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www.columbusmessenger.com <strong>March</strong> 6, <strong>2022</strong> - MESSENGER - PAGE 9 Remembering tournament time at the Coliseum Each year at high school basketball tournament time I get nostalgic about the Fairgrounds Coliseum. Now called the Taft Coliseum, the arena on the Ohio State Fairgrounds opened in 1918 and can hold 5,000 to 7,000 spectators. The Coliseum was renovated in recent years and has a different look now from the old days, but in my memory it remains the lovable, rough old barn it always was. I’m a sucker for old gymnasiums. I like the sounds and the feel of the places. The way the sound of a bouncing basketball echoes off the walls, the look of the backboard and rims, noticing the grain of the wooden court floor, the ticks of the clock on the scoreboard, and how the bleachers seem to be right on top of you. These small, old basketball venues are unique and have personality. But though the Coliseum is much bigger than the old high school gyms, it, too, has a similar, special feel. The place was the home to the annual high school basketball tournament for many years until around 2013 when the Editor’s Notebook Ohio High School Athletic Association decided to play the games elsewhere. In the early rounds Rick Palsgrove of the tournament you could pay one admission price and watch all the games being played that day, which was particularly fun on a Saturday when there was a full slate of games. It was paradise for a basketball fan where one could watch games and find old friends to reminisce with. The first time I was in the Coliseum was as a kid in the 1960s when my dad took me and my brother to see the Groveport Madison Cruisers play Richwood North Union in a first round tournament game. I remember walking through the tunnel to the arena and being amazed at the size of the place. The building’s appearance seemed like a blending of the industrial world and the agricultural world. The wooden basketball court shined under the lights. There were huge electric fans at either end of the building that slowly turned to keep the place ventilated. We found great seats with good sight lines to the court. Dad even bought us Cokes and popcorn, which for a kid made everything even better. I loved the place and couldn’t wait until I was older and could play in a game on the Coliseum court. I got that wish twice when I played for the Cruiser boys varsity basketball team in 1972-73 and 1973-74. Taking the floor for warm ups with my teammates was exhilarating. I drank it all in - the buzz and roar of the crowd echoing off the high ceiling, the bright lights, and the sneakers squeaking on the creaking wood floor. There was a radio broadcasting booth hanging high up that made it all seem so important. A cool factor for a basketball nerd like me was that the foul lanes on the court included painted markings for both high school as well as the wider professional lane markings. I remember that during warm ups we had to get used to the depth perception while shooting at the basket. The basket seemed to just hang in space compared to the baskets we were used to shooting at in small high school gyms. The depth perception was kind of like shooting baskets outside, but you did not have to worry about the wind messing with your shot! Sadly, we lost both of those first round tournament games, but I absorbed it all and will always remember being there. Being on that basketball court in that place was a special experience today’s players will not have unless they advance far into the tournament to play at larger venues. Back then we stepped out of the comfort of our small town gyms into a big city arena and saw a larger world to be experienced. 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