Orange Carpet Fun Facts

By Dee Ann Rexroat

57: Age of the OC (opened in 1966)

190: Capacity

2022: Year the OC became ADA accessible

1: Number of colleges with an OC venue

137: Number of reservations from Aug. 5 to Dec. 22, 2022 (that’s 750 hours total!)

930: square footage 

∞: Coolness factor of the carpet’s color name: solar flare 

240: Number of square panels used to cover the area

2: Number of times people wanted to change the OC to purple

2: Number of times that request was rejected (We are aware of requests for purple for the Class of ’99 gift, and in planning for the 2014 renovations. Did we miss any? Send us an email.