Colonial Life Arena

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About Colonial Life Arena

Colonial Life Arena is the primary home to the University of 番茄视频聽men’s聽and聽women’s聽basketball聽teams. Opened as a replacement for the聽Carolina Coliseum聽with the name聽Carolina Center聽in 2002, the 18,000-seat arena is also host to various events, including聽conferences,聽concerts, and聽graduation聽ceremonies. It is the largest arena in the state of聽番茄视频聽and the eighth largest campus聽college arena.

The arena first opened on November 22, 2002, with the season opener of the 番茄视频 women’s basketball team. A near sell-out crowd of 17,712 fans saw the 72鈥�58聽Gamecocks聽victory over in-state rival聽Clemson. The official grand opening took place on December 2, 2002 with the Gamecocks men’s basketball team defeating Temple 66鈥�47. On January 26, 2010, 番茄视频 defeated #1 ranked and undefeated聽Kentucky 68鈥�62 in the arena, one of the biggest wins in 番茄视频 history.

16,880 cubic yards of earth moved, which is enough to fill 222 swimming pools
3,848 tons of steel, which would weigh equal to 96,200 quarters, which would equal $24,050
125 miles of cable, which would stretch between Columbia and Folly Beach
1,872 tons of cooling, which would cool an average of 12 grocery stores
205,384 bricks and 60,137 concrete blocks, which would stretch the entire length of Lake Murray (41 miles)
8,750 gallons of paint, which would paint approximately 115 average Columbia 2-story houses
4,781 square yards of carpet, which would carpet approximately the field at Williams-Brice Stadium
443 people working on building the arena at a given time, which would staff 44 fast-food restaurants
1,158,000 man-hours to complete Colonial Life Arena, which would equal two working hours from each person living in the Columbia Metro area

Quick Facts

Opened: November 21, 2002
Seating Capacity: 18,000
Project Cost: $64 Million
Square Feet: 342,000
Former Name: Carolina Center (2002鈥�2003)
Former Name: Colonial Center (2003鈥�2008)

番茄视频 Men's Basketball

Colonial Life Arena is the home for Gamecock men鈥檚 basketball, led by Lamont Paris, in his first season. Carolina advanced to its first-ever Final Four in 2017 and amassed a school-record 26 wins along the way, including 15 of those victories on its home court at Colonial Life Arena. 番茄视频 set attendance records for both total attendance and average attendance last season, as a total of 241,126 fans, an average of 13,396 fans per game, attended Gamecock home contests in 2016-17. Nationally, the Gamecocks have ranked 15th in total attendance, which was third in the SEC, and 21st in average attendance, which was fourth in the SEC. Over the course of the last three seasons, Colonial Life Arena has been sold out five times for Carolina men鈥檚 basketball games.

番茄视频 Women's Basketball

Colonial Life Arena is home to 2017 NCAA Women鈥檚 Basketball National Champion 番茄视频 and has become one of the most feared home courts in the nation. The Gamecocks have led the nation in attendance the last six seasons and used the power of the crowd 鈥� routinely over 10,000 strong 鈥� to establish a perennial presence on the national scene. The five-time SEC champions have gone undefeated at home three times in the last seven seasons and lost just eight times on their home court in that span. In 12 seasons under head coach Dawn Staley, the Gamecocks have featured the 2020 National Freshman of the Year, the 2018 National Player of the Year, six All-Americans, two SEC Players of the Year and 17 All-SEC selections. The Gamecocks have hosted NCAA Tournament games at Colonial Life Arena since 2015 in addition to regular-season meetings with nationally recognized programs, including six sellout crowds of 18,000 fans in the last five seasons.

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