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Cassell Coliseum
Cassell Coliseum, home of Hokie basketball
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Home of Hokie basketball.
Fun facts
- •Cassell Coliseum's student section is nicknamed "The Asylum" for its intensity during ACC basketball games.
Through the years
- 1962
Opened
- 2004
Renovation and expansion
Sports history
Zabian Dowdell hit a game-winning three-pointer to stun the Blue Devils at Cassell -- one of the greatest home wins in program history
Buzz Williams led VT to the Sweet Sixteen for the first time since 1967 (played in San Jose)
Women's basketball: Kenny Brooks and Elizabeth Kitley led VT to their first-ever ACC Tournament championship
Women's basketball: VT punched their ticket to the program's first Final Four in Dallas behind Kitley's dominant performance
Cassell Coliseum's notorious student section, known for creative chants, coordinated distractions, and making visiting teams miserable. One of the toughest environments in the ACC.
Stories that happened here
- Enter Sandman and the Lane Stadium JumpA new videoboard, a Napster playlist, a lightning storm and a band member hopping to stay warm.
- The Campus Is an Argument Carried Out in RockA president thought his college looked like a shoe factory. A century later, the Board of Visitors wrote stone into policy. Every building shows who was winning the year it went up.
- Left Open ForeverThe Drillfield looks like it was always there. It was engineered: a creek valley piped, graded and promised to stay open. The creek comes back up at the Duck Pond.
On the map
Close by
A short walk from Cassell Coliseum.
Lane Stadium
Stadiums · since 1965
450 ft away
McComas Hall
Athletics · since 2007
940 ft away
Rector Field House
Athletics · since 1971
0.2 mi away
Burrows-Burleson Tennis Center
Athletics · since 2012
0.3 mi away
Hahn Horticulture Garden
Landmarks · since 1984
0.3 mi away
Slusher Hall
Residence · since 1966
0.3 mi away