Sioux City Iowa — The future hub of Siouxland sports, The Arena, is proud to announce a partnership with the Great Plains Athletic Conference (GPAC). When the doors open to the 80,000 square foot sports complex, The GPAC, one of the premier conferences in the NAIA, will have a new home.
The GPAC is comprised of 12 universities and colleges in Nebraska, Iowa, South Dakota and North Dakota and is known for not only being an athletic power house, but also a conference of academic success. Since inception in 2000, the GPAC has won 27 NAIA team National Championships and in 2017-2018 alone, had 652 NAIA-Daktronics Scholar-Athletes.
Corey Westra, the GPAC Commissioner said, “We are looking forward to this state-of-the-art facility as a home base for our conference operations, but also a potential site for championships and other athletic events within the GPAC and NAIA.”
The Arena has the ability to host not only major athletic events, but also will feature upscale amenities such as a 6000 square foot performance center, media room, sports grill and state-of-the art technology for day to day and event operations.
