Tad Smith Coliseum, Oxford

Name: Tad Smith Coliseum
Address: Tad Smith Coliseum, Oxford, United States

#21 among attractions in Oxford

Basketball, Sport venue, Sport

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C. M. "Tad" Smith Coliseum is an 8,867-seat multi-purpose arena on the campus of the University of Mississippi. Through the first part of the 2015–16 basketball season, it was home to the University of Mississippi Rebels men's and women's basketball teams, but was replaced by a new arena, The Sandy and John Black Pavilion, in January 2016. It has also hosted many concerts, including Widespread Panic in September 1995 and The Allman Brothers with Gov't Mule in November 1995. ()

Capacity: 8867Coordinates: 34°21'44"N, 89°32'22"W

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Tad Smith Coliseum – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Vaught-Hemingway Stadium, Rowan Oak, Statue of James Meredith, Barnard Observatory.

~1510 ftE
Arenas and stadiums, Football, Sport venue
Vaught-Hemingway Stadium, Oxford
8 min walk • Vaught–Hemingway Stadium at Hollingsworth Field is an outdoor athletic stadium located in University, Mississippi, United States. The stadium serves as the home for the University of Mississippi Rebels college football team. The stadium is named after Johnny Vaught and Judge William Hemingway.
0.9 miE
William Faulkner, Museum, Historical place
Rowan Oak, Oxford
22 min walk • Rowan Oak is William Faulkner's former home in Oxford, Mississippi. It is a primitive Greek Revival house built in the 1840s by Colonel Robert Sheegog, an Irish immigrant planter from Tennessee.
~1380 ftNE
Memorial
Statue of James Meredith, Oxford
7 min walk • A statue of James Meredith stands on the campus of the University of Mississippi in Oxford, Mississippi, United States. The statue honors Meredith, a civil rights activist who integrated the university in 1962. The statue was dedicated in 2006 and is located near a portal, which collectively make up the Civil Rights Monument.
0.4 miNE
Museum, Observatories and planetariums, Greek Revival architecture
Barnard Observatory, Oxford
10 min walk • Barnard Observatory is an academic building at the University of Mississippi in Oxford, Mississippi. Completed as an observatory in 1859, it was part of the astronomy focus that chancellor Frederick A.P. Barnard had for the school.
0.8 miE
Museum, Specialty museum, Art museum
University of Mississippi Museum, Oxford
21 min walk • The University of Mississippi Museum and Historic Houses is a museum and two historic houses owned and operated by the University of Mississippi in Oxford, Mississippi. The museum is designed to appeal to both a popular and scholarly audience, with a collection that emphasizes objects of regional interest.
1.1 miE
Church, Gothic Revival architecture
St. Peter's Episcopal Church, Oxford
28 min walk • St. Peter's Episcopal Church is a parish of the Episcopal Church in Oxford, Mississippi. It is noted for its historic Gothic Revival church building at 113 S. 9th Street, which once served as the pro-cathedral for what is now the Episcopal Diocese of Mississippi.
~1180 ftNE
Observatories and planetariums
Kennon Observatory, Oxford
6 min walk • Kennon Observatory is an astronomical observatory owned and operated by the University of Mississippi. Built in 1939 and located on the university's campus in Oxford, Mississippi, it was named after Dr.
0.5 miNE
Museum, History museum
Center for the Study of Southern Culture, Oxford
13 min walk • The Center for the Study of Southern Culture, located in Barnard Observatory on the University of Mississippi campus in Oxford, Mississippi, is an academic organization dedicated to the investigation, documentation, interpretation and teaching of the Southern United States, including its culture.
1.2 miE
34°21'57"N • 89°31'9"W
Southside Gallery, Oxford
31 min walk • Museum, Art museum
1.1 miE
Concerts and shows, Theater
The Lyric Oxford, Oxford
29 min walk • The Lyric is a historical theater located in Oxford, Mississippi at 1006 Van Buren Avenue. It is one of North Mississippi's premiere live music venues, hosting a wide variety of acts.
~880 ftNW
William Faulkner, Universities and schools
University of Mississippi, Oxford
5 min walk • The University of Mississippi, commonly known as Ole Miss, is a public research university adjacent to Oxford, Mississippi with a medical center in Jackson.

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Which popular attractions are close to Tad Smith Coliseum?

Nearby attractions include University of Mississippi, Oxford (5 min walk), Kennon Observatory, Oxford (6 min walk), Statue of James Meredith, Oxford (7 min walk), Vaught-Hemingway Stadium, Oxford (8 min walk).