RUPP ARENA
HOME OF THE WILDCATS
Rupp Arena affords the University of Kentucky its third basketball home in 61 years, and with its 23,000-seat capacity, brings a distinction as the nation's largest basketball facility. The Wildcats are celebrating their 11th season in the arena in 1986-87.
An awesome structure in sight and scope, the arena is divided in two seating areas  the lower level features 10,000 fully cushioned, theater seats in block coloring of blue, red, orange and purple, offering a spectacular splash of color  and an upper level of 13,000 seats on epoxy-coated metal bleachers. The latter can be visually isolated to provide a more natural setting for small shows.
Built by the city of Lexington, the arena is named in honor of Kentucky's legendary former coach, Adolph Rupp, and is the major portion of $53 million Lexington Center complex which includes a convention-exhibition hall, a 50-store tri-level enclosed shopping mall, a luxury Hyatt Regency Hotel, and a block away, the historic 1,200 seat Lexington Opera House, which was recently renovated.
THE WILDCATS AT HOME
The Wildcats enjoy one of the best home-court records in the country and last year's perfect 18-0 mark was further evidence of UK's dominance in Lexington. In 10 years in the largest built-for-basketball arena in the country, the Wildcats have racked up a 140-14 record for a winning percentage of 90.9.
Kentucky's formidable home-court advantage has been a trademark through the years. Before moving to Rupp in 1976-77, UK forged out enviable records in Memorial Coliseum and Alumni Gym.
Kentucky at Home Through the Years
	Won	Lost	Pet.
Alumni Gym			
(1924-25 through 1949-50)	262	25	91.3
Memorial Coliseum			
(1950-51 through 1975-76)	308	38	89.0
Rupp Arena			
(1976-77 to present)	140	14	90.9
Totals	710	77	90.2
YEAR-BY-YEAR AT RUPP ARENA			
Won		Lost	Pet.
1976-77	12	2	.857
1977-78	16	0	1.000
1978-79	11	4	.733
1979-80	12	3	.800
1980-81	15	0	1.000
1981-82	15	1	.938
1982-83	14	1	.933
1983-84	16	0	1.000
1984-85	11	3	.786
1985-86	18	0	1.000
10 Seasons 140		14	.909
The arena is fully air-conditioned, equipped with a specially designed, high quality sound system appropriately named "Big Bertha," and complete lighting for events and color television coverage. Special attention has been paid to such facilities as dressing rooms, service entrances and storage areas.
The Wildcats command an exclusive dressing room 365 days a year, while other facilities include six team size and eight smaller units.
The portable basketball court, which lies on a concrete sub-flooring 118' beneath the ceiling, is 60' x 120' and is made of a light shade of northern maple trimmed in Kentucky blue. The floor was specially designed to convert from the 94' length required for college and professional basketball to the 84' length for high school simply removing two panels.
Four 35' x 4' custom-made scoreboards are placed so spectators can see at least three of the boards from any seat in the arena.
KENTUCKY'S HOME ATTENDANCE
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Season high in the nation.
Attendance Average
407,290 ................ 22,627
No. Games
18**.......................
14............................... 320,926 ................ 22,923
16............................... *380,453 ................*23,778
15**............................ 356,766 ................*23,785
16............................... *371,093 ................*23,193
15............................... *354,996 ................*23,666
15............................... *352,511 ................*23,501
15............................... *351,042 ................*23,338
16............................... *373,403 ................*23,338
14............................... *312,527 ................*22,323
12............................... 138,135 ................ 11,511
12............................... 138,098 ................ 11,539
12............................... 130,755 ................ 10,896
13............................... 150,856 ................ 11,604
13............................... 150,297 ................ 11,561
13............................... 152,471 ................ 11,728
15............................... 181,295 ................ 12,086
13............................... 165,600 ................ 11,821
16............................... 178,000 ................ 11,333
13............................... 136,588 ................ 10,502
13............................... 149,571 ................ 11,505
14............................... 151,000 ................ 10,786
14............................... 165,650 ................ 11,117
15............................... 153,132 ................ 10,208
.............................. 165,495 ................ 10,343
.............................. 129,978 ................ 9,284
.............................. 138,995 ................ 10,692
.............................. 177,824 ................ 11,855
.............................. 124,461 ................ 9,574
.............................. 129,733 ................ 9,266
.............................. 126,104 ................ 9,700
Includes 3 SEC Tournament games.
TOP TEN RUPP ARENA CROWDS
1. 24,203	vs.	Indiana	Dec. 7, 1986
2. 24,185	vs. Tennessee		Feb. 27, 1983
3. 24,180	vs.	Louisville	Dec. 28, 1985
4. 24,165	vs.	Indiana	Dec. 8, 1981
5. 24,098	vs.	Wyoming (UKIT)	Dec. 16, 1983
24,098	vs.	BYU (UKIT)	Dec. 17, 1983
7. 24,012	vs.	Louisville	Nov. 26, 1983
8. 24,011	vs.	LSU	Mar. 1, 1980
9. 23,992	vs.	Houston	Jan. 22, 1984
10. 23,982	vs.	Georgia	Feb. 26, 1983
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