Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets Basketball - Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets Basketball Venues, Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets Men's Basketball (Paperback)

Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets Basketball Venues, Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets Men's Basketball, Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets Women's Basketball, Alexander Memorial Coliseum, 2009-10 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets Women's Basketball Team, Brad Nessler. Not illustrated. Excerpt: Alexander Memorial Coliseum - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The 270-foot diameter Alexander Coliseum opened in 1956 at the intersection of 10th Street and Fowler on the northeast end of the Georgia Tech campus. It served as a replacement for the Third Street Gymnasium (later known as the Heisman Gym) on the campus of Georgia Tech, an 1,800 seat arena opened just eighteen years before. (That gym was demolished in 1994 to make way for the expansion of the north stands at Bobby Dodd Stadium.) The arena's original capacity was 6,996 seats, though crowds larger than that sometimes assembled for big games. It has undergone three major renovations. In 1986, 2150 seats were added in what was previously an upper walkway around the rim of the arena. In 19891990, 750 seats were added in the endzone areas. The last major renovation was during 19951996, prior to the 1996 Summer Olympics. The floor was lowered four feet to increase seating, twelve luxury suites were added, and many of the benches were replaced with chairback seats. Sightlines were also improved for those sitting in the first few rows of the side of the court opposite the benches. Connected to the south end of the Coliseum are the Luck Building, constructed in the 1980s, and the Coliseum Annex, which was constructed slightly before the Coliseum itself. The Coliseum Annex houses locker rooms, a practice gym, and the offices of Georgia Tech Facilities. The top floor of the Coliseum Annex housed the studios of radio station... More: http://booksllc.net/?id=759806