Jacksonville Memorial Coliseum

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Jacksonville Memorial Coliseum was an 11,000-seat multi-purpose arena in Jacksonville, Florida. Built in 1960, it was home to most of the city's indoor professional sports teams, including the Jacksonville Lizard Kings ice hockey team, and the American Basketball Association franchise known as The Floridians.

The Coliseum hosted dozens of concerts and shows during its 43 year history, including Frank Sinatra, Jimi Hendrix, Elvis Presley, Led Zeppelin and Bruce Springsteen. It was demolished in 2003 and replaced with the Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena.

It hosted the 1981 Sun Belt Conference and 1999 and 2000 Atlantic Sun Conference men's basketball tournaments. It was also the site of the last WCW Wrestle War in 1992 and the last-ever WCW pay-per-view, WCW Greed, in 2001.

[edit] Performers at the Jacksonville Memorial Coliseum

· AC/DC, August 1977, August 1978, October 1979 and August 1980

· Aerosmith, October 1973, May 1976, December 1982, March 1986, April 1988, April 1990, February 1994 and November 1997

· Allman Brothers Band, February 1971, April 1971, January 1972, July 1972, January 1973 and April 1979

· Anita Baker, October 1990

· Clint Black and Wynonna Judd, May 1993

· Mary J. Blige, July 2002

· Michael Bolton, May 1994

· Bon Jovi, February 1989

· David Bowie, March 1976 and May 1990

· Garth Brooks, February-March 1997

· James Brown, April 1966

· Jimmy Buffett, April 1995

· David Cassidy, December 1972

· Eric Clapton, June 1975, November 1976 and June 1982

· Alice Cooper, May 1972, April 1973 and July 1980

· Creedence Clearwater Revival, August 1970 and April 1972

· Crosby, Stills and Nash, November 1977

· The Cure, June 1992

· Billy Ray Cyrus and Martina McBride, March 1994

· Deep Purple, March 1972, August 1972, June 1973, December 1974 and March 1985

· Derek and the Dominos, December 1970

· Dio and Megadeth, January 1988

· Dixie Chicks, October 2000

· DMX, Eve, Juvenile and Turk, March 1999

· Duran Duran, March 1984

· Bob Dylan, March 1966, December 1978 and February 2002

· The Electric Prunes, the Blues Magoos, Buckinghams, the Turtles, Lou Christie and Tommy James and the Shondells, Apri 1967

· Emerson, Lake and Palmer, April 1972

· Fleetwood Mac, August 1972

· J. Geils Band, June 1975

· Genesis, December 1983

· Vince Gill, May 1996

· Billy Graham, January 1961

· Grand Funk Railroad, June 1970 and November 1972

· The Grateful Dead, April 1978

· Jimi Hendrix, November 1968

· Iron Maiden, February 1985 and January 1987

· Alan Jackson, October 1991 and September 2002

· Jethro Tull, July 1970, November 1972 and November 1979

· Kansas and the Atlanta Rhythm Section, October 1978

· Kiss, December 1975, August 1990 and September 1996

· Billy Joel, December 1978 and March 1987

· Elton John, September 2002

· Led Zeppelin, August 1969

· Marilyn Manson, November 1994; April 1997

· Reba McIntire and Brooks & Dunn, July 1998

· Men at Work, September 1983

· Metallica, March 1992

· Method Man, Jay-Z, DMX and Redman, April 1999

· Buddy Miles, October 1972

· The Monkees and The Jimi Hendrix Experience, July 1967

· Mott the Hoople, October 1973

· Motley Crue, February 1984, May 1984, November 1987 and June 1994

· Eddie Murphy, August 1986

· Willie Nelson and Poco, May 1976

· New Kids on the Block, March 1991

· 'N Sync, March 1999

· Luciano Pavarotti, January 1989

· Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, October 1981, July 1987 and July 1989

· Pink Floyd, June 1973

· Elvis Presley, April 1972, April 1975, September 1976 and May 1977

· The Police, March 1982

· Rare Earth, August 1971

· The Rolling Stones, May 1965

· Rush, February 1988, February 1990, February 1992 and March 1994

· Santana, October 1974 and June 1975

· Bob Seger, November 1986

· Frank Sinatra, November 1976 and April 1992

· Smashing Pumpkins, February 1997

· Michael W. Smith, December 2002

· Rick Springfield, August 1983

· Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band, February 1981 and March 2003

· The Thompson Twins, January 1986

· Robin Trower, May 1975

· Tina Turner, December 1985

· Three Dog Night, July 1971

· Ten Years After and Edgar Winter's White Trash, August 1971

· 2 Live Crew, December 1989 and December 1990

· U2, April 1985

· Van Halen, November 1978, August 1980, December 1982, January 1984, April 1986, December 1991 and March 1995

· Stevie Wonder, August 1986

· Whitesnake, February 1988 and January 2003

· Yanni, December 1997, March 2003

· Yes, September 1972, April 1984 and August 1994