Can I get inside an old basketball arena?

St. John Arena is a multi-purpose arena on the campus of Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio. The arena was named for Lynn St. John, who served as Ohio State's men's basketball coach and athletic director until 1947.
It opened in 1956 to serve as the home of multiple Buckeye athletic teams, primarily the men's basketball team.
Before its construction, the men's basketball team played off-campus in the Fairgrounds Coliseum at the state fairgrounds. St. John Arena served as the home of the men's and women's basketball teams until it was replaced by Value City Arena in 1998, while the remaining tenants moved to the Covelli Center in 2019.
It is still occasionally used by the men's and women's basketball teams for games and is used before every OSU football home game for The Ohio State University Marching Band's Skull Session.
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[@Predsboy18]

I was able to go there with an old girlfriend that was a HUGE OSU fan for what they call Skull Session which is a pep rally before the football games, and it was absolutely amazing seeing this old gem of a well, gym, still being used. It was absolutely beautiful inside, absolutely loud inside, everything you'd want an old gym to be. I scoured my old pics, but couldn't find anything, but I'm willing to keep looking. Definitely worth a visit for the architecture alone.

[@bigbadredsox]

Great venue for basketball, much better than where they play now. But is is to see St. John Arena still being used and taken care of.

[@BallparkHunter]

It looks like it is kept in great shape, along with stories that it is sometimes used for sporting events from time to time. This is a building that I need to see something in before they knock it down!