In my college English class we had this proposal to write
about a space/organization near Lexington and I have chosen the Memorial
Coliseum. Therefore, in this blog I'm writing about the Rupp Arena because it
relates towards my proposal. The photo below shows the news when UK (University
of Kentucky) men's basketball team was being moved to the Rupp Arena. It comes from
the arena information section under history in the website http://www.rupparena.com/.
The Rupp Arena goes back in 1971, a time where the Tourism Commission
came up with an idea to build the Rupp Arena as the first complex to have
public and private funds combined together. Later in June 21, 1974, the Rupp
Arena went under construction. Central Kentucky never had in history, a
complete sports, entertainment and convention facility until the Rupp Arena was
begin built. It was known in a newspaper editorial as “Downtown Dream Come True”.
The Rupp Arena finally had its Grand Opening on October 7-10 in 1976 with
23,000 seats. It became known as the heart of downtown Lexington and as a one
of the widely known entertainment venues in the country.
The reason why the Rupp Arena relates to my proposal is
because the Memorial Coliseum was the home of the UK men’s basketball team
until the Rupp Arena opened. And want to know the background history of it to
have an understanding on exactly why the UK men’s basketball team left the
Coliseum to go to the Arena? I want to find out what makes this place more
special than the historic site; the Memorial Coliseum. While reading the
history behind the arena, a few questions came in mind related towards my
proposal. Which are:
- How can we make the Memorial Coliseum become like the Rupp Arena to attract it more to the public?
- Why has UK allowed their men’s basketball team to leave the Memorial Coliseum?
- Will making more seats available in the Memorial Coliseum increase its popularity by having more people available to come to games?
These questions has made me want to look more forward into further
research to increase the interest in my proposal.
Source:
http://www.rupparena.com/arena-information/history
Comment:
http://carsonfichtner.blogspot.com/2014/09/the-kentucky-theatre-local.html?showComment=1410929992608#c2326244629432190807
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