Bramlage Coliseum

Bramlage Coliseum is the basketball home of the Kansas State Wildcats in Manhattan, Kansas, hosting the men's and women's programs in the Big 12. Its distinctive octagonal shape gives the arena an unusually steep, enclosed bowl that traps crowd noise, and it can seat up to 14,000 for concerts. Big 12 games against rivals like Kansas turn the building into one of the loudest venues in the conference.

The arena opened on November 26, 1988 with a win over Purdue, replacing the historic Ahearn Field House as K-State's home. Fans nicknamed it the 'Octagon of Doom' for its intimidating atmosphere, a moniker popularized in the mid-to-late 2000s. It has hosted women's NCAA Tournament games in 2002, 2003, 2017, and 2024, and drew a record ESPN College GameDay crowd of 8,159 in 2010 ahead of a Kansas State-Kansas showdown.