Tenants
Although the Hornets were the best-known tenants of the Coliseum, many other teams called The Hive home.
The Charlotte Sting of the WNBA began play in the Coliseum upon their inception in 1997, but had moved to Time Warner Cable Arena in 2005. During most Sting games, the upper level and a portion of the lower level were curtained off, reducing capacity to around 10,000. However, during the Sting's unexpected run to the WNBA finals in 2001, they attracted the largest crowd in WNBA history to one playoff game.
The Charlotte 49ers played in the Coliseum during their final days in the Sun Belt Conference from 1988 through 1993. The Coliseum was also somewhat inconvenient to the school's student body (UNC Charlotte is located on the other side of the city). The Coliseum played host to the 1989 Sun Belt Men's Basketball Tournament, setting a record for attendance.
Two now-defunct Arena Football League teams played in the Coliseum - the Charlotte Rage (1992–96) and the Carolina Cobras (2003–04).
When the NBA returned to Charlotte in 2004 with the expansion Charlotte Bobcats, they played their first season (2004-05) in the Coliseum as the new Time Warner Cable Arena was being built.
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