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<blockquote data-quote="altgeld88" data-source="post: 1803621" data-attributes="member: 2886"><p>BTW, regarding OSU's old St. John Arena (home to men's basketball until 1998), here's a photo of it not long after it opened in the '50s, and then around the '00s when the volleyball team still played there:</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]20723[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]20724[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>And here's a panoramic shot of it from last fall when I visited. No OSU sports teams use it anymore for games. During COVID it was converted into a weight training facility for the nonrevenue sports athletes. The OSU marching band holds a concert here immediately before every home football game, called the "Skull Session." Then they march from the arena across the street and into the stadium for their pregame formation. It's a huge tradition and well-attended (a photo of that is below.) The arena holds nearly 14,000 and those Skull Sessions fill 2/3 of the place.</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]20725[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]20727[/ATTACH]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="altgeld88, post: 1803621, member: 2886"] BTW, regarding OSU's old St. John Arena (home to men's basketball until 1998), here's a photo of it not long after it opened in the '50s, and then around the '00s when the volleyball team still played there: [ATTACH type="full" width="454px"]20723[/ATTACH][ATTACH type="full" width="516px"]20724[/ATTACH] And here's a panoramic shot of it from last fall when I visited. No OSU sports teams use it anymore for games. During COVID it was converted into a weight training facility for the nonrevenue sports athletes. The OSU marching band holds a concert here immediately before every home football game, called the "Skull Session." Then they march from the arena across the street and into the stadium for their pregame formation. It's a huge tradition and well-attended (a photo of that is below.) The arena holds nearly 14,000 and those Skull Sessions fill 2/3 of the place. [ATTACH type="full" width="971px"]20725[/ATTACH] [ATTACH type="full" width="972px"]20727[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]
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