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Bramlage Coliseum - Live Music Venue in Kansas

Fred Bramlage Coliseum is a multi-purpose indoor arena in Manhattan, Kansas, with an official capacity of 11,000. It is the home to the Kansas State University men's and women's basketball teams, and used to serve as the venue for Kansas State's women's volleyball team.

Venue
Bramlage Coliseum
Town
Kansas, US
Capacity
12,528

Fred Bramlage Coliseum is a multi-purpose indoor arena in Manhattan, Kansas, with an official capacity of 11,000. It is the home to the Kansas State University men's and women's basketball teams, and used to serve as the venue for Kansas State's women's volleyball team. The facility currently holds offices for various administrative and business units for K-State Athletics, and the track & field team. Bramlage was previously the home for other K-State team offices, including women's soccer and baseball. The arena is located in the northwest corner of the KSU campus, along with the rest of the school's athletic facilities, abutting the south end zone of Bill Snyder Family Football Stadium. The arena was built to replace Ahearn Field House, K-State's basketball facility from 1950 to 1988. Construction of Bramlage Coliseum began with a groundbreaking on October 18, 1986, and was completed in 1988. The construction was funded entirely by student fees and donations from alumni and friends of the university. It was named for Junction City businessman Fred Bramlage, who played a major role in raising the funds needed to build the arena. On November 26, 1988, Kansas State University officially opened Bramlage Coliseum with an 81-77 victory over Purdue University in a rematch from the Sweet 16 of the 1988 NCAA tournament. The first basketball game actually played in the arena, however, was an NBA exhibition game between the Dallas Mavericks, led by former K-State standout Rolando Blackman, and the San Antonio Spurs on October 21, 1988. Entering the 2018-19 season, the Kansas State Wildcats men's basketball team has posted a 366-116 (.759) record in Bramlage Coliseum. Over the previous 13 seasons, the home record is 165-36 (.821). The facility hosted women's NCAA basketball tournament games in 2002, 2003, 2017 and 2024. K-State hosted the first rounds of games as the #7 seed over #2 Stanford due to a venue scheduling conflict with the Pac-12 Women's Gymnastics Championships a