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Charlotte Coliseum (41184)

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CHARLOTTE COLISEUM

41184

Carolina Cougars (1969-1974) Charlotte 49ers (1976-1988, 1993-1996) Charlotte Cobras (MILL) (1996) Charlotte Checkers (ECHL) (1993-2005) Charlotte Krunk (2005) Arena Racing USA (2006-2008) Charlotte Roller Girls (2008) Carolina Speed (2009)

Bojangles Coliseum was opened and dedicated in 1955 as the Charlotte Coliseum. At the time it was the largest unsupported steel dome in the world. After the new Charlotte Coliseum opened in 1988, the name was changed to Independence Arena (named for its location on Independence Boulevard in Charlotte) and underwent an extensive renovation. In 2001 the arena was renamed the Cricket Arena in a naming rights arrangement with Cricket Communications. In 2008 Bojangles Restaurants, Inc. bought the naming rights.

As the old Charlotte Coliseum it was a site for home games for the Carolina Cougars of the American Basketball Association from 1969 through 1974. It also hosted the ACC men's basketball tournament from 1968-1970, the Southern Conference men's basketball tournament from 1964-1971 (and again in 2010, for the first three days of the tournament), and was the site of the Sun Belt Conference men’s basketball tournament from 1977 through 1980. Additionally, it hosted the Charlotte 49ers from 1976 until 1988, and again from 1993 through 1996.

The venue was also the home of minor league hockey in Charlotte from 1956, when the first Baltimore Clippers moved to Charlotte to become the early Checkers, to 1977, when the first version of the Checkers folded. When the Checkers were revived in 1993, they played there until 2005, and the arena would be available should Kelly Cup Playoff games be needed because of the unavailability of Time Warner Cable Arena as ECHL rules regarding playoff games and timeframes are compact, and may force a game to be moved.

Used (?) 3 1/2" x 5 1/2" standard size chrome

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