Kerra Jones
June 26, 2014
Built in 1950, Memorial Coliseum is used for several different
purposes. There are several different things that are appealing to the eyes of
the students here at the University of Kentucky, but on thing that the students
forget is why the building was built in the first place.
The Memorial Coliseum was built around several
different years ago to honor over a 10,000 veterans in Kentucky who were killed
in the Korean Conflict, World War I and World War II. The arena was made to
seat around 12,000, making this one of the largest arenas in the South.
Shortly after the arena was given the option to reduce the size by almost 2,000
seats even though the arena would be packed for every event full of
students who are ready to watch the University of Kentucky athletics.
Even though the seating was cut down, several things
improved in the arena. The renovators added on a weight training room,
athlete locker rooms, coach offices and team meeting rooms. Before Rupp Arena
was built, the men’s basketball team also expressed their talent in the
Memorial Coliseum. Once Rupp Arena along with the Lancaster Aquatics
Center was built, it gave Memorial Coliseum the opportunity to have most
student activities and involvement on campus.
Sources:http://calendar.kentucky.com/lexington_ky/venues/show/540874-university-of-kentucky-memorial-coliseum
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memorial_Coliseum_(University_of_Kentucky)
Great blog post Kerra! I am very interested in Memorial Coliseum now. I want to know if the same things about the Memorial Coliseum that interested me, are the same thing that interested you to write about the Memorial Coliseum. I feel as though this a good blog post, but you should expand a little more, and you made a few mistakes. In the first paragraph you put on instead of one. I would like to know what the Korean Conflict is. During the time it was built how long was it the largest arena in the South before another was built. Also why was the seats reduced? Why did they reduce the seats but improved everything else? Great job on the post Kerra. Please let me know the answers to my questions.
ReplyDeleteKerra, Great summary, but what are some of the questions and interests that you have in the space?
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