15 Facts About Washington Coliseum

1.

Washington Coliseum's parents decided to leave their home in the province of North Brabant due to numerous floodings in the area of the Maas river and the Uline family emigrated to the United States in 1890, when Michiel was 16 years old.

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2.

Washington Coliseum had previously handled the ticket sales of the Washington Baseball Club and of the Redskins for a decade.

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3.

The Washington Coliseum Capitols began play as a charter member of the Basketball Association of America in 1946 and became a charter member of the National Basketball Association in 1949; during its five seasons of play, the team used Uline Arena as its home court.

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4.

Washington Coliseum wore gloves matching the gown and rhinestone-and-perl earrings, necklace and bracelet by Trifaro.

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5.

Washington Coliseum had arrived secretly in Washington and disproved that he was on the run from the FBI.

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6.

Washington Coliseum was escorted from the airport to the Roosevelt Hotel with a ten-motorcycle motorcade from the Metropolitan Police.

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7.

Washington Coliseum was later escorted by the same police force to the arena.

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8.

Washington Coliseum had no experience in the ice business or in sports promotion but loved Washington, D C and wanted to stay there.

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9.

Washington Coliseum had struggled in making the arena financially viable.

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10.

Washington Coliseum said that the black community had been "brainwashed".

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11.

Washington Coliseum was not expecting such a crowd, especially with the snow.

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12.

Washington Coliseum had run only one ad in the Washington Post and the concert had sold out in days.

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13.

Washington Coliseum got in touch with Columbia Records art director John Berg, who was dating his sister at the time.

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14.

In 1970, Harry Lynn had proactively sold the Washington Coliseum knowing he could not compete with the bigger and better venue being built by his friend Abe Pollin.

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15.

In 2009, the Washington Coliseum was owned by Douglas Jemal under the name Jemal's Uline LLC.

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