The University of Minnesota is going to have a new place for the Gophers basketball team to play home games soon. Actually, it seems more likely at this point, that they will remain in the same brick building they’ve played games in since since 1928 , Williams Arena, better known around the country as the Barn.
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Arguments are still being made and opinions still being heard, on whether or not there will be a new multi-sport arena built in Dinkytown or if the University will opt for a renovation of the nearly 100-year-old Barn. Steam most recently has been behind the latter.
Williams Arena raised floor in danger of being lowered
But it seems that no matter where future Gophers basketball home games are played, whether it be at renewed Williams Arena or a brand new state of the art building, one iconic element in Minnesota basketball history and a very key component of what makes the Barn so unique, may be eliminated. The raised floor (which wasn’t completed yet when the Gophers played on it for the first time (see above).