Value City Arena
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Exterior view in 2014 | |
Interactive map of The Schottenstein Center | |
| Full name | Value City Arena at the Jerome Schottenstein Center |
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| Address | 555 Borror Drive |
| Location | Columbus, Ohio, U.S. |
| Coordinates | 40°00′27″N 83°01′30″W / 40.007511°N 83.025102°W |
| Owner | The Ohio State University |
| Operator | Columbus Arena Management |
| Capacity | 17,500 (ice hockey) 19,500 (basketball) 20,000+ (concerts) |
| Public transit | 1 |
| Construction | |
| Broke ground | March 2, 1996 |
| Opened | November 3, 1998 |
| Construction cost | $110 million ($226 million in 2025 dollars) |
| Architect | Sink Combs Dethlefs Moody Nolan |
| Project manager | Gilbane |
| Structural engineer | Korda/Nemeth Engineering Inc. |
| General contractor | P.J. Dick, Inc. |
| Tenants | |
| Ohio State Buckeyes (NCAA) Men's basketball (1998–present) Women's basketball (1998–present) Men's ice hockey (1998–present) | |
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Value City Arena is a multi-purpose arena, located on the campus of Ohio State University, in Columbus, Ohio, United States. The arena opened in 1998 and is currently the largest by seating capacity in the Big Ten Conference, with 19,049 seats, which is reduced to 18,809 for Ohio State men's and women’s basketball games.
It is home to Ohio State Buckeyes men's basketball, women's basketball and men's ice hockey teams. Previously, the basketball teams played at St. John Arena, while the ice hockey team played at the OSU Ice Arena. The facility is named the Jerome Schottenstein Center in honor of Jerome Schottenstein, of Columbus, late founder of Schottenstein Stores Corp. and lead benefactor of the project, while the seating bowl is named for Schottenstein's store Value City Furniture, naming rights which transferred to that entity after the original Value City department store chain went out of business in 2008.
The Schottensteins and Ohio State are currently in the process of finding a new naming rights partner for the arena, with Value City Furniture's own bankruptcy and wind down of operations which started in earnest at the start of January 2026.