Crown Coliseum

Crown Coliseum
Construction
Interior of the arena during the departure ceremony for the 30th Heavy Brigade Combat Team (c. 2009)
Former names	Cumberland County Crown Coliseum (1997–2014)
Address	1960 Coliseum Drive Fayetteville, North Carolina 28306-3059
Location	Crown Complex
Owner	Cumberland County Civic Center Commission
Operator	Comcast Spectacor
Capacity	10,000
Broke ground	June 12, 1995 (1995-06-12)
Opened	October 23, 1997 (1997-10-23)
Construction cost	$55 million ($85.6 million in 2016 dollars^[1])
Architect	Odell Associates
Structural engineer	Fleming and Associates, PA
General contractor	Turner Construction
Tenants
Fayetteville Force (CHL) (1997–2001) Fayetteville Patriots (NBDL) (2001–2006) Fayetteville FireAntz (SPHL) (2002–present) Cape Fear Wildcats (af2) (2002–2004) Fayetteville Guard (AIFA) (2005–2010) Fayetteville Force (SIFL) (2011) Cape Fear Heroes (AIF/XLIF/SIF) (2012–2015, 2017–)
Website
Venue Website

The Crown Coliseum^[2] (originally the Cumberland County Crown Coliseum) is a multi-purpose arena in Fayetteville, North Carolina that broke ground in 1995^[3] and opened in 1997.^[4] It is currently home to the Fayetteville FireAntz ice hockey team and the Cape Fear Heroes indoor football team.

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.^[5]

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 broadcast outside Universal Studio's iMPACT! zone in Orlando, Florida. WWE taped its annual Tribute to the Troops show at the venue on December 11, 2011.

Fayetteville native, rapper J. Cole's Forest Hills Drive: Live and his concert film, Forest Hills Drive: Homecoming was recorded at the arena on August 30, 2015, during his Forest Hills Drive Tour.^[6] Forest Hills Drive: Homecoming aired on HBO, January 9, 2016.^[7]

References

↑ Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis Community Development Project. "Consumer Price Index (estimate) 1800–". Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis. Retrieved October 21, 2016.
↑ Campbell, Sarah (March 27, 2014). "Crown Complex shows off its changes". The Fayetteville Observer. Fayetteville Publishing Company. Retrieved November 26, 2015.
↑ Moss, Gary (March 23, 1995). "Coliseum Still Lacks 'Crowning' Touch". Fayetteville Observer. Retrieved November 19, 2011.
↑ "Lights Come On at New Crown Coliseum". WRAL. October 23, 1997. Retrieved November 19, 2011.
↑ Scott, Jon C. (2006). Hockey Night in Dixie: Minor Pro Hockey in the American South. Heritage House Publishing Company Ltd. p. 103. ISBN 1-894974-21-2.
↑ Boehrer, Kat (January 27, 2016). "Here's J. Cole's 'Forest Hills Drive Live' Album". Complex. Retrieved 21 November 2016.
↑ Montes, Patrick (January 10, 2016). "J. Cole's 90-Minute HBO Documentary 'Forest Hills Drive: Homecoming' Is Here". hypebeast. Retrieved 21 November 2016.

External links

Media related to Cumberland County Crown Coliseum at Wikimedia Commons

Cumberland County Crown Coliseum Homepage

Coordinates: 35°00′54″N 78°53′30″W / 35.015124°N 78.891714°W / 35.015124; -78.891714

Preceded by first arena	Home of the Fayetteville Force 1997-2001	Succeeded by last arena
Preceded by first arena	Home of the Fayetteville Patriots 2001 - 2006	Succeeded by last arena
Preceded by first arena	Home of the Fayetteville FireAntz 2002 – present	Succeeded by current arena
Preceded by Florence Civic Center	Home of the Fayetteville Guard 2005 – 2010	Succeeded by last arena
Preceded by first arena	Home of the Cape Fear Heroes 2012 – present	Succeeded by current arena

Southern Professional Hockey League

Teams	Columbus Cottonmouths Evansville Thunderbolts Fayetteville FireAntz Huntsville Havoc Knoxville Ice Bears Louisiana IceGators (suspended) Macon Mayhem Mississippi RiverKings Pensacola Ice Flyers Peoria Rivermen Roanoke Rail Yard Dawgs

Arenas	Berglund Center (Rail Yard Dawgs) Cajundome (IceGators) Carver Arena (Rivermen) Columbus Civic Center (Cottonmouths) Cumberland County Crown Coliseum (FireAntz) Ford Center (Thunderbolts) Landers Center (RiverKings) Macon Coliseum (Mayhem) James White Civic Coliseum (Ice Bears) Pensacola Bay Center (Ice Flyers) Von Braun Center (Havoc)

Seasons	2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17

President's Cup William B. Coffey Trophy Other professional hockey leagues

Campbell Fighting Camels basketball

Venues	Carter Gymnasium (1953–2008) Cumberland County Civic Center (alternate; 1968–1997) Cape Fear HS (alternate; 1969) South Johnston HS (alternate; 1976–1977) Harnett Central HS (alternate; 1977–1980) Raleigh Civic Center (alternate; 1978–1982) Crown Coliseum (alternate; 1997–1999) John W. Pope Jr. Convocation Center (2008–present)

People	Head coaches

Seasons	1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17

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