U.S. Cellular Coliseum
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U.S. Cellular Coliseum is an arena in downtown Bloomington, Illinois, opened to the public on April 1, 2006. It is on the southwest corner of Madison Street (US-51) and Front Street. It hosts the Bloomington Extreme indoor football team of United Indoor Football and will host the Bloomington Prairie Thunder of the United Hockey League starting in the fall of 2006.
The arena's seating capacity is approximately 7,000 for hockey and indoor football games.
Mayor Judy Markowitz, who had championed the project, cast the deciding vote when the City Council was deadlocked at 4-4 on a resolution to initiate its construction (The Pantagraph, Bloomington, IL, Dec. 9, 2003, www.pantagraph.com). Following the Council vote, an advisory referendum asking if public funds should be used to build the arena failed by 2/3 of the vote. (The Pantagraph, Bloomington, IL, Mar. 17, 2004) Even so the arena was still built.
[edit] See also
- U.S. Cellular Arena - an indoor sports arena in Milwaukee
- U.S. Cellular Field - an outdoor baseball stadium in Chicago
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| Current arenas in the United Hockey League | ||||
| U.S. Cellular Coliseum | Sears Centre | First Arena | Perani Arena and Event Center | Allen County War Memorial Coliseum | Wings Stadium | L.C. Walker Arena | McMorran Arena | The MARK of the Quad Cities | MetroCentre | ||||
| Current arenas in United Indoor Football | ||||
| Eastern Conference | Western Conference | |||
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| Family Arena | Roberts Municipal Stadium | Rockford MetroCentre | Rupp Arena | US Cellular Coliseum | WesBanco Arena | Budweiser Events Center | Gateway Arena | MetraPark Arena | Omaha Civic Auditorium | Sioux Falls Arena | |||
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