Cumberland County Crown Coliseum

Cumberland County Crown Coliseum
Construction
Location	1960 Coliseum Drive Fayetteville, NC 28306
Owner	Civic Center Commission
Operator	Civic Center Commission
Capacity	13,500 (concerts) 9,564 (basketball) 8,920 (ice hockey)
Surface	Multi-surface
Broke ground	June 12, 1995^[1]
Opened	October 23, 1997^[2]
Construction cost	$55 million ($80.8 million in 2015 dollars^[3])
Architect	Odell Associates
Structural engineer	Fleming and Associates, PA^[4]
General contractor	Turner Construction^[5]
Tenants
Fayetteville FireAntz (SPHL) (2002-present) Cape Fear Heroes (AIF) (2012-present) Fayetteville Force (SIFL) (2011) Fayetteville Guard (AIFA) (2005-2010) Cape Fear Wildcats (af2) (2002-2004) Fayetteville Patriots (NBDL) (2001-2006) Fayetteville Force (CHL) (1997-2001)

Cumberland County Crown Coliseum in 2009, during a departure ceremony for the 30th Heavy Brigade Combat Team.

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 and the Cape Fear Heroes indoor football team.

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.^[6]

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 broadcast 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

↑ Moss, Gary (March 23, 1995). "Coliseum Still Lacks 'Crowning' Touch". Fayetteville Observer. Retrieved November 19, 2011.
↑ "Lights Come On at New Crown Coliseum". WRAL. October 23, 1997. Retrieved November 19, 2011.
↑ Consumer Price Index (estimate) 1800–2014. Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis. Retrieved February 27, 2014.
↑ "Crown Coliseum". Fleming and Associates, PA. Retrieved December 27, 2013.
↑ "Crown Coliseum". Turner Construction. Retrieved November 20, 2011.
↑ Scott, Jon C. (2006). Hockey Night in Dixie: Minor Pro Hockey in the American South. Heritage House Publishing Company Ltd. p. 103. ISBN 1-894974-21-2.

External links

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Coordinates: 35°00′54″N 78°53′30″W / 35.015124°N 78.891714°W / 35.015124; -78.891714

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 – 2010	Succeeded by last arena
Preceded by first arena	Home of the Cape Fear Heroes 2012 – present	Succeeded by current arena

Southern Professional Hockey League

Teams	Columbus Cottonmouths Fayetteville FireAntz Huntsville Havoc Knoxville Ice Bears Louisiana IceGators Mississippi RiverKings Pensacola Ice Flyers Peoria Rivermen

Arenas	Cajundome (Louisiana) Carver Arena (Peoria) Columbus Civic Center (Columbus) Cumberland County Crown Coliseum (Fayetteville) Lander's Center (Mississippi RiverKings) James White Civic Coliseum (Knoxville) Pensacola Civic Center (Pensacola) Von Braun Center (Huntsville)

Seasons	2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15

President's Cup William B. Coffey Trophy Other Professional Hockey leagues

Current arenas in American Indoor Football

Eastern Conference	Cabarrus Arena & Events Center Cumberland County Crown Coliseum Macon Coliseum Pennsylvania State Farm Show Arena The Gardens Ice House

Western Conference	Stockton Arena Tim's Toyota Center

See also	Southern Indoor Football League

Campbell Fighting Camels basketball

Venues	Carter Gymnasium (1953–2008) Cumberland County Civic Center (alternate; 1968–1997) Cape Fear HS (alternate; 1969) South Johnston HS (alternate; 1976–1977) Harnett Central HS (alternate; 1977–1980) Raleigh Civic Center (alternate; 1978–1982) Crown Coliseum (alternate; 1997–1999) John W. Pope, Jr. Convocation Center (2008–present)

People	Head coaches

Seasons	1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15