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Facts & Figures

Greensboro Coliseum Complex- Facts & Figures

Founded:
Annual Number of Events:
Total Attendance Since 1959:
Seating Capacity of Coliseum:
Seating Capacity of War Memorial Auditorium:
Size of Special Events Center:
Size of Pavilion:
Coliseum Levels:
Coliseum Lower Level Seating:
Coliseum Upper Level Seating:
Coliseum - Distance Floor to Ceiling:
Coliseum - Distance End to End:
Coliseum -Distance Side to Side:
Coliseum Total Square Feet:
Coliseum Total Cubic Feet:
Coliseum Farthest Seat:

1959
850
over 57 million
23,500
2,400
167,000 square feet (150,000 sq. ft of exhibition space)
30,000 square feet
2 public/1 private service level
9,316
13,579
85 feet
212 feet on floor
99 feet on floor
450,000
18,000,000
240 feet from mid-court

EVENTS GALLERY

Greensboro Coliseum All-Time Concert Attendance Records

Artist

1. Phish
2. Backstreet Boys
3. Jimmy Buffett & The Coral Reefer Band
4. Bon Jovi with special guest Daughtry
5. Billy Joel & Elton John
6. The Dixie Chicks
7. Jimmy Buffett & The Coral Reefer Band
8. George Strait
9. Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band
10. Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band
11. Superjam
12. Miley Cyrus
13. Superjam
14. Elton John
15. Shania Twain
16. The Dead
17. The Who
18. Led Zeppelin
19. The Rolling Stones
20. Elton John

Date

3/1/03
2/2/00
2/17/01
3/16/08
4/28/01
5/17/03
4/20/02
1/20/07
11/16/02
5/2/09
6/19/09
11/22/09
6/27/08
11/8/74
11/20/99
4/12/09
11/28/75
1/29/75
7/31/75
7/13/76

Attendance

23,642
22,450
22,221
22,115
21,935
21,473
20,455
19,896
19,271
18,431
18,279
17,835
17,787
17,611
17,533
17,519
17,504
17,500
17,500
17,500

College Basketball Postseason History

NCAA Men’s Tournament

Final Four (1) – 1974

East Regionals (3) - 1976, 1979. 1998

First & Second Rounds (8) - 1980, 1983, 1986, 1989, 1992, 2001, 2006, 2009

NCAA Women’s Tournament

Regionals (3) - 1999, 2007, 2008

ACC Tournaments

Men’s Basketball

(22*) 1967, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1982, 1984, 1986, 1988, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2010
* most of any venue

Women’s Basketball

(11) 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010