Denver Coliseum is an indoor arena

Arena

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, owned by the City and County of Denver, operated by its Theatres and Arenas division and is located in Denver, Colorado

Denver, Colorado

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. The arena holds 10,200 people and was built in 1952.

A wide variety of events are held throughout the year including: Disney on Ice

Disney on Ice

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, Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey Circus, The Denver March Pow Wow

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, the Denver Coliseum Mineral, Fossil, Gem, and Jewelry Show

Coliseum Mineral, Fossil, Gem, and Jewelry Show

The Denver Coliseum Mineral, Fossil, Gem and Jewelry Show is an annual public trade show hosted at the Denver Coliseum in Denver, Colorado. It runs in conjunction with nine other shows in mid-September. This group of gem, mineral, jewelry and fossil shows is second in size only to the Tucson Gem...

, Christian

Christian

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 events, cheerleading

Cheerleading

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 competitions, high school sports playoffs, motivational seminars, Mexican dances, roller derby

Roller derby

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, music concerts & other miscellaneous events.

The coliseum is located in Denver's Elyria-Swansea

Elyria-Swansea, Denver

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 neighborhood. It currently sits atop the stop where the Denver Pacific Railway

Denver Pacific Railway

The Denver Pacific Railway was a historic railroad that operated in the western United States during the late 19th century.Formed in 1867 in the Colorado Territory, the company operated lines in Colorado and present-day southeastern Wyoming in the 1870s until merging with the Kansas Pacific and...

 broke ground on its Cheyenne line in 1868.

It was the host of WCW

World Championship Wrestling

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's Spring Stampede

Spring Stampede

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 in 1998 and the Colorado Wildcats

Colorado Wildcats

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, of the PIFL

Professional Indoor Football League

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. It also hosted the ABA's Denver Rockets.

The Coliseum also hosts rodeos during the annual National Western Stock Show

National Western Stock Show

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.