Bud Walton Arena - University of Arkansas - Fayetteville AR
N 36° 03.694 W 094° 10.690
15S E 393894 N 3991419
Known as "The Basketball Palace Of Mid America", this enormous arena is home to the Arkansas Razorbacks basketball team.
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Location: Arkansas, United States
Date Posted: 05/14/2014
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THE PLACE
Bud Walton Arena (also known as the Basketball Palace of Mid-America) is the home to the men's and women's basketball teams of the University of Arkansas, known as the Razorbacks. It is located on the campus of the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville, Arkansas and has a seating capacity of 19,368, which is the fifth largest for an on-campus arena in the United States. (above text from (
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THE PERSON
James Lawrence Walton was born on December 20, 1921 in Columbia, Missouri. As a child, he worked on his family's farm. He attended David H. Hickman High School–located in the town of his birth–and then the Wentworth Military Academy in Lexington, Missouri. He served as a Navy pilot in World War II.
Bud and his brother, Sam, began their career in the retail industry working in the Ben Franklin Stores franchise system. His first store was opened in Versailles, Missouri. Bud and Sam co-founded Walmart in Arkansas in 1962.
He is the namesake of the Bud Walton Arena at the University of Arkansas.
Walton died following surgery for an aneurysm in Miami, Florida on March 21, 1995, at the age of 73. (above text from (
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