- Collection:
- Historic Architecture and Landscapes of Georgia: The Hubert Bond Owens and John Linley Image Collections at the Owens Library
- Title:
- Stegeman Coliseum (University of Georgia)
- Creator:
- Owens, Hubert B.
- Date of Original:
- 1964-08
- Subject:
- University of Georgia
Thompson & Street Company (Atlanta, Ga.)
International Style (modern European architecture style)
Concrete
Steel
Iron alloy
Metal
Arenas
Sports buildings
Recreation buildings
Architecture--Georgia--Athens
Architecture--Georgia--Clarke County - People:
- Aderhold, O. C., 1899-1969
Vandiver, S. Ernest (Samuel Ernest), 1918-2005
Stegeman, Herman James - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Clarke County, Athens, 33.96095, -83.37794
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Located at: University of Georgia, Athens, Ga.
Completed in 1964 for more than four million dollars, the Coliseum seats 11,200, houses the coaching staffs of most athletic teams at the University and hosts a wide variety of cultural and recreational activities. Stegeman Coliseum began as a request in 1952 by University of Georgia president O. C. Aderhold to the Board of Regents for an agricultural center. In 1960, Governor Ernest Vandiver recommended to the General Assembly that money be appropriated to build the Coliseum. The Coliseum was designed by Cooper-Barrett-Skinner-Woodbury & Cooper of Atlanta and built by Thompson & Street Company of Atlanta and Charlotte. The roof, composed of concrete with a synthetic rubber coating is free-standing above the building, supported on two diagonal parabolic arches that span 384 feet. The exterior walls are concrete panels, pre-cast on site. On three sides of the building, the roof cantilevers over the walls by up to fifty feet. The front elevation is curved, and the roof overhang is twelve feet. The main arches and their foundations are reinforced concrete, anchored in a concrete foundation embedded in solid rock. Nearly four thousand triangular concrete units form the roof. Designed primarily as an arena for agricultural exhibitions, the Coliseum was also designated for student assemblies and sporting events. Completion was delayed a year by below-strength concrete in the foundations and buttresses, and the Coliseum was finally opened in 1964. Just seven days afterward, the seventy-five thousand dollar sprayed-on roof began to leak; it was found to be too thin to withstand expansion and contraction of the roof due to temperature changes. In March 1996, the University of Georgia Coliseum was renamed in honor of Herman James Stegeman, a successful coach and dean at the University of Georgia.
Slide annotated: "Athens U. of Ga. Colliseum."
Date of structure: 1964. - Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_larc_hbo0238
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_larc_hbo0238#item
- IIIF manifest:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_larc_hbo0238/presentation/manifest.json
- Bibliographic Citation (Cite As):
- Cite as: [title of image], Hubert B. Owens Collection, Box 45, Owens Library, School of Environment and Design, The University of Georgia
- Extent:
- 1 slide : color
- Holding Institution:
- Owens Library
- Rights:
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