Sports
The Allen County War Memorial Coliseum is the current home of:
- the Fort Wayne Komets of the ECHL ice hockey league,
- the Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne NCAA men's basketball team, and
- the Fort Wayne Mad Ants of the NBA Development League.
The arena has also been home to the National Basketball Association's Fort Wayne Pistons from 1952 until the team's move to Detroit, Michigan in 1957.
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