Bronx Coliseum
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The Bronx Coliseum was a former sports venue in New York City
, in the borough of The Bronx
.
The Bronx Coliseum hosted the defunct Eastern Hockey League
's Bronx Tigers
franchise for two non-consecutive seasons, 1933-34, and 1937-38.
The Bronx Coliseum is long-defunct, and has since been replaced with an New York City Transit Authority
bus depot, under the former name Coliseum Depot. The current name of the site is West Farms Depot. The site of the former arena is located at East 177th Street near Devoe Avenue in the West Farms section of The Bronx.
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, in the borough of The Bronx
The Bronx
The Bronx is the northernmost of the five boroughs of New York City. It is also known as Bronx County, the last of the 62 counties of New York State to be incorporated...
.
The Bronx Coliseum hosted the defunct Eastern Hockey League
Eastern Hockey League
-Eastern Amateur Hockey League :The league was founded in 1933 as the Eastern Amateur Hockey League . The league was founded by Thomas Lockhart, who served as its commissioner from 1933 to 1972...
's Bronx Tigers
Bronx Tigers
The Bronx Tigers were a minor professional ice hockey team that played in the Canadian American Hockey League in 1931-32. They were also an amateur team that played in the Eastern Hockey League in 1933-34 and 1937-38. They played out of the borough of Bronx in New York City, New York.-CAHL:In...
franchise for two non-consecutive seasons, 1933-34, and 1937-38.
The Bronx Coliseum is long-defunct, and has since been replaced with an New York City Transit Authority
New York City Transit Authority
The New York City Transit Authority is a public authority in the U.S. state of New York that operates public transportation in New York City...
bus depot, under the former name Coliseum Depot. The current name of the site is West Farms Depot. The site of the former arena is located at East 177th Street near Devoe Avenue in the West Farms section of The Bronx.