Photos: Robert Indiana and the MECCA's pop-art basketball floor

The Milwaukee Bucks had a 582-209 home record in 20 seasons playing at the MECCA, also known as the Milwaukee Arena.

The Milwaukee Bucks released this rendering of the Robert Indiana-themed floor that will be used for one game -- on Thursday, Oct. 26 -- at the UW-Milwaukee Panther Arena.

ProStar Surfaces employees Jared Olynick (left) and Mark Krupp install the "Return to the MECCA" floor at UW-Milwaukee Panther Arena.

ProStar Surfaces employees Mark Krupp (left) and Jared Olynick install on Monday the "Return to the MECCA" floor, a repainted version of the Robert Indiana floor that was at the MECCA from 1977-1988, at UW-Milwaukee Panther Arena. The Milwaukee Bucks will play the Boston Celtics on the floor at 7 p.m. Thursday. The Bucks played home games in the arena, then called the MECCA, until the BMO Harris Bradley Center opened in 1988.

ProStar Surfaces employees Jared Olynick (left) and Mark Krupp install the "Return to the MECCA" floor.

In 2017, workers installed "Return to the MECCA" floor, a repainted version of the Robert Indiana floor that was at the MECCA from 1977-1988.

In 2013, Robert Indiana's MECCA floor was reinstalled at its original home and displayed as part of an event.

Worked in 2013 reassemble Robert Indiana's MECCA floor in its original form for display in it's original home.

Robert Indiana's MECCA floor was assembled in the original form, and exhibited briefly in its original home, in 2013. Prostar Performance Surfaces of Milwaukee and some workers from Milwaukee Working, a non-profit, were installing the floor.

A Robert Indiana emblem was visible in the corner of the MECCA floor at the 2013 display.

Workers from the Wisconsin Center District begin removing the MECCA basketball court in 2005.