Colonial Life Arena (Credits: Wikipedia)
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The Colonial Life Arena is a multi-purpose arena in Columbia, South Carolina, primarily home to the University of South Carolina men’s and women’s basketball teams. It is going to host the WWE Monday Night Raw tonight.
It opened as a replacement for the Carolina Coliseum with Carolina Center in 2002. Now it’s going to host the after Elimination Chamber Monday Night Raw tonight. It is an 18000 seat arena that can also host various events, including conferences, concerts and graduation ceremonies. For other events, it can go till 19000.
The Arena first opened on November 22, 2002, with the season opener of the South Carolina women’s basketball team. It is the largest Arena in South Carolina and the eighth largest campus college arena.
Apart from Basketball. The Colonial Life Arena also hosted The South Carolina High School Basketball Championships every year. In addition, the facility is also built to host ice hockey games.
The Arena was ranked 22nd in the world in ticket sales in 2003, and it was ranked #1 in Carolinas and #2 university arena in the world based on ticket sales.
Colonial Arena has included Disney on Ice, High School Musical: The Concert, Sesame Street, American Idols Live. And now, for the first time in more than 10 years, Monday Night Raw returns with the “Beast Incarnate” Brock Lesnar. The fans will also be seeing Big E and Raw Tag Team Champions RK-Bro vs Bobby Lashley, Seth Freaking Rollins and Kevin Owens.
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