Robert F. Hyland Performance Arena or Hyland Performance Arena is a multi-purpose basketball

Basketball

Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...

 arena

Arena

An arena is an enclosed area, often circular or oval-shaped, designed to showcase theater, musical performances, or sporting events. It is composed of a large open space surrounded on most or all sides by tiered seating for spectators. The key feature of an arena is that the event space is the...

 in Saint Charles, Missouri

Saint Charles, Missouri

St. Charles is a city in, and the county seat of, St. Charles County, Missouri. As of the 2010 census, the city had a population of 65,794, making St. Charles the 2nd largest city in St. Charles County. It lies just to the northwest of St. Louis, Missouri on the Missouri River, and, for a time,...

. The arena opened in 1997 and is home to the Lindenwood University

Lindenwood University

Lindenwood University, often referred to as Lindenwood or LU, is a private, coeducational, liberal arts university located in Saint Charles, Missouri, United States...

 Lions

Lindenwood Lions

The Lindenwood Lions and Lady Lions are the intercollegiate athletic teams of Lindenwood University, located in St. Charles, Missouri. The Lions are currently in the process of transitioning from the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics to the NCAA Division II...

 men's and women's basketball, women's gymnastics, men's & women's volleyball, men's & women's wrestling, olympic weightlifting, table tennis, and spirit squads. The facility also includes the athletic department offices. Hyland Arena currently seats 3,000 spectators plus and additional 270 in Luxury box seating. It was named after Robert Hyland

Robert Hyland

Robert Hyland, Jr. was CBS regional vice president and general manager of radio station KMOX in St. Louis, Missouri for four decades.-Personal life:...

 who was the chairman of the Lindenwood board for many years and was also the CBS Regional Vice President and General Manager of radio station KMOX in St. Louis, Missouri

St. Louis, Missouri

St. Louis is an independent city on the eastern border of Missouri, United States. With a population of 319,294, it was the 58th-largest U.S. city at the 2010 U.S. Census. The Greater St...

 for four decades.

Lindenwood has explored the possibility of acquiring the nearby 10,000-seat Family Arena

Family Arena

The Family Arena is a multi-purpose arena in St. Charles, Missouri, built in 1999. The arena seats 9,643 for hockey, 9,755 for football, 10,467 for basketball, 6,339 for half-house concerts and up to 11,522 for end-stage concerts...

 in a proposed deal that would give Saint Charles County the museum

Museum

A museum is an institution that cares for a collection of artifacts and other objects of scientific, artistic, cultural, or historical importance and makes them available for public viewing through exhibits that may be permanent or temporary. Most large museums are located in major cities...

 and property of the Daniel Boone Home

Daniel Boone Home

The Daniel Boone Home is a historic site in Defiance, Missouri, United States. The house was built by the Boone family and was Daniel Boone's permanent home between 1803 and 1811, and on-and-off after 1811 until his death in 1820...

owned by the University in exchange for the arena. Although the President of the university stated that the option hasn't been ruled out in the future. Lindenwood currently uses the Family Arena for convocation events