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Opened
  
6 December 1965

Phone
  
+1 601-266-5017

Capacity
  
8,095

Reed Green Coliseum

Location
  
112 Coliseum Drive Hattiesburg, Mississippi

Operator
  
University of Southern Mississippi

Address
  
M.K.Turk Cir, Hattiesburg, MS 39401, USA

Hours
  
Closed today SundayClosedMonday8AM–5:30PMTuesday8AM–5:30PMWednesday8AM–5:30PMThursday8AM–5:30PMFriday8AM–5:30PMSaturdayClosedSuggest an edit

Owner
  
University of Southern Mississippi

Team
  
Southern Miss Golden Eagles men's basketball

Similar
  
Thomas Assembly Center, Cam Henderson Center, Tudor Fieldhouse, M M Roberts Stadium, Bartow Arena

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Reed Green Coliseum is an 8,095-seat multi-purpose arena in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, United States. Affectionately referred to by fans and local sportswriters as "The Yurt", it opened on December 6, 1965 and is home to the University of Southern Mississippi (USM) Golden Eagles basketball team. Prior to the Coliseum, USM's teams played at the USM Sports Arena, a 3,200-seat arena opened in 1949.

It is the Hattiesburg area's premier sports and entertainment venue. It is named for Reed Green, who attended the university and went on to serve as its coach and athletics director. Subsequent renovations over the years, which brought larger dressing rooms, officials' areas and a meeting room, for members of the Eagles Club, have kept Green Coliseum one of the area's main events venues with more renovations to follow.

It is also used for graduation ceremonies, civic events and concerts. As a concert venue, the coliseum can seat nearly 9,100.

The arena played host to the final show of the Rolling Thunder Revue tour, headed by Bob Dylan, on May 1, 1976.

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Reed Green Coliseum Wikipedia