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Coliseum also hosted a Saturday Night's Main Event taping on Feb. 15, 1986 (shown on NBC on March 1, 1986), when King Kong Bundy attacked Hulk Hogan at the end of his title defense versus Magnificent Muraco. Hogan suffered (kayfabe) rib injuries, setting up their steel cage main event match at
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Coliseum suffers from a leaky roof dating back to at least its first anniversary, when management put a 25-foot (7.6 m) candle on the roof to celebrate the building's first birthday. The candle broke the roof's seal, which caused a number of leaks over the years.
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Coliseum was affectionately referred to as "The Madhouse on McDowell" (for McDowell Road on which the arena is located) by both fans and the local media. Ironically, it was Lakers broadcaster
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kicked off his first tour after returning to live performing, to a sell-out crowd of 13,000 as he did his first tour of 1973 on April 22 in front of 15,000. On
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who conferred the nickname during the 1970 playoffs.
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world tour with a sold-out concert at the Coliseum.
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1072:"1969–70: Welcome to the Playoffs"
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856:2020 presidential election ballots
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2789:Madison Square Garden (1925)
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2899:Oncenter War Memorial Arena
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2609:Anderson High School Wigwam
929:"Break Ground for Coliseum"
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2904:The Palace of Auburn Hills
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2949:Rutgers Athletic Center
2709:Denver Auditorium Arena
1278:Seattle Center Coliseum
840:In The Lonely Hour Tour
727:from 1975 to 1978, the
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412:T. Y. Lin International
406:chief campus architect
195:T. Y. Lin International
48:1826 West McDowell Road
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2854:Minneapolis Auditorium
2829:McNichols Sports Arena
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3191:Phoenix Symphony Hall
3113:Sun Bowl Amphitheatre
2473:Gainbridge Fieldhouse
1038:"The Monkees On Tour"
899:Hyperboloid structure
894:Scotiabank Saddledome
854:of Maricopa County's
518:The arena hosted the
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179:Lescher & Mahoney
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2584:69th Regiment Armory
2526:Michelob Ultra Arena
2506:Climate Pledge Arena
2468:Gateway Center Arena
2397:Bally Sports Arizona
1987:Skylar Diggins-Smith
1205:The Arizona Republic
1170:. 25 September 2015.
1005:. Phoenix New Times.
934:Casa Grande Dispatch
909:Thin-shell structure
904:Tensile architecture
818:Desert Diamond Arena
457:The Coliseum in 2007
91:33.46944; -112.09667
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3014:Wharton Field House
2959:Salt Palace (arena)
2809:Market Square Arena
2719:Edgerton Park Arena
2511:College Park Center
2191:Playoff appearances
1933:Ann Meyers-Drysdale
1243:Events and tenants
1219:: November 14, 1962
1211:The Phoenix Gazette
1026:. January 13, 2016.
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709:Phoenix Roadrunners
488:The Monkees on Tour
396:Lescher and Mahoney
351:Arizona Derby Dames
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271:Phoenix Roadrunners
261:Phoenix Roadrunners
241:Phoenix Roadrunners
221:Phoenix Roadrunners
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2824:McElroy Auditorium
2804:Maple Leaf Gardens
2784:Loyola Field House
2699:Richfield Coliseum
2684:Cincinnati Gardens
2669:Charlotte Coliseum
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2358:Los Angeles Sparks
2313:WNBA Championships
1651:07 Seconds or Less
1635:Cotton Fitzsimmons
1599:Los Angeles Lakers
1505:G League affiliate
1268:Phoenix Suns Arena
1235:Arizona State Fair
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496:The Rolling Stones
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1604:San Antonio Spurs
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1287:NBA All-Star Game
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539:NBA All-Star Game
506:kicked off their
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547:NBA championship
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377:. It hosted the
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2874:Nassau Coliseum
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2754:Joe Louis Arena
2734:HemisFair Arena
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