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Alumni Coliseum 
Location Eastern Kentucky University
521 Lancaster Ave
Richmond, Kentucky 40475Broke ground 1963 Opened September 23, 1963 Owner Eastern Kentucky University Operator Eastern Kentucky University Surface Wood Construction cost $3,244,623 (1963) Architect Hartstern, Louis, and Henry Capacity 6,500 Tenants Eastern Kentucky Colonels (NCAA) (1963–present) 
McBrayer Arena - Interior (2004)
McBrayer Arena - Interior (2006)Alumni Coliseum is a multi-use sports arena located on the campus of Eastern Kentucky University in Richmond, Kentucky, USA. Built in 1963, the Paul S. McBrayer Arena located inside Alumni Coliseum, is capable of seating around 6,500 people in both chairback seats and on wooden benches (8,000 for concerts).The arena's ceiling is made completely of wooden beams and is believed to be the largest of its kind in existence. It was named for the former EKU Men's Basketball Coach Paul McBrayer who compiled a record of 219-144. The floor graphics were updated for the 2005-06 seasons and the banners were redone to be more unified.
The arena is home to the Eastern Kentucky Colonels men's and women's nasketball team, and the women's volleyball team. Alumni Coliseum is also home to the annual All "A" Classic High School Basketball tournament, which draws schools from all over the state to the university's campus, as well as the KHSAA Region 5 Swimming and Diving Championships.
The arena has also hosted musical performers, most recently including 3 Doors Down, O.A.R. (Of A Revolution), Diamond Rio, Nappy Roots and The Black Eyed Peas. It also hosted the Ohio Valley Conference men's basketball tournament in 1979.
The Donald Combs Natatorium, located behind the basketball arena, is the former home of the university's swimming and diving team and is now used predominantly for EKU recreation and the Model Laboratory School Swim team. The natatorium houses a 6 lane 25 yard swimming pool as well as one and three meter diving boards.
The Alumni Coliseum also houses four other basketball courts in an auxiliary gymnasium, an outdoor swimming pool, eight classrooms, the Chad Bratzke Student Academic Athletic Success Center, and twenty additional offices.
References
Source: Eastern Kentucky University Athletic Department
Basketball arenas of the Ohio Valley Conference Dunn Center (Austin Peay) • Lantz Arena (Eastern Illinois) • Alumni Coliseum (Eastern Kentucky) • Pete Mathews Coliseum (Jacksonville State) • Ellis Johnson Arena (Morehead State) • CFSB Center (Murray State) • Vadalabene Center (SIU Edwardsville) • Show Me Center (Southeast Missouri State) • Gentry Complex (Tennessee State) • Eblen Center (Tennessee Tech) • Skyhawk Arena (UT Martin)
College basketball venues in Kentucky Division I Big East SEC Rupp Arena (Kentucky men) • Memorial Coliseum (Kentucky women)
OVC CFSB Center (Murray State) Ellis Johnson Arena (Morehead State) • Alumni Coliseum (Eastern Kentucky) •
Sun Belt Division II GLVC Knights Hall (Bellarmine) • Owensboro Sports Center (Kentucky Wesleyan) • The Bank of Kentucky Center (Northern Kentucky)
SIAC William Exum Center (Kentucky State)
Division III Heartland Clive M. Beck Center (Transylvania)
Presidents Connor Convocation Center (Thomas More)
SCAC Alumni Gymnasium (Centre)
NAIA Appalachian John M. Robsion Arena (Union)
KIAC Campus Center (Brescia) • George E. Luce Physical Activities Center (Asbury) • Grady Nutt Athletic Center (Alice Lloyd) • Marshall Gymnasium (Midway) • Seabury Center (Berea)
Mid-South Alumni Gymnasium (Georgetown) • Biggers Sports Center (Lindsey Wilson) • College Gymnasium (Pikeville) • Lourdes Hall (St. Catharine) • O. Wayne Rollins Center (Cumberlands) • Powell Athletic Center (Campbellsville)
Categories:- College basketball venues in the United States
- Eastern Kentucky Colonels
- Basketball venues in Kentucky
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