Mississippi Coast Coliseum
| Mississippi Coast Coliseum | |
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| place |
 Biloxi
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| Coordinates | 30 ° 23 '40.1 " N , 88 ° 58' 26.6" W |
| start of building | 1975 |
| opening | 1977 |
| architect | HF Fountain Jr & Associates |
| capacity | 15,000 seats |
The Mississippi Coast Coliseum is a multi-purpose hall in Biloxi, Mississippi .
History and use
The arena was built from 1975 to 1977 and offers space for a total of 15,000 spectators for the so-called “festivities occupation” of the hall floor and the tiers. The building is a popular venue for sports competitions such as soccer, athletics, tennis, and hockey; so the Sun Belt Conference in 1992 and 1993 was held here.
Eric Clapton played there in 1990 as part of his Journeyman World Tour . In addition, the annual rock festival THE CPR FESTIVAL takes place in the hall and also wrestling events such as WWE SmackDown! and WWE Raw were broadcast from here.
Individual evidence
- ↑ The Mississippi Coast Coliseum. (No longer available online.) Sunherald.com, archived from the original on April 1, 2009 ; accessed on April 29, 2016 (English). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ Hockey comes to the COAST. (No longer available online.) Thesphl.com, formerly in the original ; accessed on April 29, 2016 (English). ( Page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Boxscore - Top Concert Grosses. In: Billboard Magazine. Nielsen Business Media, Inc., September 22, 1990, accessed April 29, 2016 .
- ↑ WWE Events. Espn.go.com, accessed April 29, 2016 .
