Coors Events Center
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| Game at the Coors Events Center between the Colorado Buffaloes and the UCLA Bruins in January 2011. | |
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CU Events / Conference Center (1979–1990) |
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| place | 950 Regent Drive Boulder , Colorado 80309
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| Coordinates | 40 ° 0 '16.8 " N , 105 ° 15' 38.2" W |
| owner | University of Colorado Boulder |
| operator | University of Colorado Boulder |
| start of building | October 1977 |
| opening | November 8, 1979 |
| First game | November 8, 1979 Colorado Buffaloes - USSR National Basketball Team |
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Concrete maple - parquet PVC - Flooring |
| costs | 7.7 million US dollars (1979) |
| architect | Sink Combs Dethlefs Architects |
| capacity | 11,064 seats |
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The Coors Events Center is a multi-purpose hall on the campus of the University of Colorado Boulder (CU Boulder) in the US city of Boulder in the state of Colorado . The college basketball teams (men and women, since 1979), as well as the volleyball women, since 1988, of the Colorado Buffaloes ( NCAA - Pac-12 ) are at home in the arena.
history
The original CU Events / Conference Center opened on November 8, 1979, replacing the 1937 Balch Fieldhouse that is still used by the athletics department today. The hall, which is octagonal in its basic shape, offers 11,064 seats on its stands for basketball and volleyball games. The attendance record dates back to January 22, 2001, when the Colorado Buffaloes faced Kansas and 11,363 visitors (standing room only) watched the game. The 7.7 million US dollars expensive construction was carried Fund financed grants from the state, private donations and equity of the university. The basketball men of the Colorado Buffaloes and the national basketball team of the USSR met for the inauguration .
Following a $ 5 million donation from the Adolph Coors Foundation , the name was changed to Coors Events / Conference Center in September 1990. The hall bears the name of the Coors family. Born in Barmen , Adolph Coors (1847–1929) was the founder of the Coors brewery of the same name in 1873 . The Coors Events Center is divided into three levels, the sports arena, a large conference room and a service area. In 2008 the hall received a new parquet made of maple wood for US $ 200,000 . The playing field acts like a vibrating floor , which returns the energy and is supposed to protect against injuries and fatigue.
In March 2010, the first sod was turned for the new training building on the north side of the Coors Events Center. It was inaugurated in August 2011 and cost $ 10.8 million. The building offers two oversized basketball and volleyball training fields, new changing rooms for the basketball women, additional coaching offices and meeting rooms. The supplementary building in the Tuscan style with its different colored sandstone facade and the red tile roof fits into the campus building designed by architect Charles Klauder in 1918. There is a photovoltaic system on the roof that covers 10 to 12 percent of the energy demand. In May 2012 the training hall was certified by the US Green Building Council for environmentally friendly, resource-saving and sustainable building in the LEED Platinum category , the highest level.
In 2013 the roof of the CEC was supplemented with a system with 1,196 solar modules and around 290 kWh . In May 2016, the CU Boulder decided that the hall would receive a new sound system from Bose . It was installed in the summer of that year. It was the first modernization of the facility since it opened.
In addition to the sporting events, the center is equipped for concerts (including Bob Dylan , U2 , Stevie Wonder or Jethro Tull ), seminars , meetings , trade fairs and similar occasions. On April 24, 2012, US President Barack Obama visited the university and gave a speech at the Coors Events Center. a. to student loans . On June 23, 2016, the 14th Dalai Lama came to two events in the hall, which was sold out with 9,000 visitors each.
gallery
The interior of the Coors Events Center
US President Barack Obama delivering a speech at the Coors Events Center on April 24, 2012
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Web links
- cubuffs.com: The Coors Events Center on the site of the Colorado Buffaloes (English)
- stadiumsusa.com: Coors Events Center (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d e cubuffs.com: History of the Coors Events Center (English)
- ↑ cubuffs.com: Groundbreaking Set For Coors Events Center Practice Facility Article from March 24, 2010 (English)
- ↑ cubuffs.com: Basketball / Volleyball Practice Facility (English)
- ↑ asumag.com: University of Colorado Boulder doubles its solar energy production article from June 24, 2014 (English)
- ↑ cubuffs.com: CU Coors Events Center Becomes Bose Professional Showcase Venue Article from May 15, 2016 (English)
- ↑ dailycamera.com: Obama in Boulder: President brings student loan message to CU Article from April 24, 2012 (English)
- ↑ denverpost.com: Dalai Lama regales Coloradans, urges compassion, “global sensibility” article from June 23, 2016 (English)