G. Rollie White Coliseum

G. Rollie White Coliseum
"The Holler House on the Brazos"; "Jollie Rollie"
Location	Texas A&M University; College Station, TX 77843
Owner	Texas A&M University
Operator	Texas A&M University
Capacity	7,800
Construction
Opened	1954
Closed	2013
Demolished	2013
Tenants
	Texas A&M Aggies basketball(NCAA) (1954–1997); Texas A&M Aggiesvolleyball (NCAA) (1975–2008)

TheG. Rollie White Coliseumwas an on-campus arena atTexas A&M UniversityinCollege Station,Texas,in theUnited States.Often referred to as the "Jollie Rollie" or "The Holler House on the Brazos", the arena was the home of Texas A&M's Aggievolleyballteam, which played there since its inception in 1975 until 2009. Before the building ofReed Arenain 1998, G. Rollie White was also the home to the men's and women'sbasketballteams. Demolition of the Coliseum in August, 2013 made way for the redevelopment ofKyle Field.^[1]

The building was built in 1954, and was located directly to the northeast of Kyle Field. The U-shaped building seated 7,800 in the main grandstand on three sides, with a small auxiliary bleacher section on the flat end of the building. Thesandstoneexterior was originally visible outside the northern corner of the field.

The renovation of theMemorial Student Center (MSC),directly to the north of where the coliseum stood, required the relocation of the campus bookstore, which occupied the arena floor at G. Rollie from the summer of 2009 until April 2012 when the MSC reopened. G. Rollie White hosted theNCAAvolleyball tournament ten times.

In November 2012, therequest for proposalto renovate Kyle Field called for the demolition of G. Rollie White.^[2]Began in August 2013, the demolition resulted in the removal of nine dual basketball-volleyball courts, fourteen racquetball-handball courts, four activity rooms, several classrooms, meeting rooms, and offices, although some of these were from the adjacent Read Building, which was also razed.^[3]

John David Crow,former Aggie football player and athletic director, regarded the demise of G. Rollie White as a farewell to an old friend: "I hate to see anything demolished." Crow was present when G. Rollie White opened to replaceDeWare Field House.^[3]

References

^"Kyle Field Redevelopment Timeline".Texas A&M Athletics.RetrievedAugust 24,2013.
^Texas State^{[dead link]}
^^a ^b"Kelly Brown," Aggies reminisce on G. Rollie White ahead of demolition "".Bryan-College Station Eagle.RetrievedAugust 18,2013.

External links

Texas A&M University article about the history of the coliseum

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[1] "Kyle Field Redevelopment Timeline".Texas A&M Athletics.RetrievedAugust 24,2013.

[2] Texas State^{[dead link]}

[theeagle-3] "Kelly Brown," Aggies reminisce on G. Rollie White ahead of demolition "".Bryan-College Station Eagle.RetrievedAugust 18,2013.

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