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The Charlotte Coliseum was a multi-purpose sports and entertainment arena in Charlotte, North Carolina. It was operated by the Charlotte Coliseum Authority, which also oversees the operation of Cricket Arena, the Charlotte Convention Center, and Ovens Auditorium. It no longer hosts events. Image File history File links Broom_icon. ... Nickname: Location in Mecklenburg County in the state of North Carolina Coordinates: Country United States State North Carolina Counties Mecklenburg County, North Carolina Government  - Mayor Pat McCrory, (R) Area  - City  280. ... 1986 (MCMLXXXVI) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1988 (MCMLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... October 26 is the 299th day of the year (300th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 66 days remaining. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... April 2007 is the fourth month of 2007 A.D. It began on a Sunday and will end after thirty days on a Monday. ... ISO 4217 Code USD User(s) the United States, the British Indian Ocean Territory,[1] the British Virgin Islands, Cambodia, East Timor, Ecuador, El Salvador, the Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Palau, Panama, Turks and Caicos Islands, and the insular areas of the United States Inflation 2. ... The New Orleans Hornets (temporarily the New Orleans/Oklahoma City Hornets) are a professional basketball team based in New Orleans, Louisiana. ... The National Basketball Association (NBA) is the worlds premier mens basketball league. ... 1988 (MCMLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... For album titles with the same name, see 2002 (album). ... The Charlotte Rage was a team in the Arena Football League, a league which plays a scaled-down version of American football suitable for play in venues primarily designed for ice hockey or basketball. ... The Arena Football League (AFL) was founded in 1987 as an American football indoor league. ... 1992 (MCMXCII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday. ... 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ... The Charlotte Sting are a Womens National Basketball Association team based in Charlotte, North Carolina and they were one of the eight original teams that began to see action in 1997. ... The Womens National Basketball Association or WNBA is an organization governing a professional basketball league for women in the United States. ... 1997 (MCMXCVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Year founded 2000 Year folded 2004 Prior names none ArenaBowl championships none // History The Carolina Cobras were a franchise in the Arena Football League. ... The Arena Football League (AFL) was founded in 1987 as an American football indoor league. ... 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The athletics department of the University of North Carolina at Charlotte; the name Charlotte was made official in 2000. ... The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA, often said NC-Double-A) is a voluntary association of about 1200 institutions, conferences, organizations and individuals that organizes the athletics programs of many colleges and universities in the United States. ... 1988 (MCMLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003). ... The Charlotte Bobcats are a professional basketball team based in Charlotte, North Carolina, USA. They play in the Southeast Division, created because of the teams entry, of the Eastern Conference in the National Basketball Association. ... The National Basketball Association (NBA) is the worlds premier mens basketball league. ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Nickname: Location in Mecklenburg County in the state of North Carolina Coordinates: Country United States State North Carolina Counties Mecklenburg County, North Carolina Government  - Mayor Pat McCrory, (R) Area  - City  280. ... The Cricket Arena is a 9,605-seat multi-purpose arena and sports venue in Charlotte, North Carolina. ... Photo Credit: Brian Gassel, TVS The Charlotte Convention Center opened in 1995 as a venue for conventions, trade shows, banquets and theater-style conferences, attracting more than half a million visitors each year. ... Ovens Auditorium is an auditorium located adjacent to Cricket Arena in Charlotte, North Carolina. ...

It hosted its final NBA basketball game on October 26, 2005, a preseason game between the Charlotte Bobcats and the Indiana Pacers. The National Basketball Association (NBA) is the worlds premier mens basketball league. ... October 26 is the 299th day of the year (300th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 66 days remaining. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Charlotte Bobcats are a professional basketball team based in Charlotte, North Carolina, USA. They play in the Southeast Division, created because of the teams entry, of the Eastern Conference in the National Basketball Association. ... The Indiana Pacers are a professional basketball team that plays in the National Basketball Association (NBA). ...

The first concert hosted was Frank Sinatra. The final performance in the Coliseum was by Rick Sammons. Francis Albert Sinatra (December 12, 1915 – May 14, 1998) was a jazz oriented popular singer and Academy Award-winning actor. ...

The city of Charlotte sold the property, and the building was demolished in early 2007. A mixed-use development is planned for the space once demolition is complete.

History

Construction on the Charlotte Coliseum began in 1986 and was opened in 1988, approximately one year after the inception of the Charlotte Hornets. At the time the venue was seen as state-of-the-art, complete with luxury boxes and a large eight-sided video scoreboard. On the morning of the day the Coliseum was to host its first event, the multi-million dollar scoreboard was destroyed when it crashed to the floor. It also destroyed the basketball court it landed on (an alternate floor was brought from Cricket Arena in time for the game that night). 1986 (MCMLXXXVI) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1988 (MCMLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The New Orleans Hornets are a National Basketball Association team based in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA. The current head coach is Byron Scott. ... The Cricket Arena is a 9,605-seat multi-purpose arena and sports venue in Charlotte, North Carolina. ...

When the Hornets made their NBA debut in November of 1988 the Charlotte Coliseum was the largest venue in the league, seating nearly 24,000 fans. The Hornets would go on to lead the NBA in attendance over the course of their first few seasons playing in "The Hive," but poorly-received decisions made by Hornets team owner George Shinn caused fan support to dwindle, and by the time the Hornets relocated to New Orleans in 2002, the Hornets' attendance had dropped to dead last in the 29-team league. By then the once-sparkling Coliseum was seen by many as outdated and no longer suitable to be the home of a major professional sports team. The National Basketball Association (NBA) is the worlds premier mens basketball league. ... New Orleans is the largest city in the state of Louisiana, United States of America. ... For album titles with the same name, see 2002 (album). ...

The arena was also used for a variety of collegiate basketball events. The Coliseum hosted the 1994 Men's Final Four and the 1996 Women's Final Four (both jointly hosted by Davidson College and UNC Charlotte), in addition to many NCAA Tournament regionals, sub-regionals, eight ACC men's basketball tournaments and the 1989 Sun Belt Conference men’s basketball tournament. 1994 (MCMXCIV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated as the International Year of the Family and the International Year of the Sport and the Olympic Ideal by United Nations. ... Final Four is a sports term that is commonly applied to the last four teams remaining in a playoff tournament. ... 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ... Davidson College is a private liberal arts college for 1,700 students in Davidson, North Carolina. ... The University of North Carolina at Charlotte (UNC Charlotte, or for athletics purposes, Charlotte), is a public, coeducational, research intensive university located in Charlotte, North Carolina, United States, is one of sixteen public universities in the University of North Carolina System. ... // Final four redirects here. ... The Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) is one of the oldest collegiate athletic leagues in the United States. ... The Sun Belt Conference is a college athletic conference that has been affiliated with the NCAAs Division I since 1976. ...

It also hosted the 1991 NBA All-Star Game. It was also the site of WWE Unforgiven 1999 and WWE Judgment Day 2003. The National Basketball Association staged its first All-Star Game in the Boston Garden on March 2, 1951. ... Unforgiven is a professional wrestling pay-per-view event produced by World Wrestling Entertainment, which usually takes place every September. ... Judgment Day is an annual professional wrestling pay-per-view produced by World Wrestling Entertainment. ...

This was actually the second building to use the name "Charlotte Coliseum"; Cricket Arena, located on Independence Boulevard, originally opened as the Coliseum, and it shared the same features as the "new" Coliseum, including its famous domed roof. The Cricket Arena is a 9,605-seat multi-purpose arena and sports venue in Charlotte, North Carolina. ...

Tenants

Although the Hornets were the primary tenants of the Coliseum, many other teams called The Hive home. The Charlotte Sting of the WNBA began play in the Coliseum upon their inception in 1997, but had moved to Charlotte Bobcats Arena before the Sting folded in early 2007. The Charlotte 49ers of the NCAA played in the Coliseum during their final days in the Sun Belt Conference from 1988 through 1992. Two now-defunct Arena Football League teams played in the Coliseum - the Charlotte Rage (1992-96) and the Carolina Cobras (2003-04). The Charlotte Sting are a Womens National Basketball Association team based in Charlotte, North Carolina and they were one of the eight original teams that began to see action in 1997. ... WNBA may also refer to WNBA-AM, a radio station in Illinois. ... 1997 (MCMXCVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Charlotte Bobcats Arena (also known locally as The Uptown Arena or The CBA and for hockey uses, St. ... The University of North Carolina at Charlotte (UNC Charlotte, or for athletics purposes, Charlotte), is a public, coeducational, research intensive university located in Charlotte, North Carolina, United States, is one of sixteen public universities in the University of North Carolina System. ... The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA, often pronounced N-C-Double-A ) is a voluntary association of about 1200 institutions, conferences, organizations and individuals that organizes the athletic programs of many colleges and universities in the United States. ... The Sun Belt Conference is a college athletic conference that has been affiliated with the NCAAs Division I since 1976. ... The Arena Football League (AFL) was founded in 1987 as an American football indoor league. ... The Charlotte Rage was a team in the Arena Football League, a league which plays a scaled-down version of American football suitable for play in venues primarily designed for ice hockey or basketball. ... Year founded 2000 Year folded 2004 Prior names none ArenaBowl championships none // History The Carolina Cobras were a franchise in the Arena Football League. ...

When the NBA returned to Charlotte in 2004 with the expansion Charlotte Bobcats, they played the 2004-05 season in the Coliseum as the new Charlotte Bobcats Arena was being completed. 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Charlotte Bobcats Arena (also known locally as The Uptown Arena or The CBA and for hockey uses, St. ...

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The New Orleans Hornets (temporarily the New Orleans/Oklahoma City Hornets) are a professional basketball team based in New Orleans, Louisiana. ... 1988 (MCMLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... For album titles with the same name, see 2002 (album). ... The New Orleans Arena is an indoor arena in New Orleans, Louisiana. ... For album titles with the same name, see 2002 (album). ... The Charlotte Bobcats are a professional basketball team based in Charlotte, North Carolina, USA. They play in the Southeast Division, created because of the teams entry, of the Eastern Conference in the National Basketball Association. ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Charlotte Bobcats Arena (also known locally as The Uptown Arena or The CBA and for hockey uses, St. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The RBC Center (originally the Raleigh Entertainment and Sports Arena) is an indoor arena located in Raleigh, North Carolina. ... 2000 (MM) was a leap year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... For album titles with the same name, see 2002 (album). ... Year founded 2000 Year folded 2004 Prior names none ArenaBowl championships none // History The Carolina Cobras were a franchise in the Arena Football League. ... 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Charlotte Sting are a Womens National Basketball Association team based in Charlotte, North Carolina and they were one of the eight original teams that began to see action in 1997. ... 1997 (MCMXCVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Charlotte Bobcats Arena (also known locally as The Uptown Arena or The CBA and for hockey uses, St. ... For the Manfred Mann album, see 2006 (album). ... The Charlotte Rage was a team in the Arena Football League, a league which plays a scaled-down version of American football suitable for play in venues primarily designed for ice hockey or basketball. ... 1992 (MCMXCII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday. ... 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ... The athletics department of the University of North Carolina at Charlotte; the name Charlotte was made official in 2000. ... 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean [1]. // Coated in ice, power and telephone lines sag and often break, resulting in power outages. ... 1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003). ...