Sudduth Coliseum

Sudduth Coliseum
Tenants
Location	900 Lakeshore Drive (downtown) Lake Charles, Louisiana 70601
Owner	City of Lake Charles, Louisiana
Operator	City of Lake Charles, Louisiana
Capacity	Official : 7,450
Surface	Concrete
Opened	1972
McNeese State Cowboys (NCAA) (1972–1986) McNeese State Cowgirls (NCAA) (1972–1986) Lake Charles Ice Pirates (WPHL) (1997–2001) Louisiana Swashbucklers (PIFL) (2005–2013)

Sudduth Coliseum, in the Lake Charles Civic Center, is a 7,450-seat multi-purpose arena in Lake Charles, Louisiana, USA. Located on Lakeshore Drive, it is the main arena of the Lake Charles Civic Center. It is a venue for hosting concerts and special events, including the 2006 Louisiana State Choir festival and Contraband Days. The center is named for former Lake Charles Mayor James Sudduth.

Perhaps the proudest accomplishment of the center was during Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, when it served as a shelter for displaced residents whose homes were devastated by the storms. It also serves as a host for gun shows, dance performances, professional and amateur fights, school field trips, The National Day of Prayer ceremony in Lake Charles, and about anything else a Civic Center would host. Contraband Days is a large festival held on the grounds.

The center also hosted UFC 22: There Can Be Only One Champion, as well as UFC 24. It also holds Rampage in the Cage events. It also used to be the home stadium of Lake Charles' former pro hockey team, the Lake Charles Ice Pirates who played in the Western Professional Hockey League and the Louisiana Swashbucklers of the Professional Indoor Football League. The center was authorized as the location of an American Basketball Association team, the Lake Charles Hurricanes. However, lack of funding caused the team to fold without playing a single game.

The coliseum was also the former home of the McNeese State Cowboys and McNeese State Cowgirls basketball teams from 1972-1986 when the teams moved to the Burton Coliseum.^[1]

Its former director, Allen "Puddler" Harris, is a former member of the bands of Ricky Nelson, Conway Twitty, and Jimmie Davis.

References

↑ http://www.mcneesesports.com/news/2014/1/20/MBB_0120140427.aspx

External links

Sudduth Coliseum Website

Events and tenants
Preceded by Five Seasons Events Center Tokyo Bay NK Hall	Ultimate Fighting Championship venue UFC 22 UFC 24	Succeeded by Tokyo Bay NK Hall Yoyogi National Gymnasium

Music venues of Louisiana

Arenas/Stadiums	Alario Center Baton Rouge River Center Arena BREC Memorial Stadium Burton Coliseum Cajundome CenturyLink Center F.G. Clark Center Fant–Ewing Coliseum Fredrick C. Hobdy Assembly Center Harang Jr. Municipal Auditorium Hirsch Memorial Coliseum Houma Terrebonne Civic Center Ike Hamilton Expo Center Independence Stadium Lakefront Arena Lamar Dixon Expo Center Mercedes-Benz Superdome Monroe Civic Center Pete Maravich Assembly Center Pontchartrain Center Prather Coliseum Rapides Parish Coliseum Smoothie King Center Stopher Gym Sudduth Coliseum Tad Gormley Stadium Thomas Assembly Center Tiger Stadium University Center Yulman Stadium Zephyr Field

Concert Halls	Baton Rouge River Center Jefferson Performing Arts Center LSU Tiger Band Hall Mahalia Jackson Theater of the Performing Arts Orpheum Theater RiverView Theater Saenger Theatre Shaw Center for the Arts

Historic venues	Congo Square Shreveport Municipal Memorial Auditorium

Outdoor venues	Champions Square Greek Theatre New Orleans City Park New Orleans Fairgrounds

Theaters and clubs	Carver Theater Civic Theatre Columbia Theatre for the Performing Arts House of Blues The Howlin' Wolf Joy Theater Maple Leaf Bar Preservation Hall Rock n' Bowl Snug Harbor State Palace Theatre Tipitina's

Festivals	Bayou Country Superfest DeltaFest Essence Music Festival Festival International French Quarter Festival Highland Jazz & Blues Festival New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival Satchmo SummerFest Voodoo Experience

McNeese State Cowboys basketball

Venues	McNeese Arena (1956–1972) Lake Charles Civic Center (1972–1986) Burton Coliseum (1986–present)

Rivalries	Lamar

People	Head coaches

Seasons	1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16

NAIA national championship in bold

Coordinates: 30°13′42″N 93°13′16″W / 30.22833°N 93.22111°W / 30.22833; -93.22111

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Sudduth Coliseum

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