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Colonial Life Arena

Colonial Life Arena is a arena in Columbia, United States that opened in 2002. Its recorded capacity is 18,000.

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Colonial Life Arena
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Key facts

Colonial Life Arena is a arena in Columbia, United States that opened in 2002. Its recorded capacity is 18,000. It is owned by University of South Carolina and University of South Carolina. It is operated by OVG360 and Comcast Spectacor. The venue does not currently carry a sponsor name. It has been known by 3 names in total, including Carolina Center, Colonial Center. Current tenants are South Carolina Gamecocks, South Carolina Gamecocks women's basketball, South Carolina Gamecocks men's basketball, South Carolina Gamecocks, 2008–09 South Carolina Gamecocks men's basketball team, 2009–10 South Carolina Gamecocks men's basketball team, 2010–11 South Carolina Gamecocks men's basketball team, 2011–12 South Carolina Gamecocks men's basketball team, 2012–13 South Carolina Gamecocks men's basketball team, 2013–14 South Carolina Gamecocks men's basketball team, 2013–14 South Carolina Gamecocks women's basketball team, 2014–15 South Carolina Gamecocks men's basketball team, 2014–15 South Carolina Gamecocks women's basketball team, 2015–16 South Carolina Gamecocks men's basketball team, 2015–16 South Carolina Gamecocks women's basketball team, 2016–17 South Carolina Gamecocks women's basketball team, 2016–17 South Carolina Gamecocks men's basketball team, 2017–18 South Carolina Gamecocks men's basketball team, 2018–19 South Carolina Gamecocks men's basketball team.

Location
Columbia, United States
Type
Arena
Capacity
18,000
Opened
2002
Status
Active
Current owner
University of South Carolina, University of South Carolina
Naming rights
No current sponsor name
Name changes
1
Location of Colonial Life Arena
Colonial Life Arena

Colonial Life Arena is at latitude 33.995, longitude -81.037222, in Columbia, United States. The marker is drawn from the recorded coordinates. The building outline appears here once OpenStreetMap footprint geometry is available for this venue.

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Recorded location of Colonial Life Arena
FieldValue
Latitude33.995
Longitude-81.037222
CityColumbia
RegionColumbia
CountryUnited States
OpenStreetMap objectNot recorded
Footprint geometryNot yet exported by the pipeline

Naming rights

Naming history of Colonial Life Arena
200220142026Carolina Center (2002 to 2003)Colonial Center (2003 to 2008)

Colonial Life Arena has carried 2 recorded names. Carolina Center (no sponsor) ran 2002 to 2003. Colonial Center (no sponsor) ran 2003 to 2008. The average tenure of a name here is 3 years.

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Every recorded name of Colonial Life Arena, with sponsor, dates and source
NameSponsorPeriodDeal valueTermConfidenceSource
Carolina CenterNone2002 to 2003Not publishedNot publishedWikipedia infoboxSource
Colonial CenterNone2003 to 2008Not publishedNot publishedWikipedia infoboxSource

Ownership and operation

Owners and operators of Colonial Life Arena, past and present
RoleOrganizationPeriodStatusConfidenceSource
OwnerUniversity of South Carolina2002 to presentCurrentWikidata statementSource
OwnerUniversity of South CarolinaPresentCurrentWikipedia infoboxSource
OperatorComcast Spectacor2002 to presentCurrentWikidata statementSource
OperatorOVG360PresentCurrentWikipedia infoboxSource

Tenants

Tenants of Colonial Life Arena and the competitions they play in
TenantCompetitionsPeriodStatusSource
South Carolina GamecocksNot mappedPresentCurrentSource
South Carolina Gamecocks women's basketballNot mapped2002 to presentCurrentSource
South Carolina Gamecocks men's basketballNot mapped2002 to presentCurrentSource
South Carolina GamecocksNot mapped2002 to presentCurrentSource
2008–09 South Carolina Gamecocks men's basketball teamNot mapped2002 to presentCurrentSource
2009–10 South Carolina Gamecocks men's basketball teamNot mapped2002 to presentCurrentSource
2010–11 South Carolina Gamecocks men's basketball teamNot mapped2002 to presentCurrentSource
2011–12 South Carolina Gamecocks men's basketball teamNot mapped2002 to presentCurrentSource
2012–13 South Carolina Gamecocks men's basketball teamNot mapped2002 to presentCurrentSource
2013–14 South Carolina Gamecocks men's basketball teamNot mapped2002 to presentCurrentSource
2013–14 South Carolina Gamecocks women's basketball teamNot mapped2002 to presentCurrentSource
2014–15 South Carolina Gamecocks men's basketball teamNot mapped2002 to presentCurrentSource
2014–15 South Carolina Gamecocks women's basketball teamNot mapped2002 to presentCurrentSource
2015–16 South Carolina Gamecocks men's basketball teamNot mapped2002 to presentCurrentSource
2015–16 South Carolina Gamecocks women's basketball teamNot mapped2002 to presentCurrentSource
2016–17 South Carolina Gamecocks women's basketball teamNot mapped2002 to presentCurrentSource
2016–17 South Carolina Gamecocks men's basketball teamNot mapped2002 to presentCurrentSource
2017–18 South Carolina Gamecocks men's basketball teamNot mapped2002 to presentCurrentSource
2018–19 South Carolina Gamecocks men's basketball teamNot mapped2002 to presentCurrentSource

Recorded changes

35 changes to this venue have been recorded by the monthly pipeline runs.

Change log for Colonial Life Arena
DateTableFieldFromToMonth
28 September 2026venue_namessource_date2026-09-232026-09-282026-09
28 September 2026venue_namessource_date2026-09-232026-09-282026-09
24 September 2026org_aliases(deleted)Columbia Stingersnot set2026-09
24 September 2026venue_roles(deleted)34571not set2026-09
23 September 2026venue_roles(created)not set345712026-09
23 September 2026org_aliases(created)not set27632026-09
23 September 2026venue_namessource_date2026-09-202026-09-232026-09
23 September 2026venue_namessource_date2026-09-202026-09-232026-09
23 September 2026venueswikipedia_revidnot set13720770632026-09
23 September 2026venueswikipedia_titleColonial_Life_ArenaColonial Life Arena2026-09
20 September 2026venue_names(created)not setColonial Center2026-09
20 September 2026venue_names(created)not setCarolina Center2026-09
20 September 2026venue_roles(created)not set215712026-09
20 September 2026venue_roles(created)not set215702026-09
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Sources and licenses

Every ownership, naming and sponsorship row on this page carries the URL it was derived from. The site as a whole is built from these sources:

Row-level sources used for this venue:

Wikipedia article: Colonial Life Arena (revision 1372077063). Wikidata item: Q1110887.

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