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]] ([[Central Hockey League|CHL]]) (1997–2001) [[Fayetteville Patriots]] ([[NBDL]]) (2001–2006) [[Cape Fear Wildcats]] ([[af2]]) (2002–2004) [[Fayetteville Marksmen]] ([[SPHL]]) (2004–present) [[Fayetteville Guard]] ([[National Indoor Football League|NIFL]]/[[American Indoor Football Association|AIFA]]) (2005–2010) [[Fayetteville Force (SIFL)|Fayetteville Force]] ([[Southern Indoor Football League|SIFL]]) (2011) [[Cape Fear Heroes]] ([[American Indoor Football|AIF]]/[[X-League Indoor Football|XLIF]]/[[Supreme Indoor Football|SIF]]/[[American Arena League|AAL]]) (2012–2015, 2017–2019) Fayetteville Fury ([[National Indoor Soccer League (2021-)|NISL]]) (2021–2024) [[Fayetteville Mustangs]] ([[National Arena League|NAL]]) (2023) Fayetteville Liberty ([[The Basketball League|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, North Carolina|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 [[Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990|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 [[National Hockey League|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 [[WWE Tribute to the Troops|''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]].

==References== {{Reflist}}

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

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