Arch Madness

[Adunk33]

The contract has been extended through 2024.

Love the tournament and STL is a great host city!

[BCPanther]

Leave it there forever. Good central location, arena renovations are top notch.

Good for all involved.

[MissouriValleyUnite]

Nothing jolts your adrenaline like those Arch Madness flashback commercials or the arch gradually appearing on the drive approaching STL.

Gonna miss those 90s blue/purple seats tho (rip)

[Kyle@MOState]

Not going to lie, with the attendance on the decline, I was beginning to wonder if Enterprise would even want to renew the partnership... I am glad they did. I love St. Louis, and am hoping that Missouri State fans finally wake up and make their way back up to St. Louis and they have to open up the upper bowl again.

[mvfcfan]

I would almost be in favor of letting the #1 seed host the tournament at this point to bring attendance up. Unfortunately SIU, BU, and ILST are the only schools that actually bring a decent amount of fans. I am not sure what the deal is with MSU because they should be bringing fans, but they were in the semifinals a few years ago and they hardly had anyone there. Then LUC, DU, INST, UE, and VU don't exactly have very big fan bases to begin with. I think UNI would bring more if it wasn't as far away. Sadly unless 2 of the first 3 schools I mentioned are playing on Sunday I don't see a scenario where the curtain will get raised.

[E-Villan]

I would almost be in favor of letting the #1 seed host the tournament at this point to bring attendance up. Unfortunately SIU, BU, and ILST are the only schools that actually bring a decent amount of fans. I am not sure what the deal is with MSU because they should be bringing fans, but they were in the semifinals a few years ago and they hardly had anyone there. Then LUC, DU, INST, UE, and VU don't exactly have very big fan bases to begin with. I think UNI would bring more if it wasn't as far away. Sadly unless 2 of the first 3 schools I mentioned are playing on Sunday I don't see a scenario where the curtain will get raised.

UE has a decent sized fan base and will show up if there is a reason to. Watching Marty waddle around on Thursday night wasn't much of an incentive to show up. The same could probably be said for MSU.

[Snuvvy_D]

I would almost be in favor of letting the #1 seed host the tournament at this point to bring attendance up. Unfortunately SIU, BU, and ILST are the only schools that actually bring a decent amount of fans. I am not sure what the deal is with MSU because they should be bringing fans, but they were in the semifinals a few years ago and they hardly had anyone there. Then LUC, DU, INST, UE, and VU don't exactly have very big fan bases to begin with. I think UNI would bring more if it wasn't as far away. Sadly unless 2 of the first 3 schools I mentioned are playing on Sunday I don't see a scenario where the curtain will get raised.

UE has a decent sized fan base and will show up if there is a reason to. Watching Marty waddle around on Thursday night wasn't much of an incentive to show up. The same could probably be said for MSU.

Yeah, UE would have no problem packing the Ford Center. The OVC tourney is played in Evansville, and it is an amazing atmosphere

[Mikovio]

Ideally, SIU, MSU, Bradley and ISUr would be serious contenders every year as they can bring the biggest crowds. Unfortunately they've all experienced various levels of disgruntlement this last decade. You'll probably see more SIU fans this year even if they finish lower in the standings because they like their new coach and are optimistic. Murray travels well and would be a good addition if the league wants to boost STL attendance.

Never again hold it at campus sites. Of the 14 MVC Tournaments held on campus sites, the hosts won 9. It's just too big an advantage for the host.

[sivert]

Could make the 10th place team host.

[Mikovio]

Could make the 10th place team host.

So Valpo's gym?