- Cumberland County Crown Coliseum
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Cumberland County Crown Coliseum Location 1960 Coliseum Drive, Fayetteville, NC 28306 Opened 1997 Owner Civic Center Commission Operator Civic Center Commission Construction cost $55 million
($75.2 million in 2011 dollars[1])Architect Odell Associates Capacity 13,500 (concerts)
9,564 (basketball)
8,920 (ice hockey)Tenants Fayetteville FireAntz (SPHL) (2002-present)
Fayetteville Force (SIFL) (2005-present)
Cape Fear Wildcats (af2) (2002-2004)
Fayetteville Patriots (NBDL) (2001-2006)
Fayetteville Force (CHL) (1997-2001)
Cumberland County Crown Coliseum in 2009, during a departure ceremony for the 30th Heavy Brigade Combat Team.
Cumberland County Crown Coliseum is an 8,500-seat multi-purpose arena in Fayetteville, North Carolina that opened in 1997. It is currently home to the Fayetteville FireAntz ice hockey team, the Fayetteville Force indoor football team, and formerly home to the Fayetteville Patriots of the NBA Development League.
During the early stages of its construction, Fayetteville’s Crown Coliseum was mentioned as a possible temporary home for the NHL’s Carolina Hurricanes, but this was blocked by minor-league hockey executive Bill Coffey who had signed an exclusive lease agreement with the arena for the Fayetteville Force of the Central Hockey League.[2]
It was reported in mid January that TNA Wrestling would be taping its weekly TNA iMPACT! broadcast in the arena on February 24, 2011 -- which would be only the second time in its history that the show would be broadcasted outside of Universal Studio's iMPACT! zone in Orlando, Florida.
Preceded by
first arenaHome of the
Fayetteville Force
1997-2001Succeeded by
last arenaPreceded by
first arenaHome of the
Fayetteville Patriots
2001 - 2006Succeeded by
last arenaPreceded by
first arenaHome of the
Fayetteville FireAntz
2002 – presentSucceeded by
current arenaPreceded by
Florence Civic CenterHome of the
Fayetteville Guard
2005 – presentSucceeded by
current arenaReferences
- ^ Consumer Price Index (estimate) 1800–2008. Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis. Retrieved December 7, 2010.
- ^ Scott, Jon C. (2006). Hockey Night in Dixie: Minor Pro Hockey in the American South. Heritage House Publishing Company Ltd.. p. 103. ISBN 1894974212.
External links
Media related to Cumberland County Crown Coliseum at Wikimedia CommonsCoordinates: 35°00′54″N 78°53′30″W / 35.015124°N 78.891714°W
Southern Professional Hockey League Teams Augusta Riverhawks • Columbus Cottonmouths • Fayetteville FireAntz • Huntsville Havoc • Knoxville Ice Bears • Louisiana IceGators • Mississippi RiverKings • Mississippi Surge • Pensacola Ice FlyersArenas Cajundome (Louisiana) • Columbus Civic Center (Columbus) • Cumberland County Crown Coliseum (Fayetteville) • DeSoto Civic Center (Mississippi RiverKings) • James Brown Arena (Augusta) • James White Civic Coliseum (Knoxville) • Mississippi Coast Coliseum (Mississippi Surge) • Pensacola Civic Center (Pensacola) • Von Braun Center (Huntsville)Seasons 2004–05 • 2005–06 • 2006–07 • 2007–08 • 2008–09 • 2009–10 • 2010–11President's Cup • William B. Coffey Trophy • Other Professional Hockey leagues Categories:- Indoor arenas in the United States
- Basketball venues in North Carolina
- Indoor ice hockey venues in the United States
- Arena football venues
- Buildings and structures in Fayetteville, North Carolina
- NBA Development League arenas
- Fayetteville Patriots
- North Carolina sports venue stubs
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