Foster Communications Coliseum

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Foster Communications Coliseum
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Foster Communications Coliseum
Former namesSan Angelo Coliseum (19582011)
Location50 East 43rd Street
San Angelo, Texas
Owner City of San Angelo
Capacity 5,260
Construction
Broke ground1957
OpenedAugust 29, 1958
Renovated2006
Tenants
San Angelo Outlaws (WPHL/CHL) (1997–2002)
San Angelo Saints (CHL) (2002–2005)
San Angelo Stampede Express (Intense/IFL) (20062010)
San Angelo Bandits (LSFL/CIF) (20132016)

The Foster Communications Coliseum is a 5,260-seat multi-purpose arena in San Angelo, Texas, built in 1959 as a home for the San Angelo Stock Show and Rodeo, the fourth largest stock show and rodeo in the United States, after its original home was destroyed in 1953. [1] Throughout the year the coliseum is home to various concerts, trade shows and exhibits and other special events.

In March 2011, the city of San Angelo announced that it sold the naming rights of the San Angelo Coliseum to Foster Communications, thereby renaming it Foster Communications Coliseum.

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References

  1. "Stock Show, History". Archived from the original on 2009-03-08. Retrieved 2009-09-06.

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