Revisiting CH 2k8 Unique Arena Venues

RubenDouglas · 11-05-2009, 05:41 PM

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 · 11-05-2009, 06:41 PM

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 · 11-05-2009, 11:13 PM

Very cool thread!

stlstudios189 · 11-06-2009, 08:47 AM

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

warnerwlf98 · 11-07-2009, 08:46 PM

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 · 11-09-2009, 12:50 AM

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

ehh · 11-09-2009, 12:25 PM

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 · 11-09-2009, 02:53 PM

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 · 11-09-2009, 03:52 PM

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 · 11-09-2009, 11:26 PM

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

11-05-2009, 05:41 PM	#1 (permalink)
RubenDouglas 2009 Dunk Champ OVR: 28 Join Date: May 2003 Posts: 14,769	Revisiting CH 2k8 Unique Arena Venues 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 Lehighvariation 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 Last edited by RubenDouglas; 11-12-2009 at 08:40 PM.

11-05-2009, 06:41 PM	#2 (permalink)
RubenDouglas 2009 Dunk Champ OVR: 28 Join Date: May 2003 Posts: 14,769	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:

11-05-2009, 11:13 PM	#3 (permalink)
grismosw MVP OVR: 13 Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Macomb, MI Posts: 1,876	Re: Revisiting CH 2k8 Unique Arena Venues Very cool thread!

11-06-2009, 08:47 AM	#4 (permalink)
stlstudios189 MVP OVR: 33 Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Toledo, OH Posts: 1,218	Re: Revisiting CH 2k8 Unique Arena Venues just one of the many reasons that I love this game. __________________ The Detroit Lions redo 04-present on NFL 2k5 2004: 5-4 (Tim Couch as QB) Madden 09: Cleveland Browns:8-8 (missed playoffs) NBA 2k8: Detroit Pistons: 2-2

11-07-2009, 08:46 PM	#5 (permalink)
warnerwlf98 MVP OVR: 12 Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Northern AZ Posts: 1,830	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 __________________ "A man doesn't know the size of the shadow he casts until he stands up." - Gil Favor

11-09-2009, 12:50 AM	#6 (permalink)
ehh Hall Of Fame OVR: 44 Join Date: Mar 2003 Posts: 20,333	Re: Revisiting CH 2k8 Unique Arena Venues Awesome thread, Rub. Still so many arenas I haven't played in. __________________ Ehh's Blog (Updated 11/19): NCAA Basketball '10 Initial Impressions

11-09-2009, 12:25 PM	#7 (permalink)
ehh Hall Of Fame OVR: 44 Join Date: Mar 2003 Posts: 20,333	Re: Revisiting CH 2k8 Unique Arena Venues 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. __________________ Ehh's Blog (Updated 11/19): NCAA Basketball '10 Initial Impressions Last edited by ehh; 11-09-2009 at 12:33 PM.

11-09-2009, 03:52 PM	#9 (permalink)
ehh Hall Of Fame OVR: 44 Join Date: Mar 2003 Posts: 20,333	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. __________________ Ehh's Blog (Updated 11/19): NCAA Basketball '10 Initial Impressions

11-09-2009, 11:26 PM	#10 (permalink)
terrapinman Rookie OVR: 4 Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 398	Re: Revisiting CH 2k8 Unique Arena Venues 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 __________________ "when you win nothing hurts"-Broadway Joe

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