Greensboro Coliseum

The Greensboro Coliseum is an indoor arena in Greensboro, North Carolina. The arena was the home of the Carolina Hurricanes from 1997-1999 and the long-time home of the ACC Men's Basketball tournament (which has begun to rotate arenas in recent years) and hosted the 1974 NCAA Men's Final Four. Originally built in 1959, the arena was heavily renovated in 1993. At the time of construction, it was one of the largest arenas in the country. Today, the arena seats 21,273 for ice hockey, and close to 23,500 for basketball.

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Indoor arena - Greensboro, North Carolina - Arena - Carolina Hurricanes - 1997 - 1999 - ACC - 1974 - Final Four - 1959 - 1993 - Ice hockey - Basketball

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The arena served as the temporary home for the Hurricanes after a sudden move from Hartford, Connecticut, while the team waited for the RBC Center to be completed. The arena, far from the team's intended home in the Raleigh-Durham area, rarely sold out. In the 1998-99 season, the team actually curtained off most of the upper deck for home games in an effort to artificially create scarcity in the ticket market, force would-be attendees to purchase higher-priced tickets, and hide what national media mocked as "Green Acres" of empty seats.

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Hartford, Connecticut - RBC Center - Raleigh-Durham - Scarcity - Green Acres

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In 2005, the Coliseum was expected to house as many as 500 New Orleans evacuees following the overflow of evacuees from Raleigh.

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2005 - New Orleans evacuees - Raleigh

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