While ISU and Bradley were filling Redbird Arena, IWU drew 2,200 Saturday night for a win over Elmhurst. The next day, the ISU women played before their largest home crowd of the season (3,738).

It was LaGrange Park Nazareth, with a 63-52 victory at Redbird Arena, that incentivized this year’s Railsplitters to not only come back to the state tournament, but to win it all.

Belleville West players celebrate their victory over Bolingbrook in the Class 4A Normal Super-Sectional on Tuesday, March 12, 2019 at Redbird Arena in Normal, Ill. Paul Kopsky, STLhighschoolsports.com ...

Upper bowl seating is not being altered. A worker assembles metal planks into sections of flooring for the stands on Tuesday, July 2, 2019, at Illinois State's Redbird Arena.

The Maroons will join the rest of the Elite Eight at Redbird Arena in Normal on Friday. Moline will face 35-4 Downers Grove South at 6 p.m.

Going from gymnasiums such as the Rams' own 1,500-seat facility, or the 1,000-seat gym they played in in last Saturday's Serena Super-Sectional to Illinois State University's Redbird Arena, its ...

Tri-County head coach Joe Morrisey reacts as Eastland takes a 20 point lead during second quarter action Friday, Feb. 28, 2020, in the IHSA Class 1A semi-final game at Redbird Arena in Normal.

Defending Class 1A state champion Okawville (23-11) advanced to play Peru St. Bede (29-7) at 11:15 a.m. Thursday at Illinois State University's Redbird Arena in the second Class 1A semifinal game.

PND (32-4) now heads to CEFCU Arena as the reigning state champions, facing unranked Mt. Carmel (30-4) at 2 p.m. Thursday in a state semifinal.

El Paso-Gridley lost in two sets to Mater Dei on Friday at CEFCU Arena (formerly known as Redbird Arena). Mater Dei knows what it’s like to play in such an atmosphere.

The last time ISU played an NIT game at Redbird Arena was in 2008 when it hosted two games. The Redbirds were seeded No. 2 and beat No. 7 Utah State before losing to No. 3 Dayton.