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Columbia, Colonial Life Arena set to discover NCAA men’s regional future

Colonial Life Arena already hosts two Final Four teams.

It’s hoping to add a couple more.

Columbia and its basketball arena will find out Tuesday if they won an NCAA men’s basketball regional from 2019-22, and if so, they’ll have a chance to start at least one team on the way to a future Final Four. The city is hoping for the same success as Greenville’s Bon Secours Wellness Arena boasted in March; the NCAA estimated the event brought at least $3.6 million, while Final Four participants South Carolina and North Carolina each began their journeys there.