Show Me Center

Show Me Center
	Exterior view of the arena in 2006
Address	1333 North Sprigg Street; Cape Girardeau, MO ; United States
Coordinates	37°19′12″N89°31′38″W / 37.32°N 89.5271°W
Public transit	Cape Girardeau Transit Authority
Owner	Southeast Missouri State University
Operator	SEMO Athletics
Type	Arena
Capacity	7,373
Surface	Multi-surface
Current use	Basketball
Construction
Broke ground	1985
Opened	July 1987;38 years ago
Construction cost	$16.6 million; ($45.9 million in 2024 dollars)
Architect	Hastings+Chivetta
Tenants
	SEMO Redhawks teams:; men's and women's basketball ; (1987–present);
Website
	semoredhawks.com/show-me-center

Last updated November 28, 2025

The Show Me Center is a multi-purpose arena, located on the campus of Southeast Missouri State University, in Cape Girardeau, Missouri.^[2]

Since its opening in 1987, this joint project between the City of Cape Girardeau and the university annually hosts approximately 250 meeting room and 160 arena events as an entertainment, meeting, and gathering center. It replaced Houck Field House as the primary home of Southeast Missouri State's athletics teams.

In 2015 the Show Me Center underwent a $5.62 million upgrade. The changes included: new scoreboards and shot clocks, a center-hung video display, new seating in the lower section, an improved audio system, and LED lighting above the court.^[3]

The arena is also the home of the NCAA Division I Southeast Missouri State University Redhawks basketball teams, and seats 7,373 for such events.^[4]

The Center hosted the 1991 NCAA Women's Division II Basketball Championship.

The Missouri State High School Activities Association has held its volleyball state championships at SEMO since 2011.

The arena has hosted several nationally televised professional wrestling events in its history, including the WWF in April 1988 and WCW in January 2000. A 2011 house show at the venue was mentioned in an episode of WWE Story Time on the WWE Network.

The Show Me Center has hosted many concerts in its history, including shows from Guns N' Roses, Aerosmith, Styx, REO Speedwagon, and Tina Turner.

References

↑ 1634–1699: McCusker, J. J. (1997). How Much Is That in Real Money? A Historical Price Index for Use as a Deflator of Money Values in the Economy of the United States: Addenda et Corrigenda (PDF). American Antiquarian Society. 1700–1799: McCusker, J. J. (1992). How Much Is That in Real Money? A Historical Price Index for Use as a Deflator of Money Values in the Economy of the United States (PDF). American Antiquarian Society. 1800–present: Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis. "Consumer Price Index (estimate) 1800–" . Retrieved February 29, 2024.
↑ Show Me Center, Southeast Missouri State University
↑ "Major Renovations Progressing at Show Me Center | Southeast Missouri State University". news.semo.edu. Retrieved 2015-12-09.
↑ Show Me Center

External links

Official website

This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.

[inflation-US-1] 1634–1699: McCusker, J. J. (1997). How Much Is That in Real Money? A Historical Price Index for Use as a Deflator of Money Values in the Economy of the United States: Addenda et Corrigenda (PDF). American Antiquarian Society. 1700–1799: McCusker, J. J. (1992). How Much Is That in Real Money? A Historical Price Index for Use as a Deflator of Money Values in the Economy of the United States (PDF). American Antiquarian Society. 1800–present: Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis. "Consumer Price Index (estimate) 1800–" . Retrieved February 29, 2024.

[2] Show Me Center, Southeast Missouri State University

[3] "Major Renovations Progressing at Show Me Center | Southeast Missouri State University". news.semo.edu. Retrieved 2015-12-09.

[4] Show Me Center

[1]

[2]

[3]

[4]

v t e Southeast Missouri State Redhawks men's basketball
Venues	Houck Field House (original, 1927–1948) Houck Field House (rebuilt, 1951–1987) Show Me Center (1987–present)
People	Head coaches Statistical leaders
Seasons	List of seasons 1903–04 1904–05 1905–06 1906–07 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25 2025–26
NAIA national championship in bold

v t e NCAA Division I college basketball venues in Missouri
A-10	Chaifetz Arena (Saint Louis)
CUSA	Great Southern Bank Arena (Missouri State)
OVC	Robert F. Hyland Performance Arena (Lindenwood) Show Me Center (Southeast Missouri State)
SEC	Mizzou Arena (Missouri)
Summit	Swinney Recreation Center (Kansas City)

Show Me Center

Contents

See also

References

External links

Construction

Exterior view of the arena in 2006

Address	1333 North Sprigg Street Cape Girardeau, MO United States
Coordinates	37°19′12″N89°31′38″W / 37.32°N 89.5271°W / 37.32; -89.5271
Public transit	Cape Girardeau Transit Authority
Owner	Southeast Missouri State University
Operator	SEMO Athletics
Type	Arena
Capacity	7,373
Surface	Multi-surface
Current use	Basketball
Broke ground	1985
Opened	July 1987;38 years ago (July 1987)
Construction cost	$16.6 million ($45.9 million in 2024 dollars^[1])
Architect	Hastings+Chivetta
Tenants
SEMO Redhawks teams: men's and women's basketball (1987–present)
Website
semoredhawks.com/show-me-center