Bill Battle Coliseum

Bill Battle Coliseum
Location	900 Arkadelphia Rd, Birmingham, Alabama 35254
Coordinates	33°30′56″N86°51′06″W / 33.5155°N 86.8516°W
Owner	Birmingham Southern College
Capacity	Basketball:1,600
Construction
Opened	1981
Closed	2024
Construction cost	$3.2 million
Tenants
	Birmingham-Southern College Panthers
Website
	BCS Facilities Page

Last updated October 18, 2025

Bill Battle Coliseum is a 2,000-seat multi-purpose arena in Birmingham, Alabama.^[1]^[2] The arena opened in 1981 and is home to the Birmingham-Southern College Panthers basketball team.

The arena will be the venue for karate, jujitsu, and wushu taolu (invitational) during the 2022 World Games (previously scheduled for 2021).^[3]

After BSC closed in 2024, the arena subsequentially closed. Its fate is unknown.

References

↑ "Bill Battle Coliseum". Birmingham-Southern. Retrieved 2021-01-17.
↑ "Birmingham Southern College Basketball Camps - Facilities". www.southernbasketballcamps.com. Retrieved 2021-01-17.
↑ "Ju-Jitsu". The World Games 2022 | Birmingham, USA. Retrieved 2021-01-17.

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[1] "Bill Battle Coliseum". Birmingham-Southern. Retrieved 2021-01-17.

[2] "Birmingham Southern College Basketball Camps - Facilities". www.southernbasketballcamps.com. Retrieved 2021-01-17.

[3] "Ju-Jitsu". The World Games 2022 | Birmingham, USA. Retrieved 2021-01-17.

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