By Ben Everett | Sports Editor
Baylor plans to build a new basketball arena as a part of its Give Light campaign, the university announced last week.
Both men’s and women’s basketball currently play in the Ferrell Center, which is the oldest intercollegiate athletics facility on campus. Baylor plans to build a new arena that takes cues from other Power 5, or high-level, athletic institutions, in which the fan environment is more intimate.
Baylor will build on the “fieldhouse” concept that Big 12 schools such as Kansas and Oklahoma State utilize, in which the arena is small, but emphasizes fan experience and home court advantage.