Spokane Coliseum

Infobox Stadium
stadium_name = Spokane Coliseum
nickname = "The Boone Street Barn"


location = Spokane, Washington
coordinates =
broke_ground =
opened = 1954
seating_capacity = 5,400
renovated =
expanded =
closed = Fall 1995
demolished = 1995
tenants = Gonzaga Bulldogs (NCAA) 1958-1965, 1979–1980
Spokane Flyers (WHL) 1980-1981
Spokane Chiefs (WHL) 1985-1995

The Spokane Coliseum, also known as "the Boone Street Barn", was an indoor arena located in Spokane, Washington. It opened in 1954 and had a capacity of 5,400. It was host to a number of teams including the Spokane Chiefs of the Western Hockey League. The arena served as the home of the men's basketball program of Gonzaga University from its entry into NCAA Division I competition in 1958 until the opening of the on-campus John F. Kennedy Memorial Pavilion, later the Charlotte Y. Martin Centre, in 1965. The Bulldogs returned to the Coliseum in 1979, their first year in the West Coast Athletic Conference, for conference home games onlycite web|url=http://www.cstv.com/auto_pdf/p_hotos/s_chools/gonz/sports/m-baskbl/auto_pdf/0607mediaguidep123-133 |title=Year-by-Year Results |work=2007 Gonzaga University Men's Basketball Media Guide |publisher=Gonzaga University Athletics |format=PDF |pages=pp. 123-133 |accessdate=2007-06-03] before returning to Kennedy Pavilion for the 1980-81 season.cite web|url=http://www.cstv.com/auto_pdf/p_hotos/s_chools/gonz/sports/m-baskbl/auto_pdf/0607mediaguidep99-112 |title=Through The Ages – Homes of the Bulldogs |work=2007 Gonzaga University Men's Basketball Media Guide |publisher=Gonzaga University Athletics |format=PDF |pages=p. 108 |accessdate=2007-05-29] They continued to use the Coliseum for occasional home games until its demise.

The Coliseum was replaced by the Spokane Veterans Memorial Arena in 1995 and demolished that same year. The space which the Coliseum occupied became a parking lot for the new arena.

Artists such as Metallica, Elvis Presley, The Beach Boys, Jimi Hendrix, Ray Charles and the Grateful Dead performed at the venue during its existence.

Notes and references

succession box
title = Home of the
Spokane Chiefs
years = unknown – 1995
before = None
after = Spokane Veterans Memorial Arenasuccession box
title = Home of Gonzaga Bulldogs
men's basketball
years = 1958 – 1965, 1979 – 1980
before = Russell Gymnasium
after = John F. Kennedy Memorial Pavilion
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