| Coors Events/Conference Center | |
|---|---|
| "The CECC" | |
| Location | Kittredge Loop Rd Boulder, CO 80309 |
| Opened | November 8, 1979 |
| Owner | University of Colorado |
| Operator | University of Colorado |
| Construction cost | $7. 7 million |
| Former names | CU Events/Conference Center (1979-90) |
| Tenants | Colorado Buffaloes (Basketball & Volleyball) |
| Capacity | 11,064 |
Coors Events Center is an 11,064-seat multi-purpose arena on the Boulder main campus of the University of Colorado. An arena is an enclosed area often circular or oval-shaped designed to showcase Theater, musical performances or sporting events Boulder is a Home Rule Municipality that is the County seat and most populous city of Boulder County, Colorado, in the United States The University of Colorado at Boulder ( CU-Boulder, UCB officially Colorado and CU colloquially is the Flagship University The arena opened in 1979, and is home to the Colorado Buffaloes men's and women's basketball teams and the volleyball team. Year 1979 ( MCMLXXIX) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1979 Gregorian calendar) Basketball is a team Sport in which two teams of five active players each try to score points against one another by propelling a ball through a 10 feet (3 m Volleyball is an Olympic team sport in which two teams of 6 active players (5 normal players and one 'libero' are separated by a net that is usually four feet
The building was renamed in September, 1990 after the Coors Brewing Company, for which Coors paid $5 million to the university. The Coors Brewing Company is a regional division of the world's fifth-largest brewing company, the Molson Coors Brewing Company. [1] The building is an eight-sided concrete structure, with two levels (the upper one being smaller) being above ground and the rest being below. Inside, the building is single-tiered. It replaced the Balch Fieldhouse, the current home of the indoor track and field team located directly adjacent to Folsom Field. Balch Fieldhouse is a 4000 at one point seating 7000 seat multi-purpose Arena in Boulder Colorado. Folsom Field is an outdoor football Stadium on the campus of the University of Colorado in Boulder Colorado.
References
- ^ D. Stanley Eitzen (2006). Fair And Foul: Beyond the Myths and Paradoxes of Sport . Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN 0742545628.
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