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| Location | 3201 East Houston St. San Antonio, Texas 78219 |
| Broke ground | November 17, 1947 |
| Opened | October 19, 1949 |
| Renovated | 1993 |
| Owner | Bexar County |
| Operator | ? |
| Surface | Chilled Concrete |
| Construction cost | $1. Events 284 - Diocletian is proclaimed emperor by his soldiers Year 1947 ( MCMXLVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1947 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 202 BCE - The Battle of Zama results in the defeat of Carthage and Hannibal. Year 1949 ( MCMXLIX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Bexar County is a County located in the US state of Texas. As of 2006 the population was estimated at 1555931 Concrete is a construction material composed of Cement (commonly Portland cement) as well as other cementitious materials such as Fly ash and Slag 75 million |
| Architect | Bartlett Cocke, Phelps & Dewews & Simmons, Atlee B. and Robt. M. Ayres |
| Former names | Joe Freeman Bexar County Coliseum, Bexar County Coliseum |
| Tenants | San Antonio Stock Show & Rodeo (1950-2002) San Antonio Dragons (IHL) (1996-1998) San Antonio Iguanas (CHL) (1994-2002) |
| Capacity | 11,700 (concerts, boxing and wrstling) 9,800 (basketball) 9,500 (motor sports, rodeo and professional bull riding) |
| Field dimensions | 294 feet (90 m) wide by 460 feet (140 m) long by 99 feet (30 m) tall |
The Joe and Harry Freeman Coliseum, built in 1949, has been host to thousands of events including the San Antonio Stock Show & Rodeo, concerts, trade shows, motor sports, circus, professional sports including professional bull riding, basketball, hockey, boxing and wrestling. San Antonio Stock Show & Rodeo in San Antonio Texas, USA is one of the largest Livestock shows and Rodeos in the country The San Antonio Dragons were a Minor league professional Ice hockey team in the International Hockey League for two seasons in 1996–97 and 1997–98 The International Hockey League (IHL was a minor Professional Ice hockey league in the United States and Canada from 1945 to 2001 The San Antonio Iguanas were a Minor league professional Ice hockey team in the Central Hockey League based in San Antonio Texas. The Central Hockey League (CHL is a mid-level Professional hockey league owned by Global Entertainment Corporation. It was the home of the San Antonio Stock Show & Rodeo until the opening in 2003 of the adjacent AT&T Center, formerly known as SBC Center. San Antonio Stock Show & Rodeo in San Antonio Texas, USA is one of the largest Livestock shows and Rodeos in the country The AT&T Center is an indoor arena located in San Antonio Texas, USA Although the main rodeo event is in AT&T Center, stock show and exhibit aspects of the rodeo are still held in Freeman Coliseum. The AT&T Center is an indoor arena located in San Antonio Texas, USA
The arena seats 9,500 for motor sports, rodeos and professional bull riding, 9,800 for basketball and up to 11,700 for concerts, boxing and wrestling. Basketball is a team Sport in which two teams of five active players each try to score points against one another by propelling a ball through a 10 feet (3 m A concert is a live Performance, usually of Music, before an Audience. Boxing (sometimes also known as English boxing or pugilism) is a Combat sport in which two participants generally of similar weight, Wrestling is the act of physical engagement between two people in which each wrestler strives to get an advantage over or control of the opponent It contains a 77-foot (23 m) ceiling height. When used for trade shows, the arena features 31,250 square feet (2,903 m²) of space, plus 129,500 square feet (12,030 m²) of exhibit space in four adjacent exhibit halls--the 60,000-square-foot (6,000 m²) Morris Center, the 36,000-square-foot (3,300 m²) Exhibit Hall #1, the 20,000-square-foot (2,000 m²) Freeman Building and the 13,500-square-foot (1,250 m²) Exhibit Hall #2.
The Coliseum was home to the San Antonio Rowels and its national team rodeo league competition, as well as two professional hockey teams, the Central Hockey League San Antonio Iguanas and later the International Hockey League San Antonio Dragons from 1996-1998. The Central Hockey League (CHL is a mid-level Professional hockey league owned by Global Entertainment Corporation. The San Antonio Iguanas were a Minor league professional Ice hockey team in the Central Hockey League based in San Antonio Texas. The San Antonio Dragons were a Minor league professional Ice hockey team in the International Hockey League for two seasons in 1996–97 and 1997–98
The building hosted several professional wrestling events - The WWF's Tuesday in Texas in 1991 and the WWF Survivor Series in 1994. This Tuesday in Texas was a World Wrestling Federation Pay-per-view event that took place on December 3 1991 at the Freeman Coliseum Survivor Series (1994 was the eighth annual Survivor Series Pay-per-view Professional wrestling event produced by the World Wrestling Federation
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