Editing Allen Fieldhouse (section)

==Capacity==
Allen Fieldhouse was built with a capacity of 17,000. During Ted Owens' coaching period (1964–83), the capacity was reduced to 15,200 to improve fire code-mandated egress routes. It was raised to 15,800 in the 1986 offseason, and to 16,300 in 1993. In 2024, renovations to include corner video boards and additional chair back seats reduced the capacity to 15,300.<ref>{{cite web |title=Men’s Basketball Schedule Loaded as KU Celebrates the 70th Season in Allen Fieldhouse |url=https://kuathletics.com/news/2024/7/11/mens-basketball-mens-basketball-schedule-loaded-as-ku-celebrates-the-70th-season-in-allen-fieldhouse.aspx|date=July 11, 2024}}</ref>

There are 4,000 seats dedicated to KU students, with most of the remainder taken by season-ticket-holding members of the Williams Educational Fund, the fundraising arm of KU Athletics, named after Lawrence banker Dick Williams and his sons, Skipper and Odd.<ref>{{cite news|title=Programs Help Fans Score Seating Points|first=Dave|last=Ranney|url=http://www.kusports.com/news/seatingplan/story/110758|newspaper=[[Lawrence Journal-World]]|date=June 21, 2004|access-date=March 19, 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070417224510/http://www.kusports.com/news/seatingplan/story/110758|archive-date=April 17, 2007|url-status=dead}}</ref> The largest crowd in Allen Fieldhouse for a basketball game was 17,228 on March 1, 1955, when the building was dedicated. Barring another expansion of seating, it is unlikely this record will ever be broken; in addition to the reduced capacity, more stringent fire codes have forced KU to strictly enforce the building's capacity since the mid-1980s.