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McKale Center
McKale Center at ALKEME Arena is an athletic arena in the southwest United States, located on the campus of the University of Arizona in Tucson, Arizona. As the home of the university's Wildcats basketball team of the Big 12 Conference, it is primarily used for basketball, but also has physical training and therapy facilities. Its construction is marked with a large copper cap that has oxidized brown.

Facts and sources
Place
- Category
- Landmark
- Destination
- Tucson
- County
- Pima County
- State
- Arizona
Visitation
- Annual visits
- Not published
Ranking
- Overall score
- 42.9 / 100
- Visitation score
- No published count
- Popularity score
- 40.4
- Significance score
- 45.0
- Confidence
- medium
Visiting
- Coordinates
- 32.2303, -110.9460
- Last verified
- 2026-08-12
Where it is
McKale Center is a landmark near Tucson, in Pima County. It is one of the landmarks in this database, and appears in the statewide ranking of Arizona attractions.
How this ranking was reached
This place scores 42.9 out of 100, at medium confidence. No official visitor count is published for it, so the score rests on public interest and tourism significance, and is capped below the level a measured attraction can reach. The weighting is explained in full on the methodology page.
Note on the data: No official visitor count is published for this attraction.
Sources
- Description: Wikipedia(opens in a new tab), used under CC BY-SA 4.0(opens in a new tab)
- Public interest: Wikimedia pageviews (en.wikipedia, human traffic), 2024
- Coordinates and designations: Wikidata(opens in a new tab)
- County: U.S. Census geography via FCC Area API, resolved from coordinates
Record last verified 2026-08-12.
Nearby attractions
- A venue for classical music, dance, jazz, and musicals. Tickets can be purchased online.

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