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Richfield Coliseum, the Glossary

Richfield Coliseum, also known as the Coliseum at Richfield, was an indoor arena located in Richfield Township, between Cleveland and Akron, Ohio.^[1]

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1974 establishments in Ohio
1999 disestablishments in Ohio
Cleveland Barons (NHL)
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Defunct boxing venues in the United States
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Defunct indoor arenas in Ohio
Defunct indoor soccer venues in the United States
Demolished sports venues in Ohio
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World Hockey Association venues

Akron, Ohio

Akron is a city in and the county seat of Summit County, Ohio, United States.

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Arena

An arena is a large enclosed platform, often circular or oval-shaped, designed to showcase theatre, musical performances, or sporting events.

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The Arena Football League (AFL) was a professional arena football league in the United States.

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Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular court, compete with the primary objective of shooting a basketball (approximately in diameter) through the defender's hoop (a basket in diameter mounted high to a backboard at each end of the court), while preventing the opposing team from shooting through their own hoop.

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Bill Simmons

William John Simmons III (born September 25, 1969) is an American podcaster, sportswriter, and cultural critic who is the founder and CEO of the sports and pop culture website The Ringer.

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Bobolink

The bobolink (Dolichonyx oryzivorus) is a small New World blackbird and the only member of the genus Dolichonyx.

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California Golden Seals

The California Golden Seals were a professional ice hockey club that competed in the National Hockey League (NHL) from 1967 to 1976. Richfield Coliseum and California Golden Seals are Cleveland Barons (NHL).

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Capital Centre (Landover, Maryland)

The Capital Centre (later USAir Arena and US Airways Arena) was an indoor arena in the eastern United States, located in Landover, Maryland, a suburb east of Washington, D.C. The seating capacity was 18,756 for basketball and 18,130 for hockey. Richfield Coliseum and Capital Centre (Landover, Maryland) are Defunct National Hockey League venues, Defunct boxing venues in the United States, Defunct indoor soccer venues in the United States, former NBA venues and former music venues in the United States.

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Chuck Wepner

Charles "Chuck" Wepner (born February 26, 1939) is an American former professional boxer.

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Cleveland

Cleveland, officially the City of Cleveland, is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio.

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Cleveland Arena

Cleveland Arena was an arena in Cleveland, Ohio. Richfield Coliseum and Cleveland Arena are Cleveland Cavaliers, Defunct indoor arenas in Ohio, Demolished sports venues in Ohio, former NBA venues and World Hockey Association venues.

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Cleveland Barons (NHL)

The Cleveland Barons were a professional ice hockey team in the National Hockey League (NHL) from 1976 to 1978.

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Cleveland Cavaliers

The Cleveland Cavaliers, often referred to as the Cavs, are an American professional basketball team based in Cleveland.

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Cleveland Crunch

The Cleveland Crunch is an American professional indoor soccer club located in Cleveland, Ohio.

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Cleveland Crusaders

The Cleveland Crusaders were a professional ice hockey team from Cleveland.

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Cleveland Force (1978–1988)

The original Cleveland Force was one of six charter franchises in the original Major Indoor Soccer League (MISL).

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Cleveland Lumberjacks

The Cleveland Lumberjacks were an International Hockey League (IHL) team based in Cleveland, Ohio.

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Cleveland Scene

The Cleveland Scene is an alternative weekly newspaper based in Cleveland, Ohio.

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Cleveland Thunderbolts

The Cleveland Thunderbolts were an Arena football team based in Richfield, Ohio.

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Concourse

A concourse is a place where pathways or roads meet, such as in a hotel, a convention center, a railway station, an airport terminal, a hall, or other space.

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Cuyahoga County, Ohio

Cuyahoga County is a large urban county located in the northeastern part of the U.S. state of Ohio.

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Cuyahoga Valley National Park

Cuyahoga Valley National Park is an American national park in Ohio that preserves and reclaims the rural landscape along the Cuyahoga River between Akron and Cleveland in Northeast Ohio. Richfield Coliseum and Cuyahoga Valley National Park are 1974 establishments in Ohio.

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Downtown Cleveland

Downtown Cleveland is the central business district of Cleveland, Ohio, United States.

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Eastern meadowlark

The eastern meadowlark (Sturnella magna) is a medium-sized blackbird (family: Icteridae), very similar in appearance to sister species western meadowlark.

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ESPN

ESPN (an abbreviation of its original name, the Entertainment and Sports Programming Network) is an American international basic cable sports channel owned by The Walt Disney Company (80% and operational control) and Hearst Communications (20%) through the joint venture ESPN Inc. The company was founded in 1979 by Bill Rasmussen, Scott Rasmussen and Ed Eagan.

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Frank Sinatra

Francis Albert Sinatra (December 12, 1915 – May 14, 1998) was an American singer and actor.

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Gateway Sports and Entertainment Complex

Logo for the Gateway Sports Complex The Gateway Sports and Entertainment Complex is an entertainment complex located in downtown Cleveland, Ohio.

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Gerrie Coetzee

Gerhardus Christian Coetzee OIB (8 April 1955 – 12 January 2023) was a South African professional boxer who competed from 1974 to 1986, and in 1993 and 1997.

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Ice hockey

Ice hockey (or simply hockey) is a team sport played on ice skates, usually on an ice skating rink with lines and markings specific to the sport.

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International Hockey League (1945–2001)

The International Hockey League (IHL) was a minor professional ice hockey league in the United States and Canada that operated from 1945 to 2001.

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Interstate 271

Interstate 271 (I-271) is an auxiliary Interstate Highway in the suburbs of Cleveland and Akron in the US state of Ohio.

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Interstate 77

Interstate 77 (I-77) is a north–south Interstate Highway in the Eastern United States.

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Lake Erie

Lake Erie (Lac Érié) is the fourth-largest lake by surface area of the five Great Lakes in North America and the eleventh-largest globally.

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Lake-effect snow

Lake-effect snow is produced during cooler atmospheric conditions when a cold air mass moves across long expanses of warmer lake water.

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Larry Bird

Larry Joe Bird (born December 7, 1956) is an American former professional basketball player, coach, and executive in the National Basketball Association (NBA).

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List of indoor arenas

The following is a list of indoor arenas.

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Luxury box

The luxury box (or skybox) and club seating constitute the most expensive class of seating in arenas and stadiums, and generate much higher revenues than regular seating.

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Major Indoor Soccer League (1978–1992)

The Major Indoor Soccer League (MISL), known in its final two seasons as the Major Soccer League, was an indoor soccer league in the United States that played matches from fall 1978 to spring 1992.

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Major Indoor Soccer League (2001–2008)

The Major Indoor Soccer League (MISL) was the top professional indoor soccer league in the United States.

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Meadow

A meadow is an open habitat or field, vegetated by grasses, herbs, and other non-woody plants.

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Meadowlands Arena

Meadowlands Arena (formerly Brendan Byrne Arena, Continental Airlines Arena and Izod Center) is a closed indoor sports and concert venue located in the Meadowlands Sports Complex in East Rutherford, New Jersey, United States. Richfield Coliseum and Meadowlands Arena are Defunct National Hockey League venues and former NBA venues.

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Met Center

The Met Center was an indoor arena that stood in Bloomington, Minnesota, United States, a suburb of Minneapolis. Richfield Coliseum and Met Center are Defunct National Hockey League venues and Defunct indoor soccer venues in the United States.

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Michael Dokes

Michael Marshall Dokes (August 10, 1958 – August 11, 2012) was an American professional boxer who competed from 1976 to 1997, and held the WBA heavyweight title from 1982 to 1983.

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Michael Dokes vs. Gerrie Coetzee

Michael Dokes vs.

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Minnesota North Stars

The Minnesota North Stars were a professional ice hockey team in the National Hockey League (NHL) for 26 seasons, from 1967 to 1993.

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Minnesota Strikers

The Minnesota Strikers were an American soccer team that competed in the North American Soccer League (NASL) for the 1984 season and in the Major Indoor Soccer League from 1984 through 1988.

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Muhammad Ali

Muhammad Ali (born Cassius Marcellus Clay Jr.; January 17, 1942 – June 3, 2016) was an American professional boxer and activist.

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National Basketball Association

The National Basketball Association (NBA) is a professional basketball league in North America composed of 30 teams (29 in the United States and 1 in Canada).

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National Hockey League

The National Hockey League (NHL; Ligue nationale de hockey, LNH) is a professional ice hockey league in North America comprising 32 teams25 in the United States and 7 in Canada.

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National Park Service

The National Park Service (NPS) is an agency of the United States federal government, within the U.S. Department of the Interior.

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NBA All-Star Game

The National Basketball Association All-Star Game is a basketball exhibition game hosted every February by the National Basketball Association (NBA) and showcases 24 of the league's star players.

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New Orleans Sun Belt Nets

The New Orleans Sun Belt Nets were a charter franchise of World Team Tennis (WTT).

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New World sparrow

New World sparrows are a group of mainly New World passerine birds, forming the family Passerellidae.

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Nick Mileti

Nick James Mileti (born April 22, 1931) is an American author, retired lawyer, former businessman, sports entrepreneur and former sports franchise owner who was, during the 1970s, the owner of the Cleveland Indians, Cleveland Cavaliers, Cleveland Crusaders, the Cleveland Arena, the Coliseum at Richfield and radio station "3WE" WWWE AM/1100 (now WTAM).

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Northeast Ohio

Northeast Ohio is a geographic and cultural region that comprises the northeastern counties of the U.S. state of Ohio.

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Oakland Arena

Oakland Arena is an indoor arena located in Oakland, California, United States. Richfield Coliseum and Oakland Arena are Defunct National Hockey League venues and former NBA venues.

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Ohio State Route 303

State Route 303 (SR 303) is a Ohio State Route that runs between Wakeman and Windham in the US state of Ohio.

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Ohio Turnpike

The Ohio Turnpike, officially the James W. Shocknessy Ohio Turnpike, is a controlled-access toll road in the U.S. state of Ohio, serving as a primary corridor between Chicago and Pittsburgh.

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Pay-per-view

Pay-per-view (PPV) is a type of pay television or webcast service that enables a viewer to pay to watch individual events via private telecast.

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Richfield Township, Summit County, Ohio

Richfield Township is one of the nine townships of Summit County, Ohio, United States.

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Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse

Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse is a multi-purpose arena in Cleveland, Ohio. Richfield Coliseum and Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse are Cleveland Cavaliers.

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Rocky

Rocky is a 1976 American sports drama film directed by John G. Avildsen and written by and starring Sylvester Stallone.

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Roger Daltrey

Roger Harry Daltrey (born 1 March 1944) is an English singer, musician and actor.

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Saturday Night's Main Event

Saturday Night's Main Event is an American series of professional wrestling television specials that were produced by WWE (known at the time of launch as the World Wrestling Federation).

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Seating capacity

Seating capacity is the number of people who can be seated in a specific space, in terms of both the physical space available, and limitations set by law.

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Sin tax

A sin tax (also known as a sumptuary tax, or vice tax) is an excise tax specifically levied on certain goods deemed harmful to society and individuals, such as alcohol, tobacco, drugs, candies, soft drinks, fast foods, coffee, sugar, gambling, and pornography.

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Staunton, Virginia

Staunton is an independent city in the U.S. Commonwealth of Virginia.

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Stevie Wonder

Stevland Hardaway Morris (Judkins; born May 13, 1950), known professionally as Stevie Wonder, is an American singer-songwriter, musician, and record producer.

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Survivor Series (1987)

The 1987 Survivor Series was the inaugural Survivor Series professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by the World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now WWE).

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Survivor Series (1988)

The 1988 Survivor Series was the second annual Survivor Series professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by the World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now WWE).

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Survivor Series (1992)

The 1992 Survivor Series was the sixth annual Survivor Series professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by the World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now WWE).

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The Plain Dealer

The Plain Dealer is the major newspaper of Cleveland, Ohio; it is a major national newspaper.

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Trust for Public Land

The Trust for Public Land is a U.S. nonprofit organization with a mission to "create parks and protect land for people, ensuring healthy, livable communities for generations to come".

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United Press International

United Press International (UPI) is an American international news agency whose newswires, photo, news film, and audio services provided news material to thousands of newspapers, magazines, radio and television stations for most of the 20th century until its eventual decline beginning in the early 1980s.

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Urban sprawl

Urban sprawl (also known as suburban sprawl or urban encroachment) is defined as "the spreading of urban developments (such as houses, dense multi family apartments, office buildings and shopping centers) on undeveloped land near a more or less densely populated city".

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richfield_Coliseum

Also known as Coliseum at Richfield, The Coliseum at Richfield.

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See also

1974 establishments in Ohio

1999 disestablishments in Ohio

Cleveland Barons (NHL)

Cleveland Cavaliers

Defunct boxing venues in the United States

Defunct ice hockey venues in Ohio

Defunct indoor arenas in Ohio

Defunct indoor soccer venues in the United States

Demolished sports venues in Ohio

Sports venues demolished in 1999

World Hockey Association venues

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