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Northlands Coliseum is an indoor arena in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada situated on the north side of Northlands. It is currently the home to the Edmonton Oilers of the National Hockey League, the Edmonton Rush of the National Lacrosse League and the Edmonton Oil Kings of the WHL. Though it is one of the oldest venues in the NHL, it has been consistently renovated to keep the facilities up to date
When the arena opened on November 10, 1974, it was known as Northlands Coliseum to house the World Hockey Association Oilers, named after the nonprofit organization that still owns the arena today. Then it became the Edmonton Coliseum in 1994, and Skyreach Centre in 1998, before it changed to its current name called Rexall Place during the middle of the 2003–04 NHL season when its naming rights were purchased by the Rexall medicine company, a subsidiary of Katz Group Canada; incidentally, the Katz Group now owns the Oilers and the Oil Kings through a subsidiary.
The arena was used to host games in the 1981 and 1984 Canada Cup hockey tournaments, including Game 2 of the 1984 finals between Canada and Sweden. In the 1995 World Junior Championships, which were held in various cities and towns throughout Alberta, Edmonton Coliseum was the site of several games, including Canada's 6–3 victory over Finland on New Year's Day.
The venue was the site of several Commonwealth Games sports in 1978, and part of Universiade (the World University Games) in 1983. It also hosted the World Wrestling Entertainment 2004 Backlash pay per view, and the CHL Top Prospects Game in 2008. Annual events include the Canadian Finals Rodeo and the Christian Conference, YC Alberta.
An agreement was reached in January 2012 between the Katz Group and the City of Edmonton for the construction of Rogers Place in Downtown Edmonton. Construction started in March 2014, and it opened in September 2016 with a seating capacity of 18,641. Northlands stated that the old arena would remain open. On February 17, 2016, Northlands unveiled plans to convert Northlands Coliseum into a multi-level ice facility.
Events
- WWF House Show - January 24, 1985.
- WWF House Show - February 26, 1985.
- WWF House Show - August 27, 1988.
- WWF House Show - October 10, 1988.
- WWF House Show - February 26, 1989.
- WWF House Show - May 28, 1989.
- WWF House Show - July 8, 1989.
- RAW - July 7, 1997
- SmackDown - May 31, 2001
- RAW - May 27, 2002
- Backlash 2004 - April 18, 2004
- SmackDown - June 2, 2005
- ECW - August 11, 2009
- SmackDown - August 14, 2009
- NXT - October 19, 2010
- SmackDown - October 22, 2010
- RAW - August 22, 2011
- Main Event - May 29, 2013
- SmackDown - May 31, 2013
