On February 3, 1989, the Oklahoma State Cowboys hosted the Hoosiers in a celebration of the 50-year anniversary of the first Gallagher Hall dual.

Former wrestling coach Myron Roderick claimed that during the 1978 Big 8 Conference Finals, over 9,000 fans packed the old barn and saw unranked Daryl Monasmith beat the defending national champion from Iowa State, Frank Santana.

On February 19, 2017 the wrestling team set the All-Time Gallagher-Iba Arena Attendance Record when they hosted 14,059 spectators for their dual with Penn State.

The dual's attendance broke a record set 10 years prior when the men's basketball team played Missouri in front of 14,044 fan.

Since wrestling began in Gallagher-Iba Arena, the Cowboys have won 34 NCAA titles and have had 34 unbeaten and untied campaigns at home.

The expansion, completed in time for the 2000 Cowboy basketball season, cost $55 million and was designed by Gary Sparks and built by Manhattan Construction.

A total of 14 luxury suites stretch across the west side of the facility, overlooking both the basketball court and the football field.

The pride of OSU athletic triumphs are also illustrated in photographic and trophy displays in "Heritage Hall", the west first floor hallway.

The original Spirit Rider statue sits outside of the Sherman E. Smith training facility across from Boone Pickens Stadium.

The Spirit Rider wears a cowboy hat, rides a black horse named Bullet, and carries an OSU flag.

Twin cities of tents are pitched on the north and south sides of the arena, in hopes of securing floor seats in either the northside or southside student sections.

Several groups of student campers from the Northside Nasties and the Southside Savages all joined and lived under over 1,700 square feet (160 m2) of tarps duct taped and tied together, nicknamed the Thunderdome.

A tent being ten people or less, this means that several students weathered freezing temperatures and sleepless nights in order to obtain seating to basketball games.