Williams Arena at Minges Coliseum
Williams Arena at Minges Coliseum is a stadium in North Carolina, United States that opened in 1968. Its recorded capacity is 8,000.
Key facts
Williams Arena at Minges Coliseum is a stadium in North Carolina, United States that opened in 1968. Its recorded capacity is 8,000. It is owned by East Carolina University and East Carolina University. It is operated by East Carolina University. The venue does not currently carry a sponsor name. Current tenants are East Carolina Pirates women's basketball, East Carolina Pirates men's basketball, East Carolina Pirates, 2009–10 East Carolina Pirates men's basketball team, 2010–11 East Carolina Pirates men's basketball team, 2011–12 East Carolina Pirates men's basketball team, 2012–13 East Carolina Pirates men's basketball team, 2013–14 East Carolina Pirates men's basketball team, 2014–15 East Carolina Pirates men's basketball team, 2014–15 East Carolina Pirates women's basketball team, 2015–16 East Carolina Pirates men's basketball team, 2015–16 East Carolina Pirates women's basketball team, 2016–17 East Carolina Pirates women's basketball team, 2016–17 East Carolina Pirates men's basketball team.
- Location
- North Carolina, United States
- Type
- Stadium
- Capacity
- 8,000
- Opened
- 1968
- Status
- Active
- Current owner
- East Carolina University, East Carolina University
- Naming rights
- No current sponsor name
- Name changes
- 0
Williams Arena at Minges Coliseum is at latitude 35.5974, longitude -77.3672, in North Carolina, 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 | 35.5974 |
| Longitude | -77.3672 |
| City | North Carolina |
| Region | North Carolina |
| Country | United States |
| OpenStreetMap object | Not recorded |
| Footprint geometry | Not yet exported by the pipeline |
Naming rights
No naming history is recorded for this venue.
Ownership and operation
| Role | Organization | Period | Status | Confidence | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Owner | East Carolina University | 1968 to present | Current | Wikidata statement | Source |
| Owner | East Carolina University | Present | Current | Wikipedia infobox | Source |
| Operator | East Carolina University | Present | Current | Wikipedia infobox | Source |
Tenants
Recorded changes
20 changes to this venue have been recorded by the monthly pipeline runs.
| Date | Table | Field | From | To | Month |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 43624 | 2026-09 |
| 29 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 43623 | 2026-09 |
| 28 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 40374 | 2026-09 |
| 28 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 40373 | 2026-09 |
| 28 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 40372 | 2026-09 |
| 28 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 40371 | 2026-09 |
| 28 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 40370 | 2026-09 |
| 28 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 40369 | 2026-09 |
| 28 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 40368 | 2026-09 |
| 28 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 40367 | 2026-09 |
| 28 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 40366 | 2026-09 |
| 28 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 40365 | 2026-09 |
| 28 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 40364 | 2026-09 |
| 28 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 40363 | 2026-09 |
| 28 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 40362 | 2026-09 |
| 28 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 40361 | 2026-09 |
| 28 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 40360 | 2026-09 |
| 28 September 2026 | venues | wikipedia_revid | not set | 1372251998 | 2026-09 |
| 28 September 2026 | venues | wikipedia_title | Williams_Arena_at_Minges_Coliseum | Williams Arena at Minges Coliseum | 2026-09 |
| 28 September 2026 | venue_competitions | (created) | not set | 497 | 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: