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The Future of Coleman Coliseum
Posted on 11/21/17 at 10:08 am
Posted on 11/21/17 at 10:08 am
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Wonder what the future holds for Coleman.
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CAJ - "You'll probably next year hear some information on what's gonna happen with Coleman Coliseum, but we're not ready to make any announcement on that yet." Expects Greg Byrne to make an announcement on the vision for Coleman/facilities during 1st or 2nd quarter of 2018.
Wonder what the future holds for Coleman.
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Posted on 11/21/17 at 10:12 am to South Alabama Tide
Hopefully a wrecking ball.
I actually like Coleman, mostly for sentimental reasons. But it's time for a new arena with better sight lines and atmosphere.
I actually like Coleman, mostly for sentimental reasons. But it's time for a new arena with better sight lines and atmosphere.
Posted on 11/21/17 at 10:17 am to The Spleen
I believe the plan is to implode Coleman and build on the same site. We will be playing a year at the BJCC until the construction is completed.
Posted on 11/21/17 at 10:19 am to South Alabama Tide
Destroy it!!
Mother fricking Greg Byrne is a boss.
Mother fricking Greg Byrne is a boss.
Posted on 11/21/17 at 10:19 am to AlbertMeansWell
Bham convention center? Hell yeah
Posted on 11/21/17 at 10:22 am to AlbertMeansWell
Some guy on TI said it would be an $80 million renovation to Coleman that would basically change almost everything inside of the arena. Seating would go to 12k. He also said we'd play a year at the BJCC
Posted on 11/21/17 at 10:26 am to Bamafan15
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Some guy on TI said it would be an $80 million renovation to Coleman that would basically change almost everything inside of the arena. Seating would go to 12k. He also said we'd play a year at the BJCC
That's the plan but they may have to implode if they can't properly remove the roof. There are so many issues with the roof.
Posted on 11/21/17 at 10:27 am to Bamafan15
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I actually like Coleman
Same here. I thought I was the only one. It is definitely unique with character.
Which is why I would be a fan of this...
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Some guy on TI said it would be an $80 million renovation to Coleman that would basically change almost everything inside of the arena.
Posted on 11/21/17 at 10:39 am to South Alabama Tide
Posted on 11/21/17 at 11:04 am to RollDatRoll
Wonder if the roof will be the same.
Posted on 11/21/17 at 11:22 am to Gary Busey
Oh boy another renovation of Coleman.
Posted on 11/21/17 at 11:24 am to Gary Busey
Open air, but with a roof like the Seahawks to keep in the noise. True, it's going to suck on foggy nights but the home court advantage... 
Posted on 11/21/17 at 11:29 am to South Alabama Tide
Coleman has been holding our program back for awhile. The renovation we did a decade ago was a complete waste of money.
Gut it or bulldoze it, I don’t care. At the end of the day the arena needs to be completely different and conducive to a great basketball atmosphere.
Gut it or bulldoze it, I don’t care. At the end of the day the arena needs to be completely different and conducive to a great basketball atmosphere.
Posted on 11/21/17 at 12:17 pm to FairhopeTider
At 80 million, is it really cheaper to remodel? When I build stuff, it's usually cheaper and easier to start from scratch than to retrofit things.
Posted on 11/21/17 at 12:25 pm to South Alabama Tide
The need to put boxes all around the top of Coleman. The redo the lighting the make it more appealing.
Posted on 11/21/17 at 1:20 pm to Teague
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At 80 million, is it really cheaper to remodel? When I build stuff, it's usually cheaper and easier to start from scratch than to retrofit things.
That's what I was thinking. And I seem to recall when they renovated it 10 or so years ago, there was something with the design of it that wouldn't allow them to make major changes to the layout of it. But maybe I'm not remembering it right.
Posted on 11/21/17 at 1:31 pm to South Alabama Tide
Get rid of the Damn Umbrella ceiling, shrink capacity, and bring the seats closer.
Posted on 11/21/17 at 1:33 pm to Bamafan15
frick yes though the BJCC is only like 40 mins from the house, I'll probably go to every home game ther instead of only 2 or 3 a year in TTown.
Posted on 11/21/17 at 1:38 pm to mistaken4193
quote:the orientation of the court should be in the opposite direction. Really they should just year it down and rebuild. Would that really be that much more expensive than $80 million?
Get rid of the Damn Umbrella ceiling, shrink capacity, and bring the seats closer.
Posted on 11/21/17 at 1:39 pm to narddogg81
I think Auburn Arena should be the model we copy.
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