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Nebraska Coliseum
The Nebraska Coliseum (NU Coliseum) is an arena on the campus of the University of Nebraska–Lincoln in Lincoln, Nebraska. It most notably served as the home venue of the school's men's basketball and volleyball teams. Since volleyball was moved to the larger Bob Devaney Sports Center in 2013, the Coliseum has been primarily used for student recreation.
Shortly after the end of World War I, the University of Nebraska began planning a million-dollar stadium complex that included a gymnasium and museum. The state, which initially set aside $250,000, was forced to back out of its commitment during an agricultural depression through the early 1920s, and the project was scaled back to just a football stadium.
Planning for a standalone arena, to be located just northeast of Memorial Stadium, began the year after the stadium's completion at the suggestion of Athletic Board member John Selleck. It was designed by architects Ellery L. Davis and Walter Wilson, both university alumni who had worked on several campus buildings, including Memorial Stadium.
The Nebraska Coliseum, funded using gate receipt revenue from 1923 football games, broke ground in 1924 and opened in early 1926 to serve as the home venue of Nebraska's indoor sports programs. The new arena featured a Roman-style façade at its main entrance, with ten columns overlooking Bessey Hall. It was constructed using Indiana limestene with a red brick exterior, matching most surrounding buildings.
In 1987, the university announced a renovation of the Coliseum alongside plans for an adjacent recreation center. Renovations included expanding and repairing the swimming pool, which was condemned in 1986, adding additional offices, and installing an overhead jogging track in the main arena. Construction began in 1989 and was completed in 1992.
Since volleyball vacated the arena in 2013, it is no longer the primary home venue for any varsity athletic programs, though it is used as a practice facility and office space by Nebraska's gymnastics teams. It was incorporated into the university's Campus Recreation Center and is attached to Cook Pavilion.
Nebraska hosted its first event at the unfinished arena on February 6, 1926, a basketball game against Kansas. A crowd of 5,000, the largest for a basketball game in school history at the time, packed into temporary bleachers to see a 25–14 Jayhawks victory. When construction was completed months later, the Coliseum could hold 8,000 spectators.
Nebraska's basketball program was generally unsuccessful in its fifty years at the Coliseum, though a nine-day stretch in 1958 produced two of the most memorable games in school history, wins over Wilt Chamberlain-led Kansas and top-ranked Kansas State. Nebraska moved to the NU Sports Complex (later dedicated as the Bob Devaney Sports Center) when it was completed in 1976.
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Nebraska Coliseum
The Nebraska Coliseum (NU Coliseum) is an arena on the campus of the University of Nebraska–Lincoln in Lincoln, Nebraska. It most notably served as the home venue of the school's men's basketball and volleyball teams. Since volleyball was moved to the larger Bob Devaney Sports Center in 2013, the Coliseum has been primarily used for student recreation.
Shortly after the end of World War I, the University of Nebraska began planning a million-dollar stadium complex that included a gymnasium and museum. The state, which initially set aside $250,000, was forced to back out of its commitment during an agricultural depression through the early 1920s, and the project was scaled back to just a football stadium.
Planning for a standalone arena, to be located just northeast of Memorial Stadium, began the year after the stadium's completion at the suggestion of Athletic Board member John Selleck. It was designed by architects Ellery L. Davis and Walter Wilson, both university alumni who had worked on several campus buildings, including Memorial Stadium.
The Nebraska Coliseum, funded using gate receipt revenue from 1923 football games, broke ground in 1924 and opened in early 1926 to serve as the home venue of Nebraska's indoor sports programs. The new arena featured a Roman-style façade at its main entrance, with ten columns overlooking Bessey Hall. It was constructed using Indiana limestene with a red brick exterior, matching most surrounding buildings.
In 1987, the university announced a renovation of the Coliseum alongside plans for an adjacent recreation center. Renovations included expanding and repairing the swimming pool, which was condemned in 1986, adding additional offices, and installing an overhead jogging track in the main arena. Construction began in 1989 and was completed in 1992.
Since volleyball vacated the arena in 2013, it is no longer the primary home venue for any varsity athletic programs, though it is used as a practice facility and office space by Nebraska's gymnastics teams. It was incorporated into the university's Campus Recreation Center and is attached to Cook Pavilion.
Nebraska hosted its first event at the unfinished arena on February 6, 1926, a basketball game against Kansas. A crowd of 5,000, the largest for a basketball game in school history at the time, packed into temporary bleachers to see a 25–14 Jayhawks victory. When construction was completed months later, the Coliseum could hold 8,000 spectators.
Nebraska's basketball program was generally unsuccessful in its fifty years at the Coliseum, though a nine-day stretch in 1958 produced two of the most memorable games in school history, wins over Wilt Chamberlain-led Kansas and top-ranked Kansas State. Nebraska moved to the NU Sports Complex (later dedicated as the Bob Devaney Sports Center) when it was completed in 1976.
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