List of NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament venues

The following is a list of venues that have hosted the NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship. Venues that have not yet hosted, but have been officially announced as future tournament sites, are also included. (Note that in most cases, the modern name of the venue is used, though it may have been known under a different name at the time.)

Venues

University of Dayton Arena, in Dayton, Ohio, has hosted more tournament games than any other venue (123 as of 2019).

Los Angeles Sports Arena

Patten Gymnasium, in Evanston, Illinois, hosted the first championship game in 1939.

Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis

Freedom Hall in Louisville

Five Final Fours have been at New Orleans' Mercedes-Benz Superdome.

The Municipal Auditorium in Kansas City, Missouri has hosted nine Final Fours, the most as of 2019.

The Palestra in Philadelphia

City	Arena	Opening rounds	Regionals	Final Four
Alabama
Birmingham	Legacy Arena	1984, 1987, 2000, 2003, 2008	1982, 1985, 1988, 1995, 1997
Tuscaloosa	Memorial Coliseum	1974, 1975, 1981
Arizona
Glendale	State Farm Stadium		2009	2017, 2024
Phoenix	Talking Stick Resort Arena		1999, 2004, 2008, 2012
Tempe	ASU Activity Center	1975, 1976, 1978, 1980, 1992, 1996
Tucson	McKale Center	1977, 1979, 1987, 1989, 1991, 1993, 1997, 2000, 2005, 2011	1974, 1980
Arkansas
Little Rock (North Little Rock)	Alltel Arena	2008
California
Anaheim	Honda Center	2008	1998, 2001, 2003, 2011, 2014, 2016, 2019
Berkeley	Haas Pavilion	1958
Long Beach	Long Beach Convention Center	1986, 1990
Los Angeles	Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena		1994	1968, 1972
Los Angeles	Pauley Pavilion	1979, 1981, 1988	1966, 1969, 1973, 1976, 1984
Los Angeles	Staples Center		2013, 2015, 2018, 2020
Oakland	Oracle Arena		1990, 1995, 2006
Palo Alto	Burnham Pavilion	1953
Sacramento	ARCO Arena	1994, 1998, 2002, 2007
Sacramento	Golden 1 Center	2017, 2020
San Diego	San Diego Sports Arena			1975
San Diego	Viejas Arena	2001, 2006, 2014, 2018, 2022
San Francisco	California Coliseum		1939
San Francisco (Daly City)	Cow Palace	1955, 1958	1959	1960
San Francisco	Chase Center		2022
San Jose	SAP Center	2010, 2013, 2019, 2021	1997, 2002, 2007, 2017
Colorado
Denver	McNichols Sports Arena	1999	1985, 1989, 1996	1990
Denver	Pepsi Center	2004, 2008, 2011, 2016	2021
Fort Collins	Moby Arena	1967
Connecticut
Hartford	XL Center	1983, 1985, 1988, 1990, 1998, 2019
District of Columbia
Washington, D.C.	Capital One Arena	1998, 2002, 2008, 2011	2006, 2013, 2019
Florida
Jacksonville	VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena	2006, 2010, 2015, 2019
Miami	Miami Arena		1994
Miami	American Airlines Arena	2009
Orlando	Amway Arena	1993, 1996, 1999, 2004
Orlando	Amway Center	2014, 2017
St. Petersburg	Tropicana Field	1994	1998	1999
Tallahassee	Tallahassee–Leon County Civic Center	1995
Tampa	USF Sun Dome	1983
Tampa	Amalie Arena	2003, 2008, 2011, 2020
Georgia
Athens	Stegeman Coliseum		1971
Atlanta	Omni Coliseum	1985, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992	1981, 1984, 1986	1977
Atlanta	Georgia Dome	1998	1996, 2001, 2004, 2006, 2012	2002, 2007, 2013
Atlanta	State Farm Arena		2018
Atlanta	Mercedes-Benz Stadium			2020
Idaho
Boise	Taco Bell Arena	1983, 1989, 1992, 1995, 1998, 2001, 2005, 2009, 2018, 2021
Pocatello	Reed Gym	1957
Pocatello	Holt Arena	1972, 1974, 1977
Illinois
Carbondale	SIU Arena	1969
Chicago (Rosemont)	Allstate Arena	1987, 1993	2005
Chicago	Alumni Hall	1960
Chicago	Chicago Stadium	1952	1953
Chicago	United Center	1998, 2002, 2007, 2011	2016, 2022
Evanston	Patten Gymnasium			1939
Evanston	Welsh-Ryan Arena	1958, 1963	1954, 1959, 1967	1955
Peoria	Robertson Memorial Field House	1954
Indiana
Bloomington	Assembly Hall	1977, 1979	1981
Evansville	Roberts Municipal Stadium	1983
Fort Wayne	Allen County War Memorial Coliseum	1953, 1954, 1956
Indianapolis	Hinkle Fieldhouse		1940
Indianapolis	Market Square Arena	1978, 1982	1979	1980
Indianapolis	RCA Dome	1987, 1989, 1990, 1993, 1996, 1999, 2003, 2005		1991, 1997, 2000, 2006
Indianapolis	Bankers Life Fieldhouse	2017
Indianapolis	Lucas Oil Stadium		2009, 2013, 2014, 2020	2010, 2015, 2021, 2026
South Bend	Edmund P. Joyce Center	1971, 1976, 1985, 1988
Terre Haute	Hulman Center	1974
West Lafayette	Mackey Arena	1980
Iowa
Ames	Hilton Coliseum		1972
Des Moines	Wells Fargo Arena	2016, 2019
Iowa City	Iowa Field House		1954, 1956, 1962, 1966
Kansas
Lawrence	Allen Fieldhouse	1976, 1979	1956, 1958, 1959, 1963, 1967, 1978
Manhattan	Ahearn Field House		1953, 1955, 1960, 1962, 1965, 1969
Wichita	Charles Koch Arena	1956, 1966, 1973, 1978, 1981	1964, 1968, 1971
Wichita (Park City)	Kansas Coliseum	1994
Wichita	Intrust Bank Arena	2018, 2021
Kentucky
Bowling Green	E. A. Diddle Arena	1965, 1980
Lexington	Memorial Coliseum	1955, 1959, 1960, 1962, 1967, 1975	1957, 1958, 1965, 1968
Lexington	Rupp Arena	1994, 1998, 2007, 2013, 2021	1977, 1980, 1984, 1989, 1992, 1996, 2002	1985
Louisville	Freedom Hall	1983, 1991	1960, 1961, 1976, 1987	1958, 1959, 1962, 1963, 1967, 1969
Louisville	KFC Yum! Center	2012, 2015	2016, 2019
Louisiana
Baton Rouge	Pete Maravich Assembly Center	1977, 1986	1976
New Orleans	Devlin Fieldhouse		1942
New Orleans	Mercedes-Benz Superdome	1999, 2001	1981, 1990	1982, 1987, 1993, 2003, 2012, 2022
New Orleans	Smoothie King Center	2007, 2010	2011
Maryland
Baltimore	Royal Farms Arena	1995
College Park	Cole Field House	1968, 1991	1962, 1963, 1965, 1967, 1969, 1977	1966, 1970
Landover	Capital Centre	1994
Massachusetts
Boston	TD Garden	1999, 2003	2009, 2012, 2018
Worcester	DCU Center	1992, 2005
Michigan
Auburn Hills	The Palace of Auburn Hills	1997, 2006, 2013	2000
Detroit	Ford Field		2008	2009
Detroit	Little Caesars Arena	2018, 2021
E. Lansing	Jenison Fieldhouse		1963
Pontiac	Pontiac Silverdome		1988, 1991
Minnesota
Minneapolis	Williams Arena		1964	1951
Minneapolis	Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome	1986, 1991, 2000, 2009	1989, 1996, 2003, 2006	1992, 2001
Minneapolis	Target Center		2021
Minneapolis	U.S. Bank Stadium			2019
Missouri
Kansas City	Municipal Auditorium	1952, 1953	1943, 1944, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951	1940, 1941, 1942, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1961, 1964
Kansas City	Kemper Arena	1997, 2001, 2004	1983, 1986, 1992, 1995	1988
Kansas City	Sprint Center	2009, 2013	2017, 2019
St. Louis	St. Louis Arena		1982, 1984, 1993	1973, 1978
St. Louis	Enterprise Center	2014, 2016, 2020	1998
St. Louis	The Dome at America's Center	2002	1999, 2004, 2007, 2010, 2012	2005
Nebraska
Lincoln	Bob Devaney Sports Center	1980, 1984, 1988
Omaha	Omaha Civic Auditorium	1977
Omaha	CHI Health Center Omaha	2008, 2012, 2015, 2020	2018
New Jersey
East Rutherford	Izod Center	1984	1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1993, 1995, 1999, 2004, 2007	1996
Newark	Prudential Center		2011
Princeton	Jadwin Gymnasium	1970, 1972
New Mexico
Albuquerque	The Pit	1985, 1996, 2002, 2012	1968, 1978, 1992, 2000, 2005	1983
Las Cruces	Las Cruces High School Gymnasium	1959
Las Cruces	Pan American Center	1969, 1972	1975
New York
Albany	Times Union Center	1995, 2020	2003
Buffalo	Buffalo Memorial Auditorium	1954
Buffalo	KeyBank Center	2000, 2004, 2007, 2010, 2014, 2017, 2022
New York City (Jamaica)	Carnesecca Arena	1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974
New York City (Manhattan)	Madison Square Garden (1925)	1952, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961	1943, 1944, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951	1943, 1944, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1950
New York City (Manhattan)	Madison Square Garden (1968)		2014, 2017, 2020
New York City (Brooklyn)	Barclays Center	2016	2021
Syracuse	Carrier Dome	1986, 1987, 1991, 1993	1983, 1997, 2000, 2002, 2005, 2010, 2015
Uniondale	Nassau Coliseum	1982, 1994, 2001
North Carolina
Chapel Hill	Dean Smith Center	1988
Charlotte	Bojangles' Coliseum	1975, 1978, 1981, 1982, 1984, 1986, 1987	1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1973, 1976
Charlotte	Charlotte Coliseum	1997, 1999, 2005	1991, 1993	1994
Charlotte	Spectrum Center	2011, 2015, 2018	2008
Durham	Cameron Indoor Stadium	1954
Greensboro	Greensboro Coliseum	1980, 1983, 1986, 1989, 1992, 2001, 2006, 2009, 2012, 2020	1976, 1979, 1998	1974
Raleigh	Reynolds Coliseum	1951, 1952, 1969, 1977, 1979	1953, 1964, 1966, 1968, 1971, 1974, 1982
Raleigh	PNC Arena	2004, 2008, 2014, 2016, 2021
Winston-Salem	Lawrence Joel Veterans Memorial Coliseum	1993, 1997, 2000, 2007
Ohio
Cincinnati	U.S. Bank Arena	1988, 1992, 2022	1979, 1987
Cleveland	Wolstein Center	2000, 2005
Cleveland	Quicken Loans Arena	2011, 2020	2015
Columbus	St. John Arena	1957	1970
Columbus	Nationwide Arena	2004, 2007, 2012, 2015, 2019
Dayton	University of Dayton Arena	1970, 1973, 1976, 1981, 1985, 1986, 1991, 1992, 1995, 2001, 2006, 2009, 2013 (Play-in Games 1983, 1984 and since 2001)	1972, 1975, 1978
Kent	MAC Center	1966, 1968
Oklahoma
El Reno	Thunderbird Coliseum	1955
Norman	Lloyd Noble Center	1977
Oklahoma City	Capitol Hill High School Arena	1957
Oklahoma City	The Myriad	1994, 1998	1977
Oklahoma City	Chesapeake Energy Arena	2003, 2005, 2010, 2016
Stillwater	Gallagher Hall	1958	1954
Tulsa	Mabee Center	1975, 1978, 1982, 1985	1974
Tulsa	BOK Center	2011, 2017, 2019
Oregon
Corvallis	Gill Coliseum	1952, 1960, 1962, 1964, 1983	1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1967
Eugene	McArthur Court	1963, 1964, 1978
Portland	Portland Metropolitan Exposition Center	1959
Portland	Memorial Coliseum	1961, 1975		1965
Portland	Moda Center	2009, 2012, 2015, 2022
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia	The Palestra	1953, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1970, 1971, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1977, 1978 (Play-in game 1983 and 1984)	1939, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957
Philadelphia	Spectrum		1980, 1992	1976, 1981
Philadelphia	Wells Fargo Center	2006, 2009, 2013	2001, 2016, 2022
Pittsburgh	Civic Arena	1997, 2002
Pittsburgh	PPG Paints Arena	2012, 2015, 2018, 2022
Rhode Island
Kingston	Keaney Gymnasium	1967, 1968, 1969
Providence	Dunkin' Donuts Center	1975, 1978, 1980, 1981, 1989, 1996, 2010, 2016, 2021	1976, 1979, 1985
South Carolina
Columbia	Carolina Coliseum		1970
Columbia	Colonial Life Arena	2019
Greenville	Bon Secours Wellness Arena	2002, 2017, 2022
Tennessee
Knoxville	Stokely Athletic Center	1972, 1978	1983
Knoxville	Thompson–Boling Arena	1990	1994, 1999
Memphis	Mid-South Coliseum	1984
Memphis	Pyramid	1995, 1997, 2001
Memphis	FedExForum		2009, 2014, 2017, 2021
Murfreesboro	Murphy Center	1979
Nashville	Memorial Gym	1982, 1989, 1993	1973
Nashville	Bridgestone Arena	2000, 2003, 2005, 2012, 2018
Texas
Arlington	AT&T Stadium		2013	2014
Austin	Frank Erwin Center	1981, 1990, 1995, 2013	2000, 2005
Dallas	Moody Coliseum	1962, 1964, 1979	1957
Dallas	Reunion Arena	1982, 1989, 1996	1985, 1990, 1994	1986
Dallas	American Airlines Center	2002, 2006, 2018, 2021
Denton	UNT Coliseum	1974, 1976, 1980
El Paso	Don Haskins Center	1981
Fort Worth	Daniel–Meyer Coliseum	1969, 1970
Fort Worth	Dickies Arena	2022
Houston	Delmar Fieldhouse	1961
Houston	Hofheinz Pavilion	1971, 1985	1973
Houston	Astrodome			1971
Houston	NRG Stadium		2008, 2010, 2015	2011, 2016, 2023
Houston	The Summit	1983	1980, 1986
Houston	Toyota Center		2020
Lubbock	Lubbock Municipal Coliseum	1963, 1965, 1975	1966
San Antonio	Alamodome		1997, 2001, 2003, 2007, 2011	1998, 2004, 2008, 2018, 2025
San Antonio	AT&T Center	2014	2022
Utah
Logan	Smith Spectrum	1971, 1973, 1982
Ogden	Dee Events Center	1980, 1986, 1994	1983
Provo	Smith Fieldhouse	1960, 1970	1962, 1963, 1965
Provo	Marriott Center		1972, 1977, 1979, 1982
Salt Lake City	Nielsen Fieldhouse	1968
Salt Lake City	Jon M. Huntsman Center	1984, 1985, 1987, 1988, 1990, 1991, 1993, 1995, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2006	1971, 1981	1979
Salt Lake City	Vivint Smart Home Arena	2013, 2017, 2019	2010
Virginia
Blacksburg	Cassell Coliseum	1966, 1967
Richmond	Richmond Coliseum	1990, 1996
Williamsburg	William & Mary Hall	1972, 1973
Washington
Pullman	Beasley Coliseum	1975, 1982, 1984
Seattle	Hec Edmundson Pavilion	1953, 1956	1960, 1970	1949, 1952
Seattle	Kingdome		1987, 1988, 1991, 1993	1984, 1989, 1995
Seattle	KeyArena	1999, 2004, 2015
Spokane	Veterans Memorial Arena	2003, 2007, 2010, 2014, 2016, 2020
West Virginia
Morgantown	WVU Coliseum	1971, 1974	1972
Wisconsin
Madison	Wisconsin Field House		1941, 1969
Madison	Kohl Center		2002
Milwaukee	U.S. Cellular Arena	1984
Milwaukee	BMO Harris Bradley Center	1992, 1996, 1999, 2004, 2010, 2014, 2017
Milwaukee	Fiserv Forum	2022

Final Four trivia

• The last time the Final Four was hosted out of a now-defunct rotation ^{[nb 1]} of Arlington, Texas (Cowboys Stadium/AT&T Stadium), Atlanta (Georgia Dome/Mercedes-Benz Stadium), Detroit (Ford Field), Houston (Reliant Stadium/NRG Stadium), Indianapolis (Lucas Oil Stadium), New Orleans (Louisiana Superdome/Mercedes-Benz Superdome), Minneapolis (Metrodome/U.S. Bank Stadium), and St. Louis (Edward Jones Dome/The Dome at America's Center) was San Antonio (Alamodome) in 2008. The last time the Final Four was hosted outside of the aforementioned states was in St. Petersburg, Florida in 1999.
  • The last time the Final Four was hosted on the West Coast of the United States was in Seattle in 1995.
  • The last time the Final Four was hosted on the East Coast of the United States was in East Rutherford, New Jersey in 1996.
  • The last time the Final Four was hosted in a southern state other than Louisiana or Georgia was in Florida in 1999.
  • The last time the Final Four was hosted in a northern state other than Michigan, Indiana, or Minnesota was in New Jersey in 1996.
  • The last time the Final Four was hosted in a western state other than Arizona was in Washington in 1995.
  • The westernmost Final Four was in Seattle (1949, 1952, 1984, 1989, and 1995); the easternmost Final Four was in New York City (1943–1948; 1950).
  • The northernmost Final Four was in Minneapolis (1951, 1992, 2001, 2019); the southernmost Final Four was in St. Petersburg (1999).
  • In terms of regions, as of 2019, the Final Four has been played in the west of the Mississippi River 56% of the time (45/81). This includes Final Fours in New Orleans, St. Louis, and Minneapolis, all located on the Mississippi.
    • ...but, including the 1990 Final Four in Denver, it has only been played in states in or west of the Rocky Mountains 14 times (18%).
  • As of 2019, the Final Four has been played in the northern United States (north of Tennessee) 65% of the time (53/81) and the southern United States (including Texas, California, Louisiana, and Georgia) 35% of the time (28/81).
  • 21 Final Fours (26%; 21/81) have been held in the states of the former Confederacy, namely Florida (1; St. Petersburg: 1999), Georgia (4; Atlanta: 1977, 2002, 2007, 2013), Louisiana (5; New Orleans: 1982, 1987, 1993, 2003, 2012), North Carolina (2; Charlotte: 1994; Greensboro: 1974), and Texas (9; Arlington: 2014; Dallas: 1986; Houston: 1971, 2011, 2016; San Antonio: 1998, 2004, 2008, 2018).
    • 22 Final Fours (26%; 22/81) have been held in the border states of the Confederacy, namely Missouri; (13; Kansas City: 1940–1942, 1953–1955, 1957, 1961, 1964, 1988; St. Louis: 1973, 1978, 2005), Kentucky (7; Lexington: 1985; Louisville: 1958–1959, 1962–1963, 1967, 1969), and Maryland (2; College Park: 1966, 1970).
      • 23 Final Fours (28%; 23/81) have been held in the states that the Union controlled as of the end of the Civil War in 1865, namely California (4; Daly City: 1960; Los Angeles: 1968, 1972; San Diego: 1975), Illinois (2; Evanston: 1939, 1956), Indiana (7; Indianapolis: 1980, 1991, 1997, 2000, 2006, 2010, 2015), Michigan (1; Detroit: 2009), Minnesota (4; Minneapolis: 1951, 1992, 2001, 2019), New Jersey (1; East Rutherford: 1996), New York (7; New York City (Manhattan): 1943–1948, 1950), Oregon (1; Portland: 1965), and Pennsylvania (2; Philadelphia: 1976, 1981).
        • 9 Final Fours (11%; 9/80) have been held in states that either were territories or unorganized territories at the time of the Civil War, namely Arizona (1; Glendale: 2017), Colorado (1; Denver: 1990), New Mexico (1; Albuquerque: 1983), Utah (1; Salt Lake City: 1979), and Washington State (5; Seattle: 1949, 1952, 1984, 1989, 1995).
• 28 states (56% of the United States) and DC have never hosted the Final Four, as of 2019: Alabama, Alaska, Arkansas, Connecticut, Delaware, the District of Columbia, Hawaii, Idaho, Iowa, Kansas, Maine, Massachusetts, Mississippi, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia, Wisconsin, and Wyoming.
• The city to have hosted the Final Four the most times, ten, is Kansas City, Missouri, which hosted the tournament from 1940–1942, 1953–1955, 1957, 1961, 1964, and 1988.
  • The cities that have hosted the Final Four five or more times, as of 2019, are Indianapolis, Indiana (7; 1980, 1991, 1997, 2000, 2006, 2010, and 2015), New York City (7; 1943–1948 and 1950), Louisville, Kentucky (6; 1958–1959, 1962–1963, 1967, and 1969), New Orleans (5; 1982, 1987, 1993, 2003, and 2012), and Seattle (5; 1949, 1952, 1984, 1989, and 1995).
    • The cities that have hosted the Final Four three or more times, as of 2019, are Atlanta (4; 1977, 2002, 2007, and 2013), Houston (3; 1971, 2011, and 2016), Minneapolis (4; 1951, 1992, 2001, and 2019), San Antonio (4; 1998, 2004, 2008, and 2018), and St. Louis (3; 1973, 1978, and 2005).
      • The cities that have hosted the Final Four one or more times, as of 2019, are College Park, Maryland (2; 1966 and 1970), Evanston, Illinois (2; 1939 and 1956), Los Angeles (2; 1968 and 1972), Philadelphia (2; 1976 and 1981), Albuquerque, New Mexico (1; 1983), Arlington, Texas (1; 2014), Charlotte, North Carolina (1; 1994), Dallas, Texas (1; 1986), Daly City, California (1; 1960), Denver (1; 1990), Detroit (1; 2009), East Rutherford, New Jersey (1; 1996), Glendale, Arizona (1; 2017), Greensboro, North Carolina (1; 1974), Lexington, Kentucky (1; 1985), Portland, Oregon (1; 1965), Salt Lake City (1; 1979), San Diego (1; 1975), and St. Petersburg, Florida (1; 1999).
• The last time a Final Four was not held in a domed stadium was in 1996 (Meadowlands), which also marked the last time the Final Four was held at a facility that was the regular home of an NCAA Division I basketball team (at the time, the Meadowlands hosted the home games of Seton Hall University). The last time the Final Four was held on a college campus was in 1983, when the University of New Mexico hosted the event at The Pit, then officially known as University Arena. The only other college venue to have hosted the Final Four since 1983 was Rupp Arena in 1985, home to the University of Kentucky but located in downtown Lexington instead of the UK campus.

1. See the stadium sizes and domes section within the Venues section under the Evolution of the Tournament section of the NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship article.

Tournament Games Trivia

• The University of Dayton Arena (UD Arena) has hosted the most tournament games (123 games, as of 2019).
• Las Vegas is the largest city in the U.S. that has never hosted an NCAA Tournament game. It was previously banned from hosting any tournament games due to Nevada's legalized sports gambling, but the NCAA permitted Nevada to host tournament games starting in May 2018 after the landmark Murphy v. National Collegiate Athletic Association ruling from the U.S. Supreme Court. ^[1]
• 12 states have never hosted any tournament games at all: Alaska, Delaware, Hawaii, Maine, Mississippi, Montana, Nevada, New Hampshire, North Dakota, South Dakota, Vermont, and Wyoming.
  • 5 states have hosted opening rounds games, but no Regional Finals or Final Fours: Arkansas, Connecticut, Idaho, Virginia, and West Virginia.
    • 13 states and DC have hosted either opening rounds games or Regional Finals, but no Final Fours: Alabama, Iowa, Kansas, Massachusetts, Nebraska, Ohio, Oklahoma, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia, and Wisconsin, as well as the District of Columbia.
• Mississippi has been banned indefinitely from hosting NCAA Tournament games because of its stance on the Confederate flag. (South Carolina had also been banned from 2002 to 2015, but the ban was lifted following the removal of the Confederate flag from the South Carolina State Capitol in 2015)
• North Carolina was banned in 2016 from hosting NCAA tournament games because of NCAA objections over the Public Facilities Privacy & Security Act, more commonly known as "House Bill 2". Following the bill's 2017 modification, North Carolina will again be able to be awarded NCAA games.
• Nevada and New Jersey were previously banned from being allowed to host tournament games or championships sanctioned by the NCAA, but the organization lifted the ban against schools in Delaware, Montana, Nevada, and Oregon being allowed to host tournament games or championships in May 2018 after the landmark Murphy v. National Collegiate Athletic Association Supreme Court ruling. The NCAA also stated that any other states that legalize sports gambling, such as New Jersey, will be eligible to host NCAA tournament and championship games. ^[1]
• 12 cities have hosted games on 15 or more occasions. These include Atlanta, Louisville, Raleigh, Salt Lake City, and St. Louis.
  • Seven cities have hosted games on 20 or more occasions: Charlotte, Dayton, Indianapolis, Lexington, Kansas City, New York City, and Philadelphia.
• The only current NBA arenas in the U.S. to never have hosted are the Target Center (Timberwolves), Toyota Center (Rockets), and Fiserv Forum (Bucks). All but Fiserv Forum are in metropolitan areas with domed stadiums that either previously hosted or are slated to host NCAA Finals. Toyota Center will host in 2020, Target Center will host in 2021, and Fiserv Forum will host in 2022.
• Among current NHL arenas in the U.S., the only ones never to have hosted are the Gila River Arena (Coyotes), Xcel Energy Center (Wild), BB&T Center (Panthers), and T-Mobile Arena (Golden Knights). All but T-Mobile Arena are in metropolitan areas with another venue that has hosted NCAA Tournament games.

See also

• List of basketball arenas by capacity
• List of NCAA Division I basketball arenas

References

1. Chiari, Mike. "NCAA Lifts Championship Ban After Supreme Court Ruling on Sports Gambling".