the house and the crowd is amazing. The concessions are very reasonable for a sporting venue and they sell beer!

UD Arena has a lot of character, I’ll give it that. Built in the late 60’s, it is wonderful that it has lasted and met the needs of UD for so long. 13,500 seats is more than enough for college basketball. It is even well laid out with screens and stats unlike some schools that don’t take basketball as seriously. Parking isn’t too bad either where you can pay to park on site, take a shuttle, or walk a little ways.
Some people have recently been talking about tearing it down to make something… different? The arena is in no way what is holding back Dayton basketball from success. Other modern basketball centered buildings only have 8 – 11 thousand seats. The seating is at a very gradual slope putting the upper deck pretty far from the court, but the extra 3,000 seats help make up for it where you don’t have to pay as much to sit in the nosebleed/​binocular seats anyway. Trouble seeing over the person in front of you? You have to stand, cheer, and get into the game, oh no! You have to be close to be sure you have a good view (unlike at xavier and slu)? Oh no, the university will have to make more money making you pay for a good view!
I can’t speak outside of the basketball context, but this is a very good place to watch basketball. It is loud and really gives the flyers a home court advantage. Its even a good place for tournament games. Watching 16 seeds Albany vs Mt St Mary’s during the NCAA tournament play in games, my friend so accurately put it: «I think nowhere else in the country would you get that loud of a cheer for these two teams.»
All that being said, the UD fans and community are not friendly or welcoming to out of town fans. Hurling curse words, trying to start fights, broken windshields, it all flies there. Not exactly a family friendly environment unless you’re wearing flyers gear. The only good thing about traveling to play Dayton at basketball is the airport. A bit of a mixed bag but it works for them.

Come on… what’s not to love about UD Arena?! Great place to watch a basketball game… student section is fun. My only complaint is to many rich, older white folks get the bulk of the close court action… they are a little lifeless at times. I wish there were more students near the court. But all in all… adequate restrooms and food options for a basketball game. Good times will be had by all… especially if the Flyers win!

gorgeous, cozy arena set to host the first 4 in 2014.
Beautiful event space in the flight deck, good catering.
Loge boxes are done up style with comfortable seating, a flat screen, mini fridge.
It has intimate charm in all ways!

Very nice arena. I was here for my Son high school percussion comp. This was my second time here. Great place.

UD rocks the house! The Flyers are the best Basketball in town! Great venue. I’ve watched both high school, college and pro games here it’s a great place to watch basketball. I’ve seen the NCAA tournament here several times and had a great time each time.

Unilocal doesn’t specify, but this is the address for University of Dayton Arena, which is the premier place to watch college hoops, be it regular season or tournament play.