North Charleston Coliseum

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North Charleston Coliseum
"Casa del Ray"
"Hockeyharbor, USA"
The North Charleston Coliseum in August 2010
The North Charleston Coliseum in August 2010
Data
place 5001 Coliseum Drive North Charleston , South Carolina 29418
United StatesUnited States
Coordinates 32 ° 51 '56.2 "  N , 80 ° 1' 20.7"  W Coordinates: 32 ° 51 '56.2 "  N , 80 ° 1' 20.7"  W.
owner City of North Charleston
operator SMG
start of building April 29, 1991
opening January 29, 1993
Renovations 2010–2012
surface Concrete
parquet
ice surface
artificial turf
costs 25 million US dollars (1993)
21 million US dollars (2010-2012)
architect Odell Associates (1993)
Ellerbe Becket (2010–2012)
capacity 14,000 seats (concert)
12,000 seats (basketball)
11,000 seats (ice hockey)
11,000 seats (arena football)
13,500 seats (boxing)
Societies)
Events

The North Charleston Coliseum is a multi-purpose hall in the US city ​​of North Charleston in the state of South Carolina . It is part of the North Charleston Convention Center Complex . The building, which opened on January 29, 1993, has a maximum of 14,500 seats (11,000 built-in seats and 3,500 mobile seats). The Performing Arts & Convention Center with 2,300 seats and the North Charleston Convention Center added to the complex in 1999.

history

The arena has been home to the ECHL ice hockey team of the South Carolina Stingrays and the NCAA basketball team of the Charleston Southern Buccaneers of Charleston Southern University since 1993 . Former users of the North Charleston Coliseum are the arena football team Charleston Swamp Foxes ( Af2 ) from 2000 to 2003, the Charleston Lowgators of the NBA D-League were based there from 2001 to 2004 and 2006, the Carolina Sandsharks ( NIFL ). The multi-purpose hall hosted the final tournaments of the Big South Conference in NCAA college basketball in 1993 and 1994, and the Southern Conference in NCAA college basketball in 2007.

When construction began, no ice hockey rink was planned in the arena, then the city of North Charleston was awarded the ECHL ice hockey franchise . So you had to reschedule and the South Carolina Stingrays could play indoors from the start. In the arena, u. a. also concerts , musical shows , wrestling shows , circus performances of Cirque du Soleil , Rodeos of the Professional Bull Riders instead.

The arena was renovated from 2010 to 2012. The north and south entrances were expanded with additions for US $ 21 million . The designs came from the architectural office Ellerbe Becket. In addition there were u. a. 40 stalls and kiosks; the existing luxury suites were renovated as well as the renewal of the sound system and the lighting technology . It started with the south side, the north side was completed in 2012.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ soconsports.com: 2007 Southern Conference Men's and Women's Basketball Championships (English)
  2. ↑ Photo Gallery ( Memento from February 23, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) (English)
  3. ↑ coliseumpac.com: Events at the North Charleston Coliseum and the Performing Arts Center (English)
  4. ↑ youtube.com: Model video of the conversions (English)
  5. ↑ North Charleston Coliseum to get $ 18M expansion ( Memento from May 31, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) (English)