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The Joe and Harry Freeman Coliseum is a sports and concert venue in San Antonio, Texas, USA, built in 1949. It has been host to thousands of events including the San Antonio Stock Show & Rodeo, concerts, trade shows, motor sports, circus, professional sports including professional bull riding, basketball, hockey, boxing and wrestling. It was the home of the San Antonio Stock Show & Rodeo, until the opening in 2003 of the adjacent AT&T Center, formerly known as SBC Center. The WNBA's San Antonio Stars will play home games at the Freeman Coliseum for the 2015 season due to renovations at AT&T Center.〔(San Antonio Stars to play games at the Freeman Coliseum for the 2015 season )〕 Although the main rodeo event is in AT&T Center, stock show and exhibit aspects of the rodeo are still held in Freeman Coliseum. The arena seats 9,500 for motor sports, rodeos and professional bull riding, 9,800 for basketball and up to 11,700 for concerts, boxing and wrestling. It contains a ceiling height. When used for trade shows, the arena features of space, plus of exhibit space in four adjacent exhibit halls—the Morris Center, the Exhibit Hall #1, the Freeman Building and the Exhibit Hall #2. The Coliseum was home to the San Antonio Rowels and its national team rodeo league competition, as well as two professional hockey teams, the Central Hockey League San Antonio Iguanas and later the International Hockey League San Antonio Dragons from 1996-1998. The building hosted several professional wrestling events - The WWF's Tuesday in Texas in 1991 and the WWF Survivor Series in 1994. It was the largest indoor arena in San Antonio until HemisFair Arena opened in 1968. Since then, many top recording artists have made their San Antonio concert debuts at the Coliseum. ==References== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Freeman Coliseum」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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