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unusual facts about The Coliseum


Valentine Building

The Coliseum-Duplex Envelope Company Building, Richmond, Virginia, also known as Valentine Auction Company Building, NRHP-listed


1993–94 Cleveland Cavaliers season

The Cavaliers finished the season, their last at The Coliseum in Richfield, Ohio, with a 47–35 record, finishing 4th in the Central Division.


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1972–73 New York Islanders season

The only legal way to keep the Raiders out of the Coliseum was to get an NHL team to play there, so William Shea, who had helped bring the New York Mets to the area a decade earlier, was pressed into service once again.

1975–76 Buffalo Braves season

He surpassed his own 49 point performance the prior year at the Coliseum; both games were against his friend Jim Chones.

Adelphia Communications Corporation

It was known as simply "The Coliseum" for four years before becoming LP Field in 2006.

Coleman Coliseum

The Coliseum has been used as an annual bass tournament weigh-in spot, and a Travis Tritt music video was filmed here.

Coliseo Cubierto de Itagüí

The Coliseum of Itagüí (in Spanish Coliseo Cubierto de Itagüí) is a multi-use Coliseum in Itagüí city, Colombia.

Herman Stegeman

As a result, Charles Knapp, UGA's president at the time, led the effort to name Stegeman Coliseum (previously known as simply the Coliseum) in Stegeman's honor on March 2, 1996.

Jacksonville Coliseum

The Coliseum hosted hundreds of concerts and shows during its 43-year history, including Rush, Bob Dylan, Duran Duran, Billy Joel, Bon Jovi, Frank Sinatra, Jimi Hendrix, Elvis Presley, David Bowie, Bruce Springsteen, Led Zeppelin, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Journey, AC/DC, Deep Purple and Iron Maiden.

José Miguel Agrelot Coliseum

During the construction phase, plans called for the coliseum to be named simply El Coliseo de Puerto Rico (The Coliseum of Puerto Rico), but when it was also suggested that a private entity could sponsor the facility and thereby lend its name to it, most local politicians objected to the idea, since the financial scandal involving Enron reminded them that the bankrupt company had sponsored a sports facility, which was the Enron Field, later renamed Minute Maid Park in Houston.

La Salle Coliseum

The coliseum also hosted two major karatedo championships, the 1996 Philippine Karatedo Federation National Championship headed by Pocholo Veguillas and Cristina Ramos-Jalasco, former Philippine Olympic Committee chairman and daughter of former president Fidel Ramos and the 2007 20th PKF National Open.

Little Stanney

The Blue Planet Aquarium, The Coliseum Retail Park, Vue Cinema, bowling alley, two nightclubs, Cheshire Oaks Business Park, a David Lloyd Leisure club and respectively Porsche, Audi and Lexus dealerships have all grown up around the outlet and are situated to the north and east of the village.

Lucketts Travel

A predominantly white base is offset with a swoop- brown/orange in the case of Lucketts, red/yellow for Worthing Coaches and grey/orange for Coliseum, which also carries a stylised depiction of the Coliseum in Rome.

Luis T. Diaz Coliseum

Current Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton appeared in the Coliseum on Saturday May 25, 2008 making the first Presidential Candidate to appear in the coliseum.

Also the Coliseum hosts city activities, Pro Wrestling events from both IWA, Caribbean Pro Wrestling and the WWC, Elementary, Middle & High School Graduation Celebrations.

Mario Morales Coliseum

The coliseum opened in 1983 and is named after renowned basketball player Mario Morales.

New Haven Knights

They played in New Haven, Connecticut at the New Haven Coliseum, and were the last team to play at that venue, folding when the Coliseum closed in 2002.

New York State Route 24

At the junction with Glenn Curtiss Boulevard, NY 24 passes the main entrance to the coliseum's parking lots before passing north of Rexcorp Plaza.

Prather Coliseum

The coliseum is among projects credited to the late State Senator Sylvan Friedman of Natchitoches Parish.

Santy Runyon

Runyon's career included, among other things, playing at Al Capone's speakeasy club, The Coliseum, and giving lessons to many musicians, including the likes of Charlie Parker.

Sukhishvili Georgian National Ballet

Throughout its history the Georgian National Ballet has appeared at the Albert Hall, The Coliseum, The Metropolitan Opera and Madison Square Garden, among others.

Taft Coliseum

On July 28, 2010, the Coliseum was renamed to honor Bob Taft, the 67th Governor of Ohio.

Toronto Toros

Initially, Bassett wanted to move the team into a renovated CNE Coliseum, while Bill Ballard — Harold's son, who was running the Gardens while his father served a prison sentence — wanted the team at the Gardens and opposed the plan to upgrade the Coliseum.

Virginia Squires

Attendance was no better in Washington than it was in Oakland because the Coliseum was located in the Near Northeast neighborhood, and that was the hood back in the day.

WVU Coliseum

The first event held at the Coliseum in 1970 was a Grand Funk Railroad concert.