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Mid-South Coliseum is an indoor arena in Memphis, Tennessee. The facility was opened in 1964, and became known "The Entertainment Capitol of the Mid-South" due its significance in hosting events such as concerts, sports games and professional wrestling shows. [7] The Coliseum closed in 2006.
The Memphis Wrestling Hall of Fame was a professional wrestling hall of fame maintained by the United States Wrestling Association. The induction ceremony for the Class of 1994, the inaugural inductees into the Hall of Fame, took place at the USWA's "Monday Night Memories", a tribute show, held at the Mid-South Coliseum on March 7, 1994.
Its biggest show during this period was Memphis Memories held at the Mid-South Coliseum before 8,377 on March 7, 1994, in which the Memphis Wrestling Hall of Fame was introduced. Within a few years, the USWA's position as the top independent promotion in North America was being challenged by other groups across Canada and the United States.
The Mid-South Coliseum (pictured 2008) in Memphis, Tennessee, served as the promotion's main venue. The cornerstone of the CWA was the weekly Monday night shows from the Mid-South Coliseum in Memphis, where the cards regularly drew full houses. These shows were repeated in some form weekly in Louisville and Nashville (on Saturday nights).
Memphis: Mid-South Coliseum: 29 July 1972: Little Rock: Barton Coliseum: 30 July 1972 Dallas: Dallas Convention Center: 31 July 1972 Houston: Hofheinz Pavilion: 1 August 1972 Oklahoma City: Fairgrounds Arena: 2 August 1972 Denver: Denver Coliseum: 3 August 1972 4 August 1972 Long Beach: Long Beach Arena: 5 August 1972 Berkeley: Berkeley ...
In May 2022, the Memphis and Shelby County Land use and Control Board approved plans to convert the site into a 126-unit apartment building. Parkview was built in 1923 as a 165-room apartment hotel.
Memphis and the Mid-South this year have stocked their stockings to overflowing with holiday parades, plays, concerts, screenings and more. These are the Memphis and Mid-South holiday events you ...
In early 1932, plans for a large concrete stadium with a capacity of 25,000 persons was presented to the Mid-South Fair Association with the promise that if it were built, efforts would be made to land "big-time events of the tennis world". On July 17, 1932, the Memphis Park Commission gave tentative approval for a 25,000-seat stadium to be ...