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The Coliseum, Retter & Company Theatre | |
Former names | Three Rivers Coliseum (2004–2005) Tri-Cities Coliseum (1988–2004) |
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Location | 7016 W. Grandridge Blvd. Kennewick, Washington, U.S. |
Coordinates | 46°13′12″N119°13′01″W / 46.22°N 119.217°W |
Owner | City of Kennewick |
Operator | VenuWorks |
Capacity | 7,200 (concerts) 6,519 (basketball) 5,694 (hockey) 2,081 (theatre) [1] |
Surface | Multi-surface |
Construction | |
Broke ground | 1987 |
Opened | November 19, 1988 [2] 36 years ago |
Construction cost | $10 million [3] ($24.7 million in 2022 [4] ) |
Architect | PBK Architects, Inc. [5] |
Tenants | |
Tri-City Americans (WHL) (1988–present) Tri-City Chinook (CBA) (1991–1995) Tri-Cities Fever (AF2/NIFL/IFL) (2005–2016) Tri-Cities Fire (AWFC) (2019) | |
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The Toyota Center is a multi-purpose arena in the northwest United States, located in Kennewick, Washington.
Opened 36 years ago in 1988 as the Tri-Cities Coliseum, the arena's name was changed in 2004 to the Three Rivers Coliseum to match the Three Rivers Convention Center, which was built next door in the same year. In October 2005, a deal was reached between the city of Kennewick and Toyota, which agreed to pay $2 million over ten years for naming rights. The city uses the funds for needed improvements and upgrades to the facility. A smaller facility next door, built by the city in 1998, was named "Toyota Arena."
The Toyota Center is located west of central Kennewick, just northwest of Vista Field, which closed eleven years ago in 2013. The elevation at ground level is approximately 500 feet (150 m) above sea level.
The Toyota Center is home to the Western Hockey League's Tri-City Americans hockey team. [6] The center was formerly the home of the Tri-City Chinook of the Continental Basketball Association [7] and the Tri-Cities Fever indoor football team. The seating capacity for hockey is about 6,000.
During the 1990 Goodwill Games in Seattle, the venue was used for ice hockey, since the Kingdome was in use by the Mariners. [8] It has also hosted the state championships for high school volleyball, held in November.
The arena is also used for concerts (capacity 7,715), banquets, ice shows, circuses, and trade shows (27,132 square feet (2,520 m2) of space). Recently, the theatre configuration of the facility has been named "Retter and Company Theatre", sponsored by Retter & Company Sotheby's International Realty & SVN Retter & Compny, and the facility now hosts Broadway shows.
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