Greensboro Coliseum Complex, commonly referred to as Greensboro Coliseum, is an entertainment and sports complex located in Greensboro, North Carolina.
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Greensboro Coliseum Complex, commonly referred to as Greensboro Coliseum, is an entertainment and sports complex located in Greensboro, North Carolina.
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The Greensboro Coliseum was part-time home of the Carolina Cougars of the American Basketball Association from 1969 to 1974 after the Houston Mavericks moved to North Carolina in 1969.
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In 1991, the Greensboro Coliseum's manager proposed an additional expansion of the complex.
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At the time, the Greensboro Coliseum held 7,100 seats, becoming one of the largest arenas on the East Coast.
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Greensboro Coliseum was the site of auditions for American Idol, Season 5 on October 3,2005.
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The City of Greensboro Coliseum provided a live cam feed to watch the progress of the construction.
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Hockey history of Greensboro Coliseum began in 1959, when the Greensboro Coliseum Generals of the Eastern Hockey League arrived and competed until the league folded in 1973.
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Rather than leave the Coliseum without a hockey team for the first time in more than 10 years, a new hockey team was founded, the Greensboro Generals, returning the city to the East Coast Hockey League.
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Greensboro Coliseum has played host to many college basketball tournaments.
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The Greensboro Coliseum has been the home for the ACC women's basketball tournament since 2000, and is contracted through 2015.
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The Greensboro Coliseum is the first arena to host three basketball tournaments in consecutive weeks.
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Between its service as Wake Forest's de facto primary home court and its many neutral-site and postseason games, the Greensboro Coliseum has hosted many of the most important basketball games in North Carolina's history.
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In 2018, the Greensboro Coliseum began to host the Carolina Cobras, an expansion team of the National Arena League.
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Greensboro Coliseum has hosted many events over time, including Monster Jam, Arenacross, the PBR, High School Musical: The Concert, the Ringling Bros.
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The Greensboro Coliseum has hosted the National Figure Skating Championships twice.
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Greensboro Coliseum has had a wide history with hosting professional wrestling going back to the territorial days of Jim Crockett Promotions.
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WWE has held events at the Greensboro Coliseum, including Unforgiven: In Your House in 1998, the 1999 King of the Ring and the 2001 Survivor Series when Team WWF defeated Team Alliance and Alliance disbanded forever.
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