Charlotte Coliseum Original Floor

Visit the boplex s historic venues to catch a broadway show at the ovens auditorium or cheer on the charlotte checkers in the bojangles coliseum.

Charlotte coliseum original floor.

In charlotte where it s hard to see history preserved this is one of my favorite old buildings in the city. It was renamed to independence arena in 1988 and still exists today under the name bojangles coliseum. Charlotte coliseum sat 24 042. Photographed in 1991 and 1997 using film.

The coliseum was imploded on june 3 2007. Bojangles coliseum originally charlotte coliseum and formerly independence arena and cricket arena is an 8 600 seat multi purpose arena located in charlotte north carolina it is operated by the charlotte regional visitors authority which also oversees nearby ovens auditorium and the uptown charlotte convention center the naming rights sponsor is the bojangles restaurant chain. Charlotte coliseum was a multi purpose sports and entertainment arena located in charlotte north carolina it was operated by the charlotte coliseum authority which also oversees the operation of bojangles coliseum which was called charlotte coliseum prior to 1988 the charlotte convention center and ovens auditorium it is best known as the home of the nba s charlotte hornets from 1988 to. 41 reviews of bojangles coliseum formerly known as cricket arena independence arena and the original charlotte coliseum this building is a classic and not too many of its kind still around.

There are 2 different venues that were once known as charlotte coliseum. The first was located at 2700 east independence boulevard and opened in 1955. The nba returned to charlotte as the bobcats in 2004. Charlotte coliseum opened august 11 1988 closed october 26 2005.

It was a great place to see the charlotte checkers play before they moved to the twc arena. The hornets began play in 1988 and moved to new orleans in 2003.