Revisiting CH 2k8 Unique Arena Venues

[RubenDouglas]

Lost among 340+ schools are a few gems out there that CH2k8 has in their game.

But first a big thanks to this earlier thread created by user moser316j back almost 5 years ago

Bored for the past few days, I decided to see what CH2k8 had in store that differed from the CH2k5 list. Not much had changed but it was neat going arena by arena to see which ones stood out.

First, I want to present all 99 unique venues in this game. Over 80 of them are considered authentic, with a dozen or so being "unique generics".

More than 70% of these may look the same to the average fan, but they are in fact all different.

Arena by Arena.. here we go:
(i got rid of the direct image links and instead am presenting it in a differen fashion)
Click on the Links for Each school that is shown per group:
And here is that list:

big thanks to this old thread and Moser316J

ALEXANDER MEMORIAL COLISEUM
Georgia Tech
McNeese State

ALLEN FIELDHOUSE
Kansas
Minnesota

ALLSTATE ARENA
DePaul

ALUMNI MEMORIAL FIELDHOUSE
Lehigh*variation of this gym model w/o bleachers behind basket
Mississippi Valley State
Niagara
Norfolk State
Saint Joseph's
UNC-Asheville

AMERICAN BANK CENTER
Texas A&M-Corpus Christi

ARENA-AUDITORIUM
Chattanooga
Hawaii
Ohio
Wichita State
Wyoming

ASSEMBLY HALL
Illinois

ASSEMBLY HALL
Indiana

BANK UNITED CENTER
Bradley
CSU-Bakersfield
Miami

BEARD-EAVES COLISEUM
Auburn

BENJAMIN JOHNSON ARENA
Boston University
Cal State-Northridge
Central Connecticut
Coastal Carolina
Columbia
Coppin State
Dartmouth
Elon
Florida A&M
Harvard
Iona
Monmouth
Morgan State
New Jersey Inst. Tech.
Nicholls State
Robert Morris
Texas-Arlington
Texas-Pan American
Texas-San Antonio
UCA
USC Upstate
UMBC
Vermont
Wofford
Winston Salem State

BRADLEY CENTER
Marquette

BRESLIN CENTER
Michigan State

BRYCE JORDAN CENTER
Penn State

CALIHAN HALL
Detroit

CAMERON INDOOR STADIUM
Duke

CARRIER DOME
Syracuse

CARVER-HAWKEYE ARENA
Baylor
Houston
Iowa
Middle Tennessee State

CHASE ARENA
Cal Poly
Delaware State
Fordham
Hartford
Howard
LA Calcutta
Northwestern State
Radford
Rider
Sacramento State
Villanova

CINTAS CENTER
Xavier

COLE FIELDHOUSE (old Maryland arena)
Furman
Sam Houston State

COLEMAN COLISEUM
Alabama

COMCAST CENTER
Maryland
Dayton

CONVOCATION CENTER
Air Force
Akron
Appalachian State
Creighton
Hampton
Louisiana-Lafayette
Navy
Northern Illinois
SMU
West Virginia

COTTERELL COURT
Campbell
Charleston Southern- variation #1 (diff. roof)
Colgate
Idaho State
Marist
Northwestern
Portland
St. John's- variation #2 (diff. roof)
Western Michigan

CRISLER ARENA
Cleveland State
Michigan
Missouri-Kansas City
North Texas
Oral Roberts
Richmond
Southeastern Louisiana
Washington
Winthrop

DEAN SMITH CENTER
North Carolina
*South Carolina- -Variation #1
*Spokane Veterans Mem. Arena- Variation #1

DEE EVENTS CENTER
Indiana State
Weber State

DEGOL ARENA
Longwood
Quinnipiac
Saint Francis PA

DRADDY GYMNASIUM
Manhattan
Mercer

DUNKIN' DONUTS CENTER
Providence

FEDEX FORUM
Memphis

FIRESTONE FIELDHOUSE
Alcorn State
Army
Georgia State
La Salle
Loyola Marymount
Maryland-Eastern Shore
Mount St. Mary's
Pepperdine
Saint Bonaventure
Saint Mary's
Samford
St. Francis NY
St. Peter's
Stetson
Troy
UC-Riverside
UNC-Greensboro
Valparaiso

FOGELMAN ARENA
Belmont
Tulane

FRANK ERWIN CENTER
Texas

GALLAGHER-IBA ARENA
Oklahoma State

HAAS PAVILION
California

HARRY A. GAMPEL PAVILION
Connecticut
Idaho

HILTON COLISEUM
Iowa State

HINKLE FIELDHOUSE
Butler
Chicago State

HUMPHREY COLISEUM
Mississippi State

INDOOR SPORTS COMPLEX
Bucknell
Stony Brook

IUPUI GYMNASIUM
IUPUI

JADWIN GYMNASIUM
Princeton

JOHN E. WORTHEN ARENA
Ball State

JOHN PAUL JONES ARENA
Virginia

JON M. HUNTSMAN CENTER
Utah

JOYCE CENTER
Notre Dame
Southern Illinois

KOHL CENTER
Wisconsin

KREESE ARENA
College of Charleston

LAWRENCE JOEL COLISEUM
Temple
Wake Forest

LITTLEJOHN COLISEUM
Clemson

LLOYD NOBLE CENTER
New Orleans
Oklahoma
Texas Tech

LOUIS BROWN ATHLETIC CENTER
Alabama State
Arkansas-Pine Bluff
Austin Peay
Buffalo
Charlotte
Cincinnati
Colorado State
Cornell
Delaware
Drexel
Duquesne
East Carolina
Kent State
Long Beach State
Montana State
Morehead State
Rutgers
Tulsa
UC-Santa Barbara
Vanderbilt

LUNDHOLM GYMNASIUM
Alaska
New Hampshire

MACKEY ARENA
Louisiana-Monroe
Louisiana Tech
Nevada
Purdue

MAPLES PAVILION
Stanford

MARRIOTT CENTER
Brigham Young
IPFW

MCBRAYER ARENA
Bowling Green
Eastern Kentucky
Illinois-Chicago
Miami (Ohio)
Texas State
UC-Irvine

MCARTHUR COURT
Oregon

MCKALE CENTER
Arizona
Arkansas
Davidson
Eastern Michigan
Illinois State
Saint Louis
Tennessee State
Tennessee Tech
UAB

MITCHELL CENTER
Fresno State *no behind basket tunnel
Louisville
South Alabama

MULLINS CENTER
Albany
Central Florida
Florida International
Gardner-Webb
James Madison
Massachusetts
New Mexico State
Oregon State
Southern
Southern Cal.

O'CONNELL CENTER
Florida


PAIGE SPORTS ARENA (Mizzou Arena)
Missouri

PAULEY PAVILION
Denver- variation
E. Tenn. State
George Mason
Nebraska
Northern Arizona
San Diego
Santa Clara
UCLA
UW- Milwaukee- Variation similar to Denver
VCU

PETE MARAVICH ASSEMBLY CENTER
LSU

PETERSEN EVENTS CENTER
Pittsburgh

RBC CENTER
Boise State
North Carolina State

REED ARENA
Texas A&M

REED GREEN COLISEUM
Southern Miss

ROTHMAN CENTER
Fairleigh Dickinson

RUPP ARENA
Kentucky

SILVIO CONTE FORUM
Boston College
Gonzaga
Northern Iowa

SMITH CENTER
Arkansas State
Drake
Eastern Washington
Florida Atlantic
George Washington
Georgia Southern
Grambling State
Hofstra
Kennesaw State
Loyola (IL)
Loyola (MD)
Maine
Marshall
Missouri State
Montana
Murray State
North Carolina A&T
North Dakota St.
North Florida
Pacific
Rice
Sacred Heart
Savannah State
South Dakota St.
Tennessee-Martin
Texas Southern
UNC-Wilmington
Utah Valley State
Western Illinois
Yale
Youngstown State

STEGEMAN COLISEUM
Georgia

TAD SMITH COLISEUM
Ole Miss

TED CONSTANT CONVOCATION CENTER
Old Dominion

THE PALESTRA
Pennsylvania

THE PAVILION
UC-Davis

THOMAS & MACK CENTER
UNLV
*Arena @ Birmingham Neutral Court

THOMPSON-BOLING ARENA
Tennessee

UNIQUE BOX GENERIC GYMNASIUM
Alabama A&M
American
Bethune-Cookman
Binghampton
Brown
Cal State-Fullerton
Canisius
Central Michigan
Eastern Illinois
Florida Gulf Coast
High Point
Holy Cross
Jackson State
Jacksonville State
Lafayette
Northeastern
Northern Colorado
Oakland
Portland State
San Francisco
South Carolina State
Southeast Missouri State
Toledo
Towson
Wagner

UNIQUE GYM STYLE #1:
Arkansas-Little Rock
UW-Green Bay

UNIQUE GYM STYLE #2:
Fairfield

UNIQUE GYM STYLE #3:
South Florida

UNIVERSITY ARENA
Colorado
Evansville
Florida State
Kansas State
Lamar
Liberty
Lipscomb
New Mexico
San Diego State
San Jose State
Siena
Southern Utah
Stephen F. Austin
The Citadel
Utah State
UTEP
Virginia Tech
VMI
Washington State
Western Carolina
Western Kentucky
William & Mary
Wright State

UNIVERSITY HALL (old home of Virginia
Prairie View A&M
TCU

VALUE CITY ARENA
Jacksonville
Ohio State
Rhode Island
Seton Hall

VERIZON CENTER
Georgetown

WELLNESS, RECREATION, AND ATHLETIC CENTER
Long Island

WELLS FARGO ARENA
Arizona State

[RubenDouglas]

Re: Revisiting CH 2k8 Unique Arena Venues

With all that, We finished with 99 unique college venues. Adding in about 20 netural court authentics, and we have over 120 venues to choose from. 4x the amount seen in any NBA video game. We have it made here with the college games.


My TOP 5
I might have to go with those that have true specifics to details:

Love the roof here. It adds so much to the venue:


nothing like a small gym with its own flair. THE JUNGLE is unique and intimate:


triple decks represented well:


Brand new back when the game came out, they showcased this small unique place so well in this CH game:


Another small school being represented well. This unique place was also brand new a few years back. Black Curtain on one side brings a unique touch to this place:

[grismosw]

Re: Revisiting CH 2k8 Unique Arena Venues

Very cool thread!

[stlstudios189]

Re: Revisiting CH 2k8 Unique Arena Venues

just one of the many reasons that I love this game.

[warnerwlf98]

Re: Revisiting CH 2k8 Unique Arena Venues

Yep . . . this game was the king of unique arenas . . . Part of the fun was going to the tourney to play in unique places you haven't been before. I still haven't played in all of them

[ehh]

Re: Revisiting CH 2k8 Unique Arena Venues

Awesome thread, Rub. Still so many arenas I haven't played in.

[ehh]

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I can't believe the love they gave to LIU's gym, that's amazing! Also ridiculous that I never noticed it on my own since I've started 4-5 closed legacies with LIU over the past two years but quit all of them before I got to play a home game.

Stonybrook's gym has got to be my favorite small arena in the game now, last night was the first time I checked it out as well. Very cool.

[RubenDouglas]

Re: Revisiting CH 2k8 Unique Arena Venues

LIU's colored walls give it away as being truly unique, but if you go check it out, youll see something like hte photos below.

in game sample shot


real life:


its really one of the most accurately represented arenas ive ever seen a game do, including nba games. attention to detail is superb

[ehh]

Re: Revisiting CH 2k8 Unique Arena Venues

Hell yeah man, I've been there IRL. One of my boys I played AAU with played at LIU, plus my old man went to college right next to it (place doesn't exist anymore or changed names). Plus it's in downtown Brooklyn right by the bridge, why not go hang out there?

Still can't believe that it looks so good in the game.

[terrapinman]

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Yeah being from NYC, I can appreciate the representation of that arena.

One of the best threads I've seen on this site. Good Job Money

[jorge380]

Re: Revisiting CH 2k8 Unique Arena Venues

This pumped me up!

[RubenDouglas]

Re: Revisiting CH 2k8 Unique Arena Venues

I have what schools are associated with the arenas that have more than 1 team. I will get to posting those later today for those interested parties

[redsrulenc]

Re: Revisiting CH 2k8 Unique Arena Venues

First off, excellent thread.
2nd, THE STADIUMS ROCK in this game

[Fiddy]

Re: Revisiting CH 2k8 Unique Arena Venues

gonna sound stupid here, but what roster file has all these correct or updated? or is there one?

[Tomba]

Re: Revisiting CH 2k8 Unique Arena Venues

gonna sound stupid here, but what roster file has all these correct or updated? or is there one?

I'd like to know to for my own enjoyment as well...