Cumberland County Crown Coliseum

Cumberland County Crown Coliseum
Location 1960 Coliseum Drive, Fayetteville, NC 28306
Broke ground June 12, 1995[1]
Opened October 23, 1997[2]
Owner Civic Center Commission
Operator Civic Center Commission
Surface Multi-surface
Construction cost $55 million
($75.2 million in 2012 dollars[3])
Architect Odell Associates
General Contractor Turner Construction[4]
Capacity 13,500 (concerts)
9,564 (basketball)
8,920 (ice hockey)
Tenants
Fayetteville FireAntz (SPHL) (2002-present)
Fayetteville Force (SIFL) (2005-present)
Cape Fear Wildcats (af2) (2002-2004)
Fayetteville Patriots (NBDL) (2001-2006)
Fayetteville Force (CHL) (1997-2001)

Cumberland County Crown Coliseum is an 8,500-seat multi-purpose arena in Fayetteville, North Carolina that opened in 1997. It is currently home to the Fayetteville FireAntz ice hockey team, the Fayetteville Force indoor football team, and formerly home to the Fayetteville Patriots of the NBA Development League.

During the early stages of its construction, Fayetteville’s Crown Coliseum was mentioned as a possible temporary home for the NHL’s Carolina Hurricanes, but this was blocked by minor-league hockey executive Bill Coffey who had signed an exclusive lease agreement with the arena for the Fayetteville Force of the Central Hockey League.[5]

It was reported in mid January that TNA Wrestling would be taping its weekly TNA iMPACT! broadcast in the arena on February 24, 2011 -- which would be only the second time in its history that the show would be broadcasted outside of Universal Studio's iMPACT! zone in Orlando, Florida. WWE taped its annual Tribute to the Troops show at the venue on December 11, 2011.

References

  1. ^ Gary Moss (March 23, 1995). "Coliseum Still Lacks 'Crowning' Touch". Fayetteville Observer. http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=FV&p_theme=fv&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0F54F8CEDC91DF91&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM. Retrieved November 19, 2011. 
  2. ^ "Lights Come On at New Crown Coliseum". WRAL. October 23, 1997. http://www.wral.com/news/local/story/166506/. Retrieved November 19, 2011. 
  3. ^ Consumer Price Index (estimate) 1800–2008. Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis. Retrieved December 7, 2010.
  4. ^ "Crown Coliseum". Sports. Turner Constructon. http://www.turnerconstruction.com/experience/project/1339/crown-coliseum. Retrieved November 20, 2011. 
  5. ^ Scott, Jon C. (2006). Hockey Night in Dixie: Minor Pro Hockey in the American South. Heritage House Publishing Company Ltd.. p. 103. ISBN 1894974212. 

External links

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Teams
Arenas
Cajundome (Louisiana) • Columbus Civic Center (Columbus) • Cumberland County Crown Coliseum (Fayetteville) • DeSoto Civic Center (Mississippi RiverKings) • James Brown Arena (Augusta) • James White Civic Coliseum (Knoxville) • Mississippi Coast Coliseum (Mississippi Surge) • Pensacola Civic Center (Pensacola) • Von Braun Center (Huntsville)
Seasons
President's Cup • William B. Coffey Trophy • Other Professional Hockey leagues
Current arenas in the Southern Indoor Football League
Preceded by
first arena		 Home of the
Fayetteville Force
1997-2001		 Succeeded by
last arena
Preceded by
first arena		 Home of the
Fayetteville Patriots
2001 - 2006		 Succeeded by
last arena
Preceded by
first arena		 Home of the
Fayetteville FireAntz
2002 – present		 Succeeded by
current arena
Preceded by
Florence Civic Center		 Home of the
Fayetteville Guard
2005 – present		 Succeeded by
current arena