re: So with "The Pavilion" opening, who has the worst arena in the SEC?

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What's so odd about Coleman?

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Coleman was great in the 80's when we regularly sold out games and it had an atmosphere. But now it's outdated, even after the renovations, and it rarely sells out. The ticket office implemented this stupid points system for priority buying, so football only Bama fans started buying basketball season tickets just for the points so they could move up the football priority list. So you walk in, and there are scores of empty seats in the lower rows.

And unless you're in the first 25 rows, or directly behind the baskets, the sight lines are pretty terrible.

They made a huge mistake by just renovating it 10 or so years ago, but that was when Shula was still the football coach and the AD wasn't as flush with money.