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U.S. Cellular Coliseum

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Owner
  
City of Bloomington

Surface
  
Multi-surface

Opened
  
April 1, 2006

Phone
  
+1 309-434-2843

Operator
  
VenuWorks

Broke ground
  
August 19, 2004

Capacity
  
7,000

U.S. Cellular Coliseum

Location
  
101 South Madison Street Bloomington, Illinois 60701

Address
  
101 S Madison St, Bloomington, IL 61701, USA

Similar
  
Miller Park Zoo, David Davis Mansion, McLean County Museum, Prairie Aviation Museum, US Cellular Center

Profiles

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U.S. Cellular Coliseum is an arena in downtown Bloomington, Illinois that opened to the public on April 1, 2006. It is on the southwest corner of Madison Street (US-51) and Front Street. It hosts the Bloomington Edge of Champions Indoor Football, the Bloomington Thunder of the United States Hockey League and the Bloomington Flex of the Midwest Professional Basketball Association.

Contents

The arena's seating capacity is approximately 7,000 for hockey and indoor football games and 8,000 for concerts. The arena also has a basketball floor and a sand volleyball floor. The arena is also home to the Pepsi Ice center which is located in the same building. Coliseum has all rights to the Pepsi Ice center.

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Features

Attached to the arena is the Pepsi Ice Center, which is a public ice rink run by Bloomington Parks & Rec. The center features open skating, as well as lessons and hockey leagues. It is also the home of the State Farm Holiday Classic, one of the largest, coed high school holiday basketball tournament in the nation, featuring 64 varsity teams participating throughout Bloomington-Normal.

The arena has 800 club seats, 24 luxury suites, and 2 party suites.

Other venues with similar names

U.S. Cellular, a wireless telephone company, has sponsored several sports venues:

  • U.S. Cellular Center - an indoor sports arena in Cedar Rapids, Iowa
  • U.S. Cellular Field at the Resch Center - Home of the Green Bay Blizzard of the IFL
  • U.S. Cellular Community Park, a multi-field, multi-sport athletic complex in Medford, Oregon
  • References

    U.S. Cellular Coliseum Wikipedia