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Overall Rating: 2.66 based on 59 ratings
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ItemImageThe Shoemaker Center opened in 1989 but the basketball facilities were recently renamed the "Fifth Third Arena" due to a large donation by the bank towards renovations. The Shoemaker Center has a capacity of over 13,100.

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famousbill (0)
03/15/2008

the shoe was built when UC basketball was down. fans were just thrilled to have the team on campus again, and it was nice for its time, just nothing great. under Bob Huggins our team became a national powerhouse and we were about to build a new arena when our dumbass president fired him. now we suck again and plans for a new, larger and nicer arena dont really make sense at the moment. i believe Bearcat basketball will be strong again and the the school will build a new, top notch arena.


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Bmuskie (0)
10/03/2006
One of the worst college basketball arenas I have ever been to. More than half the seats are in the upper deck. Some sections don't face the court. Certain sections (in the end zone) only offer views of half the court. the lower arena is push back bleachers which violently rock and shake when people move around.

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rush4threeku25 (0)
02/19/2006
ok stduim but very bad attendence! when Huggins was there u guys got 15000 people now u get 10000 peolpe bad

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BCats22 (0)
01/01/2006
Im a big Bearcat fan and I think this is a pretty good facility. It has some good things about it and some bad things. Its not as bad as some people are writing but it can be bad. Cincinnati does sell out about every game, the rafters do not get in the way of the scoreboard. But it is in a terrible neighborhood and it is a small arena. But its decent overall.

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ukcat1 (0)
02/12/2005
Smaller than a team ranked so highly over the years should have. But they don't fill it. It is a very hard walk up a hill to get from the main parking lot into the facility. They have no means of helping those who need it. Handicapped parking is on the hill as you go up. The endzone has bench seating instead of chair back seats. They sell alcoholic beverages during the UC games so peoople seem pretty happy.

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riddelde (0)
01/20/2005
The seating structure needs renovating, but it gets really loud in there, and the court itself is fantastic.

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rudyflyer (0)
07/20/2004
An utter dump. It's basically a large box masquerading as a basketball arena. To top it off, it's located in a high crime zone. Don't drive a nice car into that hood.

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nuts (0)
07/20/2004
The parking at the Shoe is awful, and if you are at the top of the arena, you have to stand up, and look under the rafters to see the scoreboard. The fans rarely sell the place out, and the coach is a raging alcoholic who pukes on his own car.

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Dirty Sanchez (0)
07/19/2004
That place is a pit....not conducive to basketball

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jobecca (0)
03/22/2003
Good environment, but nothing behind the baskets.

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BassHawg (0)
02/27/2003
give me a break...this is no where near the facility of Bud Walton or Allen Fieldhouse or Rupp.

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