Banterra Center

Banterra Center is an 8,284-seat multi-purpose arena, on the campus of Southern Illinois University, in Carbondale, Illinois, United States. Construction on the arena began in the spring of 1962 and took nearly two years to complete.

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Type: Stadium
Description: arena in Illinois, United States
Also known as: “SIU Arena”
Address: 1415 Arena Drive, Carbondale, IL 62901

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Davies Gym and Carbondale station.

Davies Gym

Sports venue

Davies Gym is the home of the Southern Illinois Salukis women's volleyball team and former home of all indoor sports at SIU. Upon completion of the SIU Arena in 1964, men's programs moved to the new facility. Davies Gym is situated 3,000 feet north of Banterra Center.

Carbondale station

Railway station

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Carbondale Station is an Amtrak intercity train station in Carbondale, Illinois, United States. The southern terminus of Amtrak's Illini and Saluki routes, it is also served by the City of New Orleans. Carbondale station is situated 1 mile north of Banterra Center.

Faner Hall

University building

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Faner Hall is a building on the campus of Southern Illinois University Carbondale in Carbondale, Illinois. It is named after Robert D. Faner, a former English professor at the university. Faner Hall is situated 2,600 feet north of Banterra Center.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Carbondale.

Carbondale

Photo: Paul Sableman, CC BY 2.0.

Carbondale is a small city of about 25,000 in Southern about 14 miles east of the Mississippi River at roughly the southern edge of the plains, and the northern limit of the Shawnee hills.

Banterra Center

Categories: arena, basketball, building, recreation area, sports location, tourist attraction, and tourism
Location: Carbondale Township, Jackson, Illinois, Midwest, United States, North America
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Latitude

37.7083° or 37° 42′ 30″ north

Longitude

-89.21872° or 89° 13′ 7″ west

Operator

Southern Illinois University Carbondale

Open location code

869GPQ5J+8G

OpenStreetMap ID

way 179913365

OpenStreetMap feature

building=yes

OpenStreetMap feature

leisure=stadium

OpenStreetMap feature

sport=basketball

Wikidata ID

Q7390519

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