Toby Keith will headline BB&T Arena show
Kane Mitten, Assistant Arts & Life Editor
April 2, 2019
Filed under Arts & Life, Campus Events, Featured Story
Billboard’s Country Artist of the Decade is stopping by BB&T Arena for his "That's Country Bro!" tour.
Vaidya installed as NKU’s sixth president
March 30, 2019
Filed under Campus Events, Featured Story, Kentucky News, News
Family, friends, colleagues and students welcomed in the sixth president of Northern Kentucky University, Dr. Ashish Vaidya on Friday during his official installation. Vaidya assumed the role as president on July 1, 2018, but was formally recognized during the installation. Vaidya thanked everyon...
Men’s basketball outpaces Thomas More 85-47
Sierra Newton, Assistant Sports Editor
October 30, 2018
Filed under Featured Story, Men's Basketball, Sports
The NKU men’s basketball team opened up their season with a exhibition win over Thomas More University at BB&T Arena. Thomas More shot 30 percent from field goals, while the Norse’s field goal percentage made it to 60 percent.
Rapper Nelly postpones BB&T concert
Northerner Staff
October 30, 2018
Filed under Arts & Life, Campus Events, Featured Story
Nelly’s NOT in herre, at least until spring.
Review: ‘Losing Sleep’ tour countrified BB&T Arena
Christopher Decker, Managing Editor
January 20, 2018
Filed under Arts & Life, Featured Story, Reviews, Viewpoints
My dad introduced country music to me when I was a little kid. The radio in our garage would blare the Indiana’s Eagle 99.3 as he worked on various tasks. On our fishing trips to Kentucky Lake, the old, beat up radio in our Triton boat played the southern drawls of older country music artists I didn’...
Column: Keep the momentum going, Norse Nation
Christopher Decker, Managing Editor
January 15, 2018
Filed under Featured Story, Game Coverage, Men's Basketball, Sports
There was a time in the not so distant past, as recently as the middle of last season in fact, that the student section at BB&T Arena was mostly empty for NKU basketball games (men’s or women’s). There are only three times I can remember a sizeable student section at any basketball game last ...
NKU athletics and Braxton Brewing agree to partnership
Christopher Decker, Managing Editor
November 1, 2017
Filed under Featured Story, Men's Basketball, Sports, Sports Features, Women's Basketball
Northern Kentucky Athletics announced Tuesday they will be partnering with the Covington based Braxton Brewing Company to create the Braxton Beer Garden in BB&T Arena. Braxton will also be creating a new beer called the “Norse Pale Ale.” "Norse Pale Ale is a bright, citrus-forward pale ale t...
UC basketball is coming to BB&T Arena
Austin Elmore, Assistant Sports Editor
February 10, 2017
Filed under Featured Story, Sports
Northern Kentucky University announced Friday night that the University of Cincinnati men’s basketball team will be playing its home games at BB&T Arena in the 2017-18 season. The Bearcats current home, Fifth Third Arena, will be undergoing renovations next season. “We are pleased to assist the ...
Is UC basketball coming to BB&T Arena?
Matt Sexton, Editor-in-Chief
February 10, 2017
Filed under Featured Story, Men's Basketball, Sports, Women's Basketball
In need of a home next season due to renovations to Fifth Third Arena, the University of Cincinnati basketball teams could be headed to Highland Heights. Reports intensified Thursday led by a tweet from the Cincinnati Enquirer’s Tom Groeschen. He reported the Bearcats would likely play at BB&T Arena next...
New floor for the home of the Norse
William Borland, Contributor
September 5, 2015
Filed under Featured Story, Men's Basketball, Sports, Women's Basketball
When the Norse take to the basketball court in mid-November for their first games, the surface beneath them will have a whole new look to it. Several changes have faced NKU Athletics in the past year, but none of them stand as bolding as the new John L. Griffin basketball court in the newly named...
VIDEO: NKU pushes back spring commencement
Andrea Carter, Copy Editor
August 26, 2015
Sue Ott Rowlands, provost and executive vice president for academic affairs, notified graduating students Tuesday that the May 2016 Commencement ceremony date has been pushed back one week. The ceremony will now be held on Friday, May 13 for Chase Law students, while the undergraduate and graduate c...
A new name for the home of the Norse
Carrie Crotzer, Editor-in-Chief
June 22, 2015
Filed under Featured Story, News, Sports
NKU will see a new name on campus this fall as students, faculty and staff come back for fall classes.Previously known as the Bank of Kentucky Center, or more commonly to those on campus, the BOK, it will now be known as BB&T Arena.The North Carolina-based financial services firm completed the acqu...