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/ November 2, 2026
Lenovo Center is the multipurpose arena in Raleigh, North Carolina, that has served as home ice for the NHL’s Carolina Hurricanes since it opened on October 29, 1999. Built at a cost of about $158 million, the venue also hosts NC State Wolfpack men’s basketball…
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/ October 19, 2026
The MassMutual Center is a multi-purpose arena and convention complex in downtown Springfield, Massachusetts, that has served as the city’s sports and entertainment hub since opening as the Springfield Civic Center on September 5, 1972. Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company secured naming rights in 2005…
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/ October 19, 2026
The Tacoma Dome opened on April 21, 1983, in Tacoma, Washington, drawing roughly 25,000 people to its opening ceremonies. Designed by local architects Jim McGranahan and Lyn Messenger after they won an international design competition, the $44 million project became an instant landmark for its…
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/ October 19, 2026
Fair Park Coliseum opened in 1955 on the historic Fair Park grounds east of downtown Dallas, becoming one of the city’s earliest dedicated indoor arenas for sports and live events. Built to seat around 7,000 at its debut, the coliseum quickly became a hub for…
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/ October 19, 2026
Moody Coliseum is a multi-purpose arena on the SMU campus in University Park, Texas, an inner suburb of Dallas. Opened on December 3, 1956, as the SMU Coliseum, it was renamed in 1965 to honor Galveston businessman William Lewis Moody Jr., whose foundation has long…
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/ October 19, 2026
Lakefront Arena has stood on the campus once known as the University of New Orleans since November 1, 1983, when Lionel Richie christened the building with two sold-out concerts. Officially named the Senator Nat G. Kiefer LSU New Orleans Lakefront Arena, the venue sits near…
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/ October 19, 2026
The Fort Worth Convention Center has anchored downtown Fort Worth, Texas since it opened on September 30, 1968, as the Tarrant County Convention Center. Fourteen city blocks of the old “Hell’s Half Acre” district were cleared to build the complex, which the City of Fort…
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/ October 19, 2026
Jersey Mike’s Arena is the home basketball venue for the Rutgers Scarlet Knights in Piscataway, New Jersey, on the university’s Livingston Campus. The building opened on November 30, 1977 as the Rutgers Athletic Center, spent over three decades known as the Louis Brown Athletic Center…
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/ October 19, 2026
Kansas City Municipal Auditorium opened in 1935 as the centerpiece of the city’s ambitious ‘Ten-Year Plan’ public works program, and it was formally dedicated the following year with President Franklin D. Roosevelt on hand as keynote speaker. Designed in Streamline Moderne and Art Deco style…
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/ October 19, 2026
Greensboro Coliseum opened on October 29, 1959, in Greensboro, North Carolina, as the centerpiece of the city’s new convention and entertainment complex, with an initial seating capacity of about 7,100. Officially renamed First Horizon Coliseum in October 2024 under a ten-year naming rights agreement, most…
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/ October 19, 2026
The Big E Coliseum, formally known as the Eastern States Coliseum, is a multi-purpose arena in West Springfield, Massachusetts, that opened on October 12, 1916, as part of the grounds for the Eastern States Exposition, the regional fair known as the Big E. For decades…
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/ October 19, 2026
The Ottawa Civic Centre opened on December 29, 1967, tucked beneath the north grandstand of the football stadium at Lansdowne Park as part of the city’s Canadian Centennial building projects. The arena’s debut was an exhibition game pairing the brand-new Ottawa 67’s, bolstered by loaned…
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/ October 19, 2026
Memorial Coliseum opened on November 3, 1960, in Portland’s Rose Quarter as a tribute to local veterans of World War II and the Korean War. Designed by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, the arena’s signature feature was its striking gray glass-and-aluminum curtain wall wrapped around an…
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/ October 19, 2026
Long Beach Arena opened in October 1962 as the entertainment centerpiece of what is now the Long Beach Convention and Entertainment Center, rising on the downtown waterfront site once occupied by the old Long Beach Municipal Auditorium. For decades it has flexed between sports, touring…
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/ October 19, 2026
Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum opened on February 11, 1972, in Uniondale, New York, built on the former grounds of Mitchel Air Force Base. For decades it served as the beating heart of Long Island sports and entertainment, best known as the home rink of the…
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/ October 19, 2026
Meadowlands Arena opened on July 2, 1981, in East Rutherford, New Jersey, as Brendan Byrne Arena, part of the broader Meadowlands Sports Complex alongside Giants Stadium and the Meadowlands Racetrack. Over its operating life it carried three names while active, also serving time as Continental…
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/ October 19, 2026
Milwaukee Arena opened downtown on April 9, 1950, built at a cost of about $7.6 million from a design by the local firm Eschweiler & Eschweiler. For decades it served as the city’s primary indoor venue, drawing crowds of up to 12,700 for sports, concerts…
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/ October 19, 2026
The Cow Palace is an indoor arena and events center in Daly City, California, sitting right on the San Francisco border. Opened on April 20, 1941, as the California State Livestock Pavilion, it earned its nickname from the Grand National Rodeo, Horse & Stock Show…
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/ October 19, 2026
The Indiana State Fairgrounds Coliseum has anchored the Indiana State Fairgrounds in Indianapolis since it opened in August 1939, replacing an earlier livestock pavilion on the same site. Over more than eight decades the arena has carried several names, including Pepsi Coliseum and Indiana Farmers…
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/ October 19, 2026
The Rochester Community War Memorial opened on October 18, 1955, in downtown Rochester, New York, as a tribute to the city’s World War II veterans. Designed by architect Leonard A. Waasdorp, the arena quickly became the region’s premier gathering place for sports and entertainment, hosting…
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