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New Haven Coliseum was a sports and entertainment arena located in downtown New Haven, Connecticut. Construction began in 1968 and was completed in 1972. The Coliseum was officially closed on September 1, 2002 by Mayor John DeStefano, Jr., and demolished by implosion on January 20, 2007. The arena's formal name was New Haven Veterans Memorial Coliseum, but most locals simply referred to it as "New Haven Coliseum". The Coliseum could hold 11,171 people at full capacity, and occupied 4.5 acres (18,000 m²) of land next to the Knights of Columbus Building and faced the Oak Street Connector/Route 34 downtown spur. ==Hosted events== The Coliseum hosted the New Haven Knights of the United Hockey League, New Haven Nighthawks, New Haven Senators, and Beast of New Haven of the American Hockey League, as well as the 1984 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference and Yale University's 2002 National Invitational Tournament men's college basketball tournament opening round games. Also, it was home of the Connecticut Coasters roller hockey team in 1993, and the New Haven Ninjas arenafootball2 team in 2002. Ice Capades has also been presented at the Coliseum.〔The Day (newspaper); New London, Ct; Wednesday, September 24, 1975; p.18 theday.com〕 New Haven Coliseum was also second home to Yale University Hockey, playing games sporadically at the Coliseum over the years. The U.S.A. Women's Olympic Squad played an exhibition game vs. Sweden on December 15, 2001. Notably, in 1986, the Coliseum served as the setting for Van Halen's multi-platinum concert film ''Live Without a Net''.〔http://www.amazon.com/Van-Halen-Live-Without-Net/dp/B000286S9C〕 Many of the era's most prominent musical stars also appeared at the Coliseum. The pilot episode of WWE Friday Night SmackDown was filmed at the Coliseum on April 27, 1999, and aired on UPN two days later.〔http://www.wwe.com/inside/news/archive/coliseumimplosion2〕 Tool was the final musical act on August 20, 2002.〔http://www.last.fm/venue/8793375+New+Haven+Coliseum〕 The final event held at the Coliseum was a professional wrestling show held by World Wrestling Entertainment, one of the original attractions in the arena since 1972. The WWE considered the Coliseum its home arena, as it was—for much of its history—the closest venue to WWE's headquarters in Stamford, Connecticut. Most matches were broadcast, first on WTNH, as well as on local UHF stations.〔http://toliveanddiewithnewhaven.yuku.com/topic/1967〕 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「New Haven Coliseum」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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