Owner City of Marion Surface Artificial Turf Phone +1 740-382-2558 | Operator Candy Tripp Opened 1950 | |
Location 220 East Fairground St., Marion, OH 43302 Address 220 E Fairground St, Marion, OH 43302, USA Similar Harding Home, Marion Union Station A, Harding Tomb, Taft Coliseum, Huber Machinery Museum | ||
The Veterans Memorial Coliseum is a 3,500-seat multi-purpose arena, in Marion, Ohio. It was built in 1950.
It is home to the Marion Blue Racers indoor football team of American Indoor Football.
The arena was formerly home to the Marion Barons, a minor league professional ice hockey team during the 1953-54 International Hockey League season. The Toledo Mercurys played part of the 1955-56 season at the arena, operating as the "Toledo-Marion Mercurys." The most recent former tenant was the Marion Mayhem, which folded in 2010, after 5 years of participating in the CIFL.
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