Williams Arena - Seating Capacity

Seating Capacity

Seating capacities
1928–1950 14,100
1950–1971 18,025
1971–1987 17,500
1987–1993 16,434
1993–1997 14,321
1997–present 14,625

From 1950 until the opening of Marriott Center at Brigham Young University in 1971, it had the largest capacity of any collegiate basketball arena in the country. Hinkle Fieldhouse at Butler University also was constructed in 1928, and held the honor of being the highest capacity arena until the remodeling of Williams Arena in 1950.

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