Earle C. Clements
Keen Johnson
Simeon Willis
APPROPRIATIONS for the Memorial Coliseum, totaling $3,100,000, were made under the administrations of three governorsKeen Johnson, Simeon Willis, and Earle C. Clements  and by the General Assemblies of 1942, 1946, and 1948. This sum was not sufficient to complete the building as planned, so the University's Board of Trustees sold $825,000 worth of bonds to finish the construction. These bonds will be liquidated over a period of twenty years out of income from athletics events conducted on the campus. In round numbers, the Coliseum has cost approximately $4,000,000, of which the taxpayers have invested $3,100,000.
Formal Opening of Memorial Coliseum, May 30, 1950.