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Hirsch Memorial Coliseum
3207 Pershing Blvd
Shreveport, LA 71109
Opened: January 1, 1954
Hirsch Memorial Coliseum is 10,000 seat multi-purpose arena in Shreveport, Louisiana, designed by the late local architect Edward F. Neild Jr. (1908-1958) who, with his father in 1937, had designed the Louisiana State Exhibit Museum in Shreveport. The coliseum is named after William Rex Hirsch, a former fair president, manager and treasurer. The building completed construction in 1954, the year of Hirsch's death, and initially was planned to have the name The Youth Building.

The coliseum has been used for a variety of events through the years, with dirt being brought in and placed on the floor for rodeos and tractor pulls. It is located adjacent to the Independence Stadium and across from Fair Park High School in Shreveport. Hirsch coliseum is very similar in design, though smaller in size to the John M. Parker Agricultural Coliseum (completed in 1937 and designed by Neild, Sr), owned and operated by the Louisiana State University Campus in Baton Rouge. However, the Parker coliseum has a dirt floor arena and is mainly used for livestock-type events, with portable hard floors laid on top of the dirt for other types of events such as basketball games or concerts.
Last 10 Games
Date Opponents Result
Mar 6, 1999UTSA @ Texas State #71 - 63
Mar 5, 1999Texas State @ McNeese State #92 - 82
Mar 5, 1999UTSA @ Lamar #77 - 63
Mar 3, 1999Nicholls State @ McNeese State #87 - 100
Mar 3, 1999Louisiana Monroe @ Lamar #71 - 90
Mar 7, 1998UT Arlington @ Nicholls State $81 - 84
Mar 6, 1998UT Arlington @ Northwestern St. #77 - 72
Mar 6, 1998Texas State @ Nicholls State #71 - 79
Mar 4, 1998UTSA @ UT Arlington #62 - 66
Mar 4, 1998Texas State @ Louisiana Monroe #90 - 87

# - 1998-99 Southland Conference Tournament
$ - 1997-98 Southland Conference Tournament