High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Crisler Arena, in Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA, is the home arena for the University of Michigan men`s and women`s basketball teams. Constructed in 1967, the arena seats 13,751 spectators. It is named for Herbert O. "Fritz" Crisler, head football coach at Michigan from 1938 to 1947 and athletic director thereafter until his retirement in 1968.