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Coliseum

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1970, C. E. Silling and Associates. West side of Monongahela Blvd. at the west end of Patteson Dr.
  • (West Virginia Collection within the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division)
  • (Photograph by Rhonda L. Reymond)
  • (Photograph by Rhonda L. Reymond)
  • (Photograph by Rhonda L. Reymond)

This large, circular arena, capable of holding 13,000 spectators at indoor sporting events, is covered with a ribbed dome supported by forty arches. Constructed of reinforced concrete, it is dramatically lit at night.

Writing Credits

Author: 
S. Allen Chambers Jr.
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Citation

S. Allen Chambers Jr., "Coliseum", [Morgantown, West Virginia], SAH Archipedia, eds. Gabrielle Esperdy and Karen Kingsley, Charlottesville: UVaP, 2012—, http://sah-archipedia.org/buildings/WV-01-ML3.1.

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