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1. There is going to be a $45 million renovation.
2. There's a weight room.
3. Drake opened up for Lupe Fiasco in 2009, then headlined his own show in 2012. Drake's opening act, Kendrick Lamar, headlined his own show the year after.
4. Sesame Street comes here almost every year.
5. The roof was originally inflatable.
6. Ryan Lochte began his stardom at the O'Connell Center.
7. ESPN The Magazine nicknamed the O'Dome the "House of Horrors" in 1999 because we're just that scary to opposing teams.
8. Gate 2 was originally Gate 1, but they were switched to make the main entrance face the parking lot.
9. Elton John was scheduled to perform here 4 times, but ended up performing here twice.
10. The record attendance was 12,633 when the Florida Gators beat the Kentucky Wildcats in 2011.
11. There is a room in the O'Dome called the Galileo.
12. It covers over 3.6 acres of land.
13. Kanye West was here in 2005.
14. There was a gala...for horses.
15. They had to frost the windows of the gymnastics studio so people couldn't look in.
16. There are plants inside.
17. There is a room that resembles a cage, but it's not a real cage.
18. First Lady Michelle Obama and former Presidents Bill Clinton and George H.W. Bush have spoken here.
19. The bleachers expand and retract.
20. It's named after the sixth president of the University of Florida, Stephen C. O'Connell, who served from 1967 to 1973.
21. It opened in 1980 (which makes it 34 years old).
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