The Omni Coliseum

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demolished building indoor arena multi-purpose arena

The Omni Coliseum was a former multi-purpose indoor arena in Atlanta, Georgia, that served for decades as a major venue for professional sports and large-scale entertainment events.

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Omni Coliseum 4
The Omni Coliseum canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf demolished building ⓘ
indoor arena ⓘ
multi-purpose arena ⓘ
alsoKnownAs The Omni ⓘ
architecturalFeature cor-ten steel exterior ⓘ
space frame roof ⓘ
brokeGroundOn 1971 ⓘ
city Atlanta ⓘ
closedOn 1997 ⓘ
constructionCost approximately $17 million ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
demolishedOn July 26, 1997 ⓘ
hostedEvent 1988 Democratic National Convention (some events)? ⓘ
ACC men’s basketball tournaments ⓘ
NBA games ⓘ
NCAA basketball games ⓘ
NHL games ⓘ
SEC men’s basketball tournaments ⓘ
WHA games ⓘ
knownFor distinctive rust-colored exterior ⓘ
locatedIn Atlanta ⓘ
surface form: Atlanta, Georgia

Downtown Atlanta ⓘ
namedAfter The Omni complex ⓘ
notableTenantPeriod Atlanta Flames from 1972 to 1980 ⓘ
Atlanta Hawks from 1972 to 1997 ⓘ
openedOn October 14, 1972 ⓘ
ownedBy Atlanta ⓘ
surface form: City of Atlanta
partOf Omni International Complex ⓘ
surface form: Omni Complex
primaryTenant Atlanta Chiefs ⓘ
Atlanta Flames ⓘ
Atlanta Hawks ⓘ
Atlanta Knights ⓘ
Atlanta Thrashers ⓘ
reasonForDemolition obsolete facilities ⓘ
structural problems ⓘ
region Southern United States ⓘ
surface form: Southeastern United States
replacedBy Philips Arena ⓘ
State Farm Arena ⓘ
seatingCapacityBasketball about 16,500 ⓘ
seatingCapacityHockey about 15,000 ⓘ
state Georgia ⓘ
surface multi-surface ⓘ
usedFor basketball ⓘ
concerts ⓘ
conventions ⓘ
ice hockey ⓘ
indoor soccer ⓘ
professional wrestling events ⓘ

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Philips Arena → replaced → The Omni Coliseum ⓘ
Atlanta Flames → homeArena → The Omni Coliseum ⓘ
this entity surface form: Omni Coliseum
Atlanta Flames → playedHomeGamesAt → The Omni Coliseum ⓘ
this entity surface form: Omni Coliseum
1977 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament → finalVenue → The Omni Coliseum ⓘ
this entity surface form: Omni Coliseum
1977 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament → finalFourVenue → The Omni Coliseum ⓘ
this entity surface form: Omni Coliseum