Statement about the Charleston Coliseum & Convention Response to COVID-19

The Board of Directors for the Charleston Coliseum & Convention Center held an emergency meeting this afternoon to talk about their response to COVID-19. The Board discussed the current efforts to address and mitigate the spread of the virus, the potential for limiting access to the Charleston Coliseum & Convention Center and Municipal Auditorium and the potential cancellation or postponement of events.

The Board unanimously decided that, effective immediately, events that are scheduled at the Charleston Coliseum & Convention Center and the Municipal Auditorium with more than 250 people in the next thirty days are cancelled. Staff members are reaching out to all affected promoters and event organizers to reschedule events or offer refunds.

The Board also voted to give the Executive Staff at the Coliseum & Convention Center discretion on how to offer refunds to the public and to those that have booked events.

For events scheduled past the thirty-day mark, organizers can alter event details and potentially change event dates. If organizers request refunds and the event is scheduled to occur within the next six months, the Board voted to give discretion to the Center’s Executive Staff to waive contractual penalties.