General James White Memorial Civic Auditorium and Coliseum also known as (Knoxville Civic Coliseum) is a multi-purpose events facility in Knoxville, Tennessee. It first opened its doors in 1961 and is a dual venue with a smaller arena and the larger coliseum in one venue.
Primarily its tenants have been hockey based. First team to call the Coliseum home was the Knoxville Knights of the EHL from 1961 to 1968. After that it was the Knoxville Cherokees of the ECHL for the 97 and 98 seasons. After that it has seen a mixture of professional teams; UHL's Knoxville Speed from 1999 to 2002 and SPHL's Knoxville Ice Bears since 2002; and collegiate serving as half the home games for the Tennessee Volunteers Ice Hockey team since 1992.
The venue is not just a hockey venue. It also hosted a couple of indoor football teams as well as the primary venue for Smoky Mountain Wrestling in the early mid 1990s. The coliseum was also the home to the last Randy Rhodes concert before his death.
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- NWA-WCW House Show - November 9, 1989
- NWA-WCW House Show - December 26, 1989
- NWA-WCW House Show - February 11, 1990
- NWA-WCW House Show - November 11, 1990
- Clash of the Champions XV - June 14, 1991
- SMW Volunteer Slam I - May 22, 1992
- SMW - June 5, 1992
- SMW - June 19, 1992
- SMW - July 12, 1992
- SMW Summer Blast 1992 - July 17, 1992
- SMW - September 4, 1992
- SMW - September 5, 1992
- SMW - October 2, 1992
- SMW - November 8, 1992
- SMW Thanksgiving Thunder 1992 - Day 4 - November 29, 1992
- SMW Christmas Chaos 1992 - Day 1 - December 25, 1992
- SMW - February 19, 1993
- SMW - March 21, 1993
- SMW - April 18, 1993
- SMW Volunteer Slam II - "Rage In A Cage" - May 9, 1993
- SMW - June 11, 1993
- SMW - July 16, 1993
- SMW K-Town Showdown - August 20, 1993
- SMW - September 12, 1993
- SMW - October 8, 1993
- SMW Christmas Chaos 1993 - Day 1 - December 25, 1993
- SMW Super Saturday Night Fever - January 28, 1995
- SMW Sunday Bloody Sunday II - February 26, 1995
- SMW SuperBowl of Wrestling - August 4, 1995
- Nitro - February 26, 1996
- Nitro - December 30, 1996
- WCW Main Event - January 4, 1997
- Nitro - December 1, 1997
- Thunder - June 7, 2000
- WCW Worldwide - June 17, 2000
- Nitro - March 12, 2001
- Thunder - March 14, 2001
- IMPACT - October 6, 2011
- IMPACT - October 13, 2011
- TNA House Show - November 16, 2012
- AEW Dynamite - January 22, 2025.
