Cassell Coliseum
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Cassell Coliseum is an indoor sports arena on the Virginia Tech campus in Blacksburg, Virginia, best known as the longtime home venue for the university’s basketball programs.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Cassell Coliseum canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11169824 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Cassell Coliseum Context triple: [Virginia Tech Hokies women’s basketball, homeArena, Cassell Coliseum]
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Beasley Coliseum
Beasley Coliseum is a multi-purpose indoor arena on the Washington State University campus in Pullman, Washington, best known as the primary venue for the university’s basketball games and major events.
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B.
Hilton Coliseum
Hilton Coliseum is a multi-purpose arena on the campus of Iowa State University in Ames, best known as the home court of the Iowa State Cyclones basketball teams.
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C.
Humphrey Coliseum
Humphrey Coliseum is the primary indoor arena on the campus of Mississippi State University, best known as the home venue for the university’s basketball teams.
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D.
Fant-Ewing Coliseum
Fant-Ewing Coliseum is a multi-purpose indoor arena on the University of Louisiana at Monroe campus, primarily used for the school's basketball and other athletic events.
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E.
Walter Sillers Coliseum
Walter Sillers Coliseum is an indoor sports arena on the campus of Delta State University in Cleveland, Mississippi, primarily used for the university’s basketball games and other athletic and campus events.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Cassell Coliseum Target entity description: Cassell Coliseum is an indoor sports arena on the Virginia Tech campus in Blacksburg, Virginia, best known as the longtime home venue for the university’s basketball programs.
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A.
Beasley Coliseum
Beasley Coliseum is a multi-purpose indoor arena on the Washington State University campus in Pullman, Washington, best known as the primary venue for the university’s basketball games and major events.
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B.
Hilton Coliseum
Hilton Coliseum is a multi-purpose arena on the campus of Iowa State University in Ames, best known as the home court of the Iowa State Cyclones basketball teams.
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C.
Humphrey Coliseum
Humphrey Coliseum is the primary indoor arena on the campus of Mississippi State University, best known as the home venue for the university’s basketball teams.
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D.
Fant-Ewing Coliseum
Fant-Ewing Coliseum is a multi-purpose indoor arena on the University of Louisiana at Monroe campus, primarily used for the school's basketball and other athletic events.
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E.
Walter Sillers Coliseum
Walter Sillers Coliseum is an indoor sports arena on the campus of Delta State University in Cleveland, Mississippi, primarily used for the university’s basketball games and other athletic and campus events.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
building
ⓘ
college basketball venue ⓘ indoor arena ⓘ sports venue ⓘ |
| alsoUsedFor |
concerts
ⓘ
university events ⓘ volleyball matches ⓘ wrestling meets ⓘ |
| architecturalType | multi-purpose arena ⓘ |
| campusSetting |
Virginia Tech main campus
ⓘ
linked to:
Virginia Tech
|
| conferenceAssociation | Atlantic Coast Conference ⓘ |
| constructionCompleted | early 1960s ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| formerName | Student Activities and Physical Education Building ⓘ |
| hasAccessibility | accessible seating available ⓘ |
| hasFacility |
concession stands
ⓘ
locker rooms ⓘ ticket offices ⓘ |
| hasFunction | host Atlantic Coast Conference basketball games ⓘ |
| hasNickname |
Cassell
ⓘ
The Cassell ⓘ
linked to:
The Cassell Guard
|
| hasParking | adjacent campus parking lots ⓘ |
| hasScoreboard | center-hung scoreboard ⓘ |
| hasStudentSectionName |
Cassell Guard
ⓘ
linked to:
The Cassell Guard
|
| hasTenants |
Virginia Tech Hokies
ⓘ
linked to:
Hokies
|
| homeVenueOf |
Virginia Tech Hokies men's basketball team
ⓘ
Virginia Tech Hokies volleyball team ⓘ
linked to:
Virginia Tech Hokies women's volleyball team
Virginia Tech Hokies women's basketball team ⓘ
linked to:
Virginia Tech Hokies women’s basketball
Virginia Tech Hokies wrestling team ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Blacksburg, Virginia
ⓘ
linked to:
Blacksburg, Virginia, United States
|
| locatedInAdministrativeTerritory | Montgomery County, Virginia ⓘ |
| locatedInTimeZone | Eastern Time Zone ⓘ |
| locatedOnCampusOf | Virginia Tech ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Stuart K. Cassell ⓘ |
| namedForRoleOf | Virginia Tech administrator ⓘ |
| nearestCity | Roanoke, Virginia ⓘ |
| opened | 1961 ⓘ |
| operatedBy |
Virginia Tech Athletics Department
ⓘ
linked to:
Virginia Tech Department of Athletics
|
| ownedBy | Virginia Tech ⓘ |
| partOf | Virginia Tech athletics facilities ⓘ |
| primaryUse | college basketball games ⓘ |
| renovated | various years ⓘ |
| seatingCapacity | approximately 10,000 ⓘ |
| seatingCapacityForBasketball | approximately 9,000–10,000 ⓘ |
| sport |
basketball
ⓘ
volleyball ⓘ wrestling ⓘ |
| surfaceType | hardwood court ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Cassell Coliseum Description of subject: Cassell Coliseum is an indoor sports arena on the Virginia Tech campus in Blacksburg, Virginia, best known as the longtime home venue for the university’s basketball programs.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.