Guest opinion: Turn the Richmond Coliseum into Richmond Colosseum June 25, 2021 9 The Richmond Coliseum has quite a storied past and a local real estate attorney would like to see at least some of it preserved. ( BizSense file) By Stefan Calos One of the many fun things about practicing commercial real estate law is the real estate part. Growing up, I often traveled around Virginia with my parents on weekends exploring cool old buildings — many of them abandoned. Over the years since, I’ve practiced law in many of the old courthouses we had visited. And I’ve worked on development deals involving historic properties being converted to modern uses.