Coleman Coliseum is a 15,043-seat multi-purpose arena in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. The arena opened in 1968 as a replacement for Foster Auditorium. It is home to the University of Alabama Crimson Tide basketball, gymnastics, and volleyball teams. ARENA may refer to either: Nationalist Republican Alliance, a political party in El Salvador. ... Tuscaloosa is a city in west central Alabama in the southern United States. ... 1968 (MCMLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1968 calendar). ... Foster Auditorium is a multi-purpose facility at the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. ... The University of Alabama (also known as Alabama, UA or colloquially as Bama) is a public coeducational university located in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. ... Sara Giauro shoots a three-point shot, FIBA Europe Cup for Women Finals 2005. ... Artistic gymnastics is a discipline of gymnastics in which competitors perform short routines (ranging from approximately 30 to 90 seconds) on different apparatus, obviously less for vaulting (see lists below). ... It has been suggested that History of volleyball be merged into this article or section. ...

In addition to sports, Coleman Coliseum is used for other events including concerts (seating capacity 16,000), commencement exercises, alumni gatherings, student convocations, operas, ballets and orations by political figures. President Ronald Reagan visited Coleman Coliseum during the mid-1980s, the Coliseum has been used as an annual bass tournament weigh-in spot, and a Travis Tritt music video was filmed here. The stadium hosted the NCAA Basketball Tournament three times, as a regional site in 1974 and as a sub-regional in 1975 and 1981. A concert comprises a performance, usually involving some degree of formality, and particularly a performance featuring music. ... Seating capacity refers to the number of people who can be seated in a specific space, either in terms of the space available, or in terms of limitations set by law. ... Abraham Lincoln, 16th President of the United States (1861-1865) The majority of this article is about heads of states. ... Ronald Wilson Reagan (February 6, 1911 – June 5, 2004) was the 40th President of the United States (1981–1989) and the 33rd Governor of California (1967–1975). ... The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view. ... James Travis Tritt (born February 9, 1963) is a successful American country music singer. ... The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA, often pronounced N-C-Double-A or N-C-Two-A) is a voluntary association of about 1200 institutions, conferences, organizations and individuals that organizes the athletics programs of many colleges and universities in the United States. ...

Coleman Coliseum was named for Jefferson Jackson Coleman, a prominent alumnus. Until his death, in 1995 he was the only person that had attended every Alabama bowl game, starting with the Rose Bowl game on January 1, 1926. Jeff went on to serve the university in many capacities, from Business Manager of the football team to Director of Alumni Affairs, for almost 50 years. He was one of the first pledges at the Delta Chi Fraternity at Alabama and "AA" Emeritus for the National Fraternity. 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Rose Bowl is an annual American college football game, usually played on January 1 (New Years Day) at the stadium of the same name in Pasadena, California. ... January 1 is the first day of the calendar year in both the Julian and Gregorian calendars. ... 1926 (MCMXXVI) was a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... Delta Chi (ΔΧ) (del-ta Kai) is an international fraternity formed on October 13, 1890 at Cornell University as a fraternity for law students. ... The terms fraternity and sorority (from the Latin words frater and soror, meaning brother and sister respectively) may be used to describe many social and charitable organizations, for example the Lions Club, Epsilon Sigma Alpha, Rotary International, Ordo Templi Orientis or the Shriners. ...

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It is recognizable on television for its "striped" ceiling (a result of bands of acoustical tiles) and the two scoreboards behind each endline, both of which intersperse ads, video boards and scoring information with the familiar "R-O-L-L T-I-D-E" in large lit letters. The letters light up as a noise meter during games, with the "E" in "TIDE" being red, as a sort of overload light.

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