Crown Complex

{{Short description|Arena in North Carolina, United States}} {{Use American English|date=August 2025}} {{Infobox venue | name = Crown Coliseum | former_names = Cumberland County Crown Coliseum (1997–2014) | logo_image = Crown Coliseum.PNG | image = Flickr - The U.S. Army - 'Old Hickory'.jpg | image_size = 250px | caption = Interior of the Crown Coliseum arena during the departure ceremony for the 30th Heavy Brigade Combat Team (c. 2009) | pushpin_map = North Carolina#USA | pushpin_map_caption = Location within North Carolina##Location within the United States | pushpin_relief = 1 | pushpin_label = Crown Coliseum | address = 1960 Coliseum Drive Fayetteville, North Carolina (Coliseum and Expo Center) 28306-3059 2484+M4 Fayetteville, North Carolina 28306 (arena and theater) | location = Crown Complex | coordinates =  | type = | event = | broke_ground = {{Start date|1995|06|12}} | built = | opened = {{Start date|1997|10|23}} | renovated = | expanded = | closed = | demolished = | owner = Cumberland County Civic Center Commission | operator = Comcast Spectacor | surface = | scoreboard = | production = | cost = $55 million (${{formatprice|{{Inflation|US|55000000|1995}}}} in {{Inflation-year|US}} dollars{{inflation-fn|US}}) | architect = Odell Associates | project_manager = | structural_engineer = Fleming and Associates, PA | services_engineer = | general_contractor = Turner Construction | main_contractors = | seating_type = | capacity = 10,000 (coliseum) 4,500 (arena) 2,400 (theater) | suites = | record_attendance = | dimensions = | field_shape = | acreage = | volume = | tenants = Fayetteville Force (CHL) (1997–2001) Fayetteville Patriots (NBDL) (2001–2006) Cape Fear Wildcats (af2) (2002–2004) Fayetteville Marksmen (SPHL) (2004–present) Fayetteville Guard (NIFL/AIFA) (2005–2010) Fayetteville Force (SIFL) (2011) Cape Fear Heroes (AIF/XLIF/SIF/AAL) (2012–2015, 2017–2019) Fayetteville Fury (NISL) (2021–2024) Fayetteville Mustangs (NAL) (2023) Fayetteville Liberty (TBL) (2025–present) | embedded = | website = {{URL|http://crowncomplexnc.com/coliseum/|Venue Website}} | public_transit = }}

The '''Crown Complex'''<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.fayobserver.com/news/local/crown-complex-shows-off-its-changes/article_fe553fe3-7815-5547-8de9-c9f708225956.html |title=Crown Complex shows off its changes |last1=Campbell |first1=Sarah |date=March 27, 2014 |website=The Fayetteville Observer |publisher=Fayetteville Publishing Company |access-date=November 26, 2015}}</ref> (originally the '''Cumberland County Crown Coliseum''') is a multi-purpose venue in Fayetteville, North Carolina that includes the '''Crown Coliseum''', an indoor stadium. The stadium broke ground in 1995<ref>{{cite news |title=Coliseum Still Lacks 'Crowning' Touch|first=Gary|last=Moss|url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=FV&p_theme=fv&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0F54F8CEDC91DF91&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM|newspaper=Fayetteville Observer|date=March 23, 1995|access-date=November 19, 2011}}</ref> and opened in 1997,<ref>{{cite news |title=Lights Come On at New Crown Coliseum|url=http://www.wral.com/news/local/story/166506/|work=WRAL|date=October 23, 1997|access-date=November 19, 2011}}</ref> and is currently home to the Fayetteville Marksmen ice hockey team. The Coliseum replaced the Crown Arena in the same complex as the main venue for sports events.

The complex also contains a 2,400-seat auditorium named the Crown Theater and a 4,500-seat venue named Crown Arena,<ref>{{cite web |title=About the Crown Complex |url=http://www.crowncomplexnc.com/about |website=Crown Complex |access-date=October 6, 2019}}</ref> both of which were built in the 1960s.<ref name = "2020Rift">{{cite web |url=https://www.jdnews.com/news/20200523/rift-between-fayetteville-and-cumberland-county-could-close-crown-complex-officials-say |title=Rift between Fayetteville and Cumberland County could close Crown Complex, officials say |website=JDNews.com |date=May 23, 2020 |access-date=May 6, 2021 |archive-date=May 6, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210506024107/https://www.jdnews.com/news/20200523/rift-between-fayetteville-and-cumberland-county-could-close-crown-complex-officials-say |url-status=dead }}</ref> On January 22, 2020, Cumberland County's commissioner announced that the Crown Arena and Crown Theater would close in October 2022 due to the venues' non-compliance with the ADA, but would not affect the Coliseum.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.wral.com/plans-to-close-fayetteville-s-crown-arena-and-crown-theater-in-2022/18903552/ |title=Plans to close Fayetteville's Crown Arena and Crown Theater in 2022 |date=January 22, 2020 |website=WRAL.com |language=en |access-date=January 26, 2020}}</ref> The closing was pushed back to November 2025.<ref name = "2020Rift"/>

During the early stages of its construction, Crown Coliseum was mentioned{{according to whom|date=April 2020}}{{where|date=April 2020}} as a possible temporary home for the NHL's Carolina Hurricanes, but this was blocked by minor league hockey executive Bill Coffey who had signed an exclusive lease agreement with the arena for the Fayetteville Force of the Central Hockey League.<ref>{{cite book|first=Jon C.|last=Scott|title=Hockey Night in Dixie: Minor Pro Hockey in the American South|year=2006|publisher=Heritage House Publishing Company Ltd.|page=[https://archive.org/details/hockeynightindix0000stot/page/103 103]|isbn=1-894974-21-2|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/hockeynightindix0000stot}}</ref>

It was reported{{according to whom|date=April 2020}}{{where|date=April 2020}} in mid-January that TNA Wrestling would be taping its weekly TNA iMPACT! broadcast in the arena on February 24, 2011 — which would be only the second time in its history{{citation needed|date=April 2020}} that the show would be broadcast outside Universal Studio's iMPACT! zone in Orlando, Florida. WWE taped its annual ''Tribute to the Troops'' show at the venue on December 11, 2011.

Fayetteville native rapper J. Cole's ''Forest Hills Drive: Live'' and his concert film, ''Forest Hills Drive: Homecoming'' was recorded at the arena on August 30, 2015, during his Forest Hills Drive Tour.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Boehrer |first1=Kat |title=Here's J. Cole's 'Forest Hills Drive Live' Album |url=http://www.complex.com/music/2016/01/j-cole-releases-live-album-on-his-birthday |website=Complex |access-date=November 21, 2016 |date=January 27, 2016}}</ref> ''Forest Hills Drive: Homecoming'' aired on HBO, January 9, 2016.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Montes |first1=Patrick |title=J. Cole's 90-Minute HBO Documentary 'Forest Hills Drive: Homecoming' Is Here |url=https://hypebeast.com/2016/1/j-coles-90-minute-hbo-documentary-forest-hills-drive-homecoming-is-here |website=hypebeast |access-date=November 21, 2016 |date=January 10, 2016}}</ref> Cole will return to the Crown Coliseum on 23 September 2026 for the last show of the North American leg of The Fall-Off Tour.

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==External links== * {{Commons category-inline|Cumberland County Crown Coliseum}} * [http://crowncomplexnc.com/ Crown Coliseum]

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