St. Louis Coliseum

St. Louis Coliseum circa 1915

The St. Louis Coliseum was an arena in St. Louis, Missouri from 1908 to 1953 at the southwest corner of Washington Boulevard and Jefferson Avenue. The 1916 Democratic National Convention was held in the building.

History

It was designed by Frederick C. Bonsack and cost $450,000. When the cornerstone was laid on August 22, 1908, it was claimed the building would be the largest public building in the United States.^[1] It replaced the St. Louis Exposition and Music Hall as the city's main indoor arena.

The building was leased for several years by Tex Rickard and was the site of boxing matches. It was also a venue for the Veiled Prophet Parade.

Kiel Auditorium which opened in 1934 effectively replaced the Coliseum, and it was condemned as unsafe by the city in 1953.

References

↑ Lay Conerstone of St. Louis Coliseum - New York Times - August 23, 1908

Coordinates: 38°38′06″N 90°12′50″W / 38.634937°N 90.213847°W / 38.634937; -90.213847

Venues of the Democratic National Convention

The Athenaeum and Warfield's Church (1832)
Fourth Presbyterian Church (Baltimore) (1835)
The Assembly Rooms (1840)
Odd Fellows Hall (1844)
Universalist Church (Baltimore) (1848)
Maryland Institute (1852)
Smith and Nixon's Hall (1856)
South Carolina Institute Hall / Front Street Theater (1860)
The Amphitheatre (Chicago) (1864)
Tammany Hall (1868)
Ford's Grand Opera House (1872)
Merchants Exchange Building (1876)
Cincinnati Music Hall (1880)
Interstate Exposition Building (1884)
Exposition Building (1888)
Wigwam (1892)
Chicago Coliseum (1896)
Convention Hall (1900)
St. Louis Coliseum (1904)
Denver Auditorium Arena (1908)
Fifth Regiment Armory (1912)
Convention Hall (1916)
San Francisco Civic Auditorium (1920)
Madison Square Garden (1890) (1924)
Sam Houston Hall (1928)
Chicago Stadium (1932)
Philadelphia Convention Hall/Franklin Field (1936)
Chicago Stadium (1940)
Chicago Stadium (1944)
Philadelphia Convention Hall (1948)
International Amphitheatre (1952)
International Amphitheatre (1956)
Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena / Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum (1960)
Atlantic City Convention Hall (1964)
International Amphitheatre (1968)
Miami Beach Convention Center (1972)
Madison Square Garden (1976)
Madison Square Garden (1980)
Moscone Center (1984)
Omni Coliseum (1988)
Madison Square Garden (1992)
United Center (1996)
Staples Center (2000)
FleetCenter (2004)
Pepsi Center / Invesco Field (2008)
Time Warner Cable Arena (2012)
Wells Fargo Center (2016)

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