Carolina Coliseum
Everything the open record has on Carolina Coliseum, an arena in Columbia, South Carolina — address, size, access and the events it carries. It seats a stated 12,401.
- Stated capacity
- 12,401
- people, as published
- Opened
- 1968
- 58 years old
- From CAE
- 10 km (6.2 mi)
- Columbia Metropolitan Airport
- From the centre
- 0.8 km (0.5 mi)
- of Columbia
Figures as published in open data, retrieved 3 September 2026. Capacities vary by layout — confirm the one you want with the venue.
About this venue
It sits in Columbia, right in the centre of Columbia.
Carolina Coliseum was opened in 1968 and operated by University of South Carolina, which puts it at 58 years old.
A stated 12,401 puts this in arena territory: general sessions and keynotes fit, breakouts need somewhere else.
- Operator
- University of South Carolina
- Owner
- University of South Carolina
- Coordinates
- 33.9936, -81.0325
- Classified as
- arena
Travel to Carolina Coliseum
Allow half an hour each way to Columbia Metropolitan Airport (CAE), 10 km (6.2 mi) away, and rather more if your first session starts during the morning peak.
It is central, so a hotel block within walking distance is realistic and you can skip a shuttle entirely.
Columbia has 51 venues mapped in total and a population of 144,788. The Columbia guide covers the airport, the local time zone and what else is bookable nearby.
What fits in this room
A room this size is a plenary and nothing else. Keynotes, awards and general sessions work; the breakouts, the exhibition and the catering all have to happen somewhere else, so the venue is really the anchor of a campus rather than the whole event.
- award ceremonies
A stage, a bowl of seats and a control room already in place.
- festivals
An audience of 12,401 is festival scale, not conference scale.
- company all-hands
One room, everybody in it, nobody watching on a screen in an overflow space.
A worked example for Carolina Coliseum
A Carolina Coliseum programme at 950 activated attendees — sized to the stated capacity of Carolina Coliseum — prices like this. Nothing is charged for the first 50, and nothing at all is charged past 1,000.
- activated attendees
- 950activated attendees
- billable, after the first 50 are free
- 900billable, after the first 50 are free
- for the whole event, at $5 each
- $4,500for the whole event, at $5 each
You are billed for people, not for the room, so this figure does not change if you move the event down the road. event67 has no floor-plan or booking product — the venue handles the space, the app handles the people in it.
If this one is booked
4 other venues in Columbia have enough published detail for their own guide. Worth a shortlist before you commit.
- Oliver C. Dawson Stadium22,000 seats
- Colonial Life Arena18,000 seats
- Charlie W. Johnson Stadium11,000 seats
- SHM Memorial Center3,200 seats
Where these numbers come from
event67 is not affiliated with, endorsed by or connected to this venue or its operator. This page is compiled from open data and links to the venue’s own website where one is published.
- Wikidata, CC0
- OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL
- Venue data © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the Open Database License.
- Geographic data © GeoNames, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Retrieved 3 September 2026. 8 distinct facts from the record are rendered on this page: stated capacity, capacity sizing, year opened, operator, owner, encyclopaedia entry, nearest airport with distance, photograph on Wikimedia Commons.
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What it costs
- Free up to 50
- activated attendees, on one live event
- $5
- per activated attendee beyond 50
- $4,750
- the most one event can ever cost, whatever happens past 1,000
Activated means the person claimed their invite and opened the app. Not when you import them, not when the invite is delivered, and not if they register and stay home.
Questions people actually ask
How many people does Carolina Coliseum hold?
Open data records a stated capacity of 12,401 for Carolina Coliseum. That figure is what the venue or an encyclopaedia entry published, and it is usually the maximum seated number — theatre, banquet and reception layouts in the same room can differ by half. Confirm the layout you want directly with the venue.
What does an event app cost for an event at Carolina Coliseum?
950 activated attendees means 900 billable after the free 50, so $4,500 for the event. That example is sized to the stated capacity of Carolina Coliseum. The rate is $5 per activated attendee beyond the first 50, and the total for one event stops at $4,750 however many more attend. Activated means the person claimed their invite and opened the app. Not when you import them, not when the invite is delivered, and not if they register and stay home.
Is event67 affiliated with Carolina Coliseum?
No. event67 is not affiliated with, endorsed by or connected to this venue or its operator. This page is compiled from open data — OpenStreetMap, Wikidata and public census sources — and links to the venue’s own website where one is published.
What else is nearby if Carolina Coliseum is booked?
Oliver C. Dawson Stadium (22,000), Colonial Life Arena (18,000) and Charlie W. Johnson Stadium (11,000) are in the same city and have their own pages here. 51 venues in total are mapped in Columbia.
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Elsewhere in Columbia
- Oliver C. Dawson Stadium
22,000 seats
- Colonial Life Arena
18,000 seats
- Charlie W. Johnson Stadium
11,000 seats
- SHM Memorial Center
3,200 seats
- Hosting an event in Columbia
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