Finis Horne Arena in Greenwood, SC

Basic Information

Arena: Finis Horne Arena

Location: Greenwood, SC (34.20119, -82.16736)

Owner: Lander University

Primary sport: basketball

Year constructed: 1993

Listed capacity: 2276

Date last visited: March 2026

Arena information: https://landerbearcats.com/facilities/finis-horne-arena/1

Summary Review: 2 stars (out of 5)

Watching a game at Lander University's Finis Horne Arena is almost like watching a game in Mammoth Cave.  The arena is huge relative to the size of the university and its fanbase.  Moreover, the arena is in the center of its building, so there are no windows to let any exterior light in.  Thus, the arena is rather dark, especially in the upper deck.  The stands were less than 1/3 full when I came here.  Yet almost the entire arena is a hard surface, and therefore sounds resonates rather well.  The arena isn't designed particularly well: there is only 1 walkway and 1 entrance/exit, so the pedestrian flow gets clogged around that exit door.  Also, the lobby leading into the seating area is very small.  If Lander had more fans, these would be serious problems.  Concession options are underwhelming but not out-of-line for a Division II venue.  Overall, if you like dark empty arenas, then this might be the venue for you.  While I do a lot of hiking and kind of enjoyed the solitude here, this is not a great place to watch a game.

Detailed Review:

Gameday Atmosphere: This arena is cavernous: it is huge and rather dark because there are no windows to allow exterior light in.  I came here for the Peach Belt Conference Basketball Tournament.  Lander basketball is not particularly well supported: the home team was one of the teams in the tournament, and yet the arena was less than 1/3 full.  The arena resonates what little crowd noise there is rather well, so it would give a very strong home court advantage if they had more fans.

Seating: all chairbacks, all comfortable.

Court View: acceptable but no more.  The seating area does not have a particularly steep grade, so the upper deck is somewhat far away.  There are no seats in either end, but there doesn't need to be.  They could close the entire upper deck and still have an arena that is plenty large for this university.

Audio/Video: The audio is loud and clear.  There is no video except for a nice scoreboard hanging over center court.

Concessions/Hot Dogs: The concession stand offers no hot dogs or warm food except Chick-fil-a.  The soda and popcorn I bought were fine.

Pedestrian Flow: quite poor.  This arena has only 1 walkway and 1 entrance/exit; both are at mid-level.  This design would be a problem if Lander had more fans.

Parking: plenty of free parking around the arena; look for "event parking" signs.