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Mizzou Arena is an indoor arena located on the south side of the campus of the University of Missouri in Columbia , Missouri . The facility , home to the school ' s men ' s and women ' s ___MASK67___ teams , opened in November 2004 and replaced the Hearnes Center as the school ' s flagship indoor sports facility . The arena also serves as a concert venue or speaking venue for bigger named guests , such as Rascal Flatts , Luke Bryan and The Eagles . The arched - roof building seats 15 , 061 , and is located just south of Hearnes and Memorial Stadium . The arena is host to Missouri State High School Activities Association championships for ___MASK67___ and wrestling . The arena was briefly known as Paige Sports Arena . Faurot Field , at Memorial Stadium is a stadium in Columbia , Missouri , United States , on the campus of the University of Missouri . It is primarily used for football and serves as the home field for the ___MASK72___ football program . In 1972 , Memorial Stadium ' s playing surface was named Faurot Field in honor of longtime coach Don Faurot . During the offseason , soccer goals are set up in the end zones and it is used for intramural matches . Until 2012 it was the site of the annual " Providence Bowl " game between Hickman and Rock Bridge high schools , so named because both schools are located on Providence Road in Columbia , and Faurot is roughly equidistant between the two . This tradition stopped when Missouri joined the Southeastern Conference and conference scheduling made hosting the game more difficult . Faurot Field was also been home to the Missouri State High School Activities Association ( MSHSAA ) football championships for many years , now held in St . Louis in the climate - controlled Edward Jones Dome . It is the second - largest sports facility by seating capacity in the state of Missouri , to Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City . ___MASK67___ is a ___MASK96___ that is played by two teams of five players on a rectangular court . The objective is to shoot a ball through a hoop in diameter and mounted at a height of to backboards at each end of the court . The game was invented in 1891 by Dr . James Naismith , who would be the first basketball coach of the ___MASK42___ , one of the most successful programs in the game ' s history . The ___MASK69___ of Art and Archaeology , in Columbia , Missouri , is the art ___MASK69___ of the University of Missouri . It is located at Mizzou North on Business Loop . The ___MASK69___ ' s galleries are free and open to the public . The galleries are open from 9 am to 4 pm , Tuesday - Friday and noon to 4 pm Saturdays and Sundays . The galleries are closed on Mondays and University holidays . The ___MASK69___ of Art and Archaeology receives support from the Missouri Arts Council . Columbia is a city in the U . S . state of Missouri and the county seat of Boone County . Founded in 1818 , it is home to the University of Missouri and is the principal city of the Columbia Metropolitan Area . It is Missouri ' s fourth most populous city , with an estimated population of 119 , 108 in 2015 . As a midwestern college town , the city has a reputation for progressive politics , public art , and powerful journalism . The tripartite establishment of Stephens College ( 1833 ), the University of Missouri ( 1839 ), and Columbia College ( 1851 ) has long made the city a center of education , culture , and athletic competition ; these three schools surround the city ' s central business district to the east , south , and north . At the center of Downtown is the Avenue of the Columns , which connects Francis Quadrangle and Jesse Hall to the Boone County Courthouse and the City Hall . Originally an agricultural town , the cultivation of the mind is Columbia ' s chief economic concern today . Never a major center of manufacturing , the city also depends on healthcare , insurance , and technology businesses . Several companies , such as Shelter Insurance , Carfax , and Slackers CDs and Games , were founded in the city . Cultural institutions include the State Historical Society of Missouri , the ___MASK69___ of Art and Archaeology , and the annual True / False Film Festival . The ___MASK72___ , the state ' s only major college athletic program , play football at Faurot Field and basketball at Mizzou Arena as members of the Southeastern Conference ( SEC ). The Southeastern Conference ( SEC ) is an American college athletic conference whose member institutions are located primarily in the Southern part of the United States . Its fourteen members include the flagship public universities of ten states , three additional public land grant universities , and one private research university . The conference is headquartered in Birmingham , Alabama . The SEC participates in the ___MASK94___ ( NCAA ) Division I in sports competitions ; for football , it is part of the Football Bowl Subdivision ( FBS ), formerly known as Division I - A . Hearnes Center is a 13 , 611 - seat multi - purpose arena in Columbia , Missouri . The arena opened in 1972 . It is currently home to the ___MASK72___ ' wrestling and volleyball teams as well as the school ' s gymnastics and indoor track & field teams . It was home to the University of ___MASK72___ basketball team before Mizzou Arena opened in 2004 . The ___MASK42___ , commonly referred to as KU , are the teams of the athletic department at the University of Kansas . KU is one of three schools in the state of Kansas that participate in NCAA Division I . The Jayhawks are also a member of the Big 12 Conference . University of Kansas athletic teams have won eleven NCAA Division I championships : three in men ' s basketball , one in men ' s cross country , three in men ' s indoor track and field , three in men ' s outdoor track and field , and one in women ' s outdoor track and field . James Naismith ( November 6 , 1861  November 28 , 1939 ) was a Canadian - American physical educator , physician , chaplain , sports coach and innovator . He invented the game of ___MASK67___ at age 30 in 1891 . He wrote the original ___MASK67___ rule book and founded the University of Kansas ___MASK67___ program . Naismith lived to see ___MASK67___ adopted as an Olympic demonstration ___MASK96___ in 1904 and as an official event at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin , as well as the birth of the National Invitation Tournament ( 1938 ) and the NCAA Tournament ( 1939 ).