The University of Idaho has a new stunning arena on campus. It is the campuses first basketball-specific facility in the University’s 132 year history. It was built with wood from the University’s experimental forest on Moscow Mountain and utilized only in-state timber and wood companies to complete its construction.

The final product is beautiful. But where does it rank in the Big Sky Conference? Hell, where does it rank out west? Former Athletic Director Rob Spear was convinced we were passed over for the Mountain West in 2013 was not football, but rather our lack of a basketball facility. Playing almost all of our non-conference games in a gym that is a memorial to the first world war and later moving into a football facility that tried to be an intimate basketball setting, and simply fell short more than it succeeded.

Did we just build something to get in the game? or did we build something special! To raise the bar! To be the envy of many!

Lets start by ranking all 11 basketball arenas in the Big Sky Conference.

11. Hornets Nest | Sacramento State

Built: 1955 Capacity: 1,012

10. Walkup Skydome | Northern Arizona

Built:1975 Renovated: 2011 Capacity: 16,230

T8. Brick Breeden Fieldhouse | Montana State

Built: 1957 Renovated 1998, 2013 Capacity:8,455

T8. Reed Gym | Idaho State

Built: 1951 Renovated: 2002,2010 Capacity:3,214

T6. Bank of Colorado Arena | Northern Colorado

Built 1974 Renovated 2006, 2011 Capacity: 2,992

T6. Reese Court | Eastern Washington

Built: 1975 Capacity: 6,000

5. America First Event Center | Southern Utah

Built: 1985 Capacity 5,300

4. Dee Event Center | Weber State

Built: 1975 Capacity: 11,592

3. Dahlberg Arena | Montana

Built: 1953 Renovated: 1999 Capacity: 7,321

2. Peter W. Stott Athletic Complex/Viking Pavilion | Portland State

Built:1966 Renovated:1984,2002,2012,2018 Capacity: 3,094

1. ICCU Arena | Idaho

Built: 2021 Capacity: 4,200

Chris	Alex	Brian	Marten
1. ICCU Arena 2. Dahlberg Arena 3. Viking Pavilion 4. Dee Event Center 5. America First Event Center 6. Reese Court 7. Bank of Colorado Arena 8. Reed Gym 9. Brick Breeden Fieldhouse 10. Walkup Skydome 11. Hornets Nest	1. ICCU Arena 2. Viking Pavilion 3. Dee Event Center 4. Dahlberg Arena 5. Reese Court 6. Brick Breeden Fieldhouse 7. America First Event Center 8. Reed Gym 9. Bank of Colorado Arena 10. Walkup Skydome 11. Hornets Nest	1. ICCU Arena 2. Viking Pavilion 3. Dee Event Center 4. Dahlberg Arena 5. America First Event Center 6. Bank of Colorado Arena 7. Reed Gym 8. Reese Court 9. Brick Breeden Fieldhouse 10. Walkup Skydome 11. Hornets Nest	1. ICCU Arena 2. Viking Pavillion 3. Dahlberg Arena 4. Dee Event Center 5. America First Event Center 6. Bank of Colorado Arena 7. Brick Breeden Fieldhouse 8. Reed Gym 9. Reese Court 10. Walkup Skydome 11. Hornets Nest