One of the first buildings visitors to Eastern Kentucky University see coming off Interstate 75 down the By-Pass is Alumni Coliseum. It’s been like that for well over a half-century. And it will remain so on the outside, but the inside is undergoing major change.
The transformation of Alumni Coliseum is well underway. Demolition on the first floor of the athletics focused facility began right after basketball season. The groundbreaking of A.C. in 1961 included a shovel in the hand of then Vice-President Lyndon Baines Johnson. And lots of bouncing balls have occurred since 1963.
