text: WINnno other university has an arena like this Stars for engineering noveltynarchitecturally historic was the largest building of its kind when constructednit is small enough to host high school events big enough to host professional eventsnIllini Basketball fans are active and livelynit can get refreshingly loud if the place is full and the Illini are workin on a comefrombehind winnif you like orange you will love it herennLOSEnapparently the Hall needs a lot of upkeep and upgrades because it was built in the mid snit is on the outskirts of campus so there is not much to do within close walking distance if you are inclined to walk to a gameneverybody in the building is white except for the basketball players