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Post by RMF1973 on Dec 26, 2005 21:49:20 GMT -5
 My dad found this old photo of the old coliseum in Winston Salem, NC. He attended his first show there on May 13, 1965. He started taking me to shows there in 1978 and on into the 80's. What a grand old building it was and a great place to see wrestling! |
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Post by RowdyRoddy on Dec 27, 2005 8:43:28 GMT -5
Is this the Lawrence Joel Memorial Coliseum in Winston Salem where Wake Forest bball plays??
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Post by cwh47 on Dec 27, 2005 8:59:09 GMT -5
The Lawrence Joel Coliseum now stands where
the old Coliseum was.The photo you see above was
taken in the early 60's and you can see a larger copy
of this at the Forsythe County Public Library.
The Wake Forest basketball team played their home
games in the old coliseum also but they needed a
larger building as 8500 was the quoted capacity for
basketball.I believe Lawrence Joel holds 14,500 for
basketball.
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Post by RowdyRoddy on Dec 27, 2005 9:03:42 GMT -5
You are correct. Lawrence Joel Memorial Coliseum holds about 14000 for Wake Forest University men's college basketball. It is a great venue for college basketball. I guess the old Coliseum was razed back in the late 1980s to make way for this new one? I think that the Forsyth County Fair is held there as well.
It reminds me of when World Class held their Cotton Bowl extravaganza each October in collaboration with the state fair of Texas.
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Post by thegreatbologuy on Dec 27, 2005 9:14:47 GMT -5
Ah, yes.
Saw many JCP shows at that place.
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Post by The Hammer on Dec 27, 2005 13:52:34 GMT -5
If I am correct the old Coliseum is still there but now is called the Coliseum annex. I started attending shows there when I was 2 or 3 yrs. old which was around 72 or 73. The earliest match that I have any recolection of from there was Ole and Gene Anderson vs George and Sandy Scott. Great Wrestling Building.
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Post by me2u on Dec 27, 2005 17:02:49 GMT -5
Hammer You are wrong. The annex is not the old coliseum. It was built the same time as the Lawrence Joel.
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Post by The Hammer on Dec 27, 2005 18:48:39 GMT -5
I know it wasn't torn down when the new one was built, because they hosted the minor league hockey and held public skating. It may not be there now (its been a little while since I was there).
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