Horton Fieldhouse is an indoor athletics facility, on the campus of Illinois State University

Illinois State University

Illinois State University , founded in 1857, is the oldest public university in Illinois; it is located in the town of Normal. ISU is considered a "national university" that grants a variety of doctoral degrees and strongly emphasizes research; it is also recognized as one of the top ten largest...

, in Normal, Illinois

Normal, Illinois

Normal is an incorporated town in McLean County, Illinois, United States. It had a population of 52,497 as of the 2010 census. Normal is the smaller of two principal municipalities of the Bloomington-Normal metropolitan area...

. Opened in 1963, with a capacity of 5,000 spectators, it hosted primarily ISU basketball games, until Redbird Arena

Redbird Arena

Doug Collins Court at Redbird Arena is a 10,200 seat multi-purpose arena in Normal, Illinois. Built in 1989, the building is notable for its use of a Teflon-coated roof that gives off a "glow" during night events...

 was built for 1989. It hosted the 1983 Missouri Valley Conference

Missouri Valley Conference

The Missouri Valley Conference is a college athletic conference whose members are located in the midwestern United States...

men's basketball tournament title game and continues to be a host site of the high school State Farm Holiday Classic of basketball.