Other Events
The Coliseum has hosted many events over time, including Monster Jam, Arenacross, the PBR, High School Musical: The Concert, the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus, and large-scale religious gatherings. It's also located between and within an hour's drive of North Carolina's five largest cities: Charlotte, Raleigh, Greensboro, Winston-Salem, and Durham.
The Coliseum has hosted many large professional wrestling cards. It was one the flagship arenas for Jim Crockett Promotions, which held its annual pay-per-view event Starrcade four times at the Coliseum. The Coliseum was also one of the several venues that had welcomed The Great American Bash 1986. After Jim Crockett Promotions became World Championship Wrestling, the Coliseum remained a regular venue in WCW's early years and even hosted WrestleWar 1990. World Wrestling Entertainment, on the other hand, has used the Coliseum for pay-per-view events Unforgiven: In Your House, King of the Ring 1999, and Survivor Series 2001. To this day, the Coliseum continues to be a venue for WWE's television programs.
In addition, its neighboring auditorium and special events center have hosted concerts, trade shows, broadway theatre shows, and similar events. The auditorium, which was not included in the 1993 renovation of the complex, will soon be renovated to include a banquet hall. In 2002, the 1st Annual King of the Concrete indoor go-kart race was held at this facility.
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