Hope Coliseum
Hope Coliseum is a indoor arena in Morgantown, United States that opened in 1970. Its recorded capacity is 14,000.
Key facts
Hope Coliseum is a indoor arena in Morgantown, United States that opened in 1970. Its recorded capacity is 14,000. It is owned by West Virginia University and West Virginia University. It is operated by West Virginia University and West Virginia University. The venue does not currently carry a sponsor name. It has been known by 2 names in total, including WVU Coliseum. Current tenants are West Virginia Mountaineers, Men's gymnastics, Wrestling, Utah Utes women's basketball, Utah Utes women's volleyball, West Virginia Mountaineers, 2007–08 West Virginia Mountaineers men's basketball team, 2008–09 West Virginia Mountaineers men's basketball team, 2009–10 West Virginia Mountaineers men's basketball team, 2010–11 West Virginia Mountaineers men's basketball team, 2011–12 West Virginia Mountaineers men's basketball team, 2012–13 West Virginia Mountaineers men's basketball team, West Virginia Mountaineers men's basketball, 2013–14 West Virginia Mountaineers men's basketball team, 2013–14 West Virginia Mountaineers women's basketball team, West Virginia Mountaineers women's basketball, 2014–15 West Virginia Mountaineers men's basketball team, 2014–15 West Virginia Mountaineers women's basketball team, 2015–16 West Virginia Mountaineers men's basketball team, 2015–16 West Virginia Mountaineers women's basketball team, 2016–17 West Virginia Mountaineers women's basketball team, 2016–17 West Virginia Mountaineers men's basketball team, 2017–18 West Virginia Mountaineers men's basketball team, 2017–18 West Virginia Mountaineers women's basketball team, 2018–19 West Virginia Mountaineers men's basketball team, 2018–19 West Virginia Mountaineers women's basketball team, West Virginia Mountaineers women's volleyball.
- Location
- Morgantown, United States
- Type
- Indoor arena
- Capacity
- 14,000
- Opened
- 1970
- Status
- Active
- Current owner
- West Virginia University, West Virginia University
- Naming rights
- No current sponsor name
- Name changes
- 0
- Playing surface
- Hardwood
Hope Coliseum is at latitude 39.649385, longitude -79.981445, in Morgantown, United States. The marker is drawn from the recorded coordinates. The building outline appears here once OpenStreetMap footprint geometry is available for this venue.
Data table for this chart
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Latitude | 39.649385 |
| Longitude | -79.981445 |
| City | Morgantown |
| Region | Morgantown |
| Country | United States |
| OpenStreetMap object | Not recorded |
| Footprint geometry | Not yet exported by the pipeline |
Technology
| Feature | Recorded as | Confidence | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Surface | Hardwood | Wikipedia infobox | Source |
See the venue technology guides for how these work.
Naming rights
Hope Coliseum has carried 1 recorded name. WVU Coliseum (no sponsor) ran 1970 to 2025. The average tenure of a name here is 55 years.
Data table for this chart
| Name | Sponsor | Period | Deal value | Term | Confidence | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WVU Coliseum | None | 1970 to 2025 | Not published | Not published | Wikipedia infobox | Source |
Ownership and operation
| Role | Organization | Period | Status | Confidence | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Owner | West Virginia University | 2000 to present | Current | Wikidata statement | Source |
| Owner | West Virginia University | Present | Current | Wikipedia infobox | Source |
| Operator | West Virginia University | 2000 to present | Current | Wikidata statement | Source |
| Operator | West Virginia University | Present | Current | Wikipedia infobox | Source |
Tenants
Recorded changes
40 changes to this venue have been recorded by the monthly pipeline runs.
| Date | Table | Field | From | To | Month |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 October 2026 | venue_features | (created) | not set | 2361 | 2026-10 |
| 28 September 2026 | venue_names | source_date | 2026-09-23 | 2026-09-28 | 2026-09 |
| 24 September 2026 | venue_roles | (deleted) | 34810 | not set | 2026-09 |
| 23 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 34812 | 2026-09 |
| 23 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 34811 | 2026-09 |
| 23 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 34810 | 2026-09 |
| 23 September 2026 | venue_names | source_date | 2026-09-20 | 2026-09-23 | 2026-09 |
| 23 September 2026 | venues | opened_year | 2000 | 1970 | 2026-09 |
| 23 September 2026 | venues | wikipedia_revid | not set | 1372204048 | 2026-09 |
| 23 September 2026 | venues | wikipedia_title | Hope_Coliseum | Hope Coliseum | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_names | (created) | not set | WVU Coliseum | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 22334 | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 22333 | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 22332 | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 22331 | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 22330 | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 15398 | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 15397 | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 15396 | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 15395 | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 15394 | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 15393 | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 15392 | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 15391 | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 15390 | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 15389 | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 15388 | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 15387 | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 15386 | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 15385 | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 15384 | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 15383 | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 15382 | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 15381 | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 15380 | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 15379 | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 15378 | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 15377 | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 15376 | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 15375 | 2026-09 |
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:
- Wikidata: CC0 1.0. Data from Wikidata, released under CC0 1.0 Universal.
- OpenStreetMap: ODbL 1.0. © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the Open Database License (ODbL 1.0). See https://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright.
- Wikipedia: CC BY-SA 4.0. Text from Wikipedia, available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License.
Row-level sources used for this venue: