Pics: Renderings Show New, Improved Stegeman Coliseum

ATHENS, GA -- The University of Georgia's Athletics Department released new renderings of Stegeman Coliseum this week as the school prepares for the second phase of renovations.

The basketball venue is slated to get a much-needed facelift that will add several new wrinkles, nooks and crannies to the building.

Fans can expect more seating, and a more robust sound system and a new scoreboard, according to news reports.

And so the next step in a two-phase project was to take care of the interior as a next step,” athletics director Greg McGarity said, according to dawgnation.com. “By doing that I think we’re able to accomplish a total retrofit of a facility that has served us well. Everybody knows that when you have a full house and fans enganged in the game it’s a venue that has a lot of character. And now will have a new energy to the building due to these enhancements.”

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Last fall, the Athletic Association board of directors approved nearly $13 million in improvements for several venues on the campus, including Sanford Stadium, Stegeman Coliseum and the Boyd Golf Center.

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