New Haven Coliseum

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demolished building indoor arena multi-purpose arena

New Haven Coliseum was a multi-purpose indoor arena in New Haven, Connecticut, that hosted sports events, concerts, and other large-scale entertainment before its demolition in 2007.

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Label	Occurrences
New Haven Coliseum canonical	2

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4088476 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: New Haven Coliseum
Context triple: [New Haven Knights, homeArena, New Haven Coliseum]

A. Hartford Civic Center
Hartford Civic Center was a major indoor sports and entertainment arena in downtown Hartford, Connecticut, known for hosting professional hockey, basketball, concerts, and other large events.
B. Nynex Arena
Nynex Arena was the original name of the large indoor entertainment and sports venue now known as Manchester Arena in Manchester, England.
C. Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum
Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum is a multi-purpose indoor arena on Long Island best known as the longtime former home of the NHL’s New York Islanders.
D. Providence Civic Center
Providence Civic Center was a multi-purpose indoor arena in Providence, Rhode Island, known for hosting major sports events, concerts, and other large-scale entertainment before being renamed the Dunkin' Donuts Center.
E. Chartway Arena
Chartway Arena is a multi-purpose indoor arena in Norfolk, Virginia, best known as the on-campus venue for Old Dominion University’s basketball programs and major events.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: New Haven Coliseum
Target entity description: New Haven Coliseum was a multi-purpose indoor arena in New Haven, Connecticut, that hosted sports events, concerts, and other large-scale entertainment before its demolition in 2007.

A. Hartford Civic Center
Hartford Civic Center was a major indoor sports and entertainment arena in downtown Hartford, Connecticut, known for hosting professional hockey, basketball, concerts, and other large events.
B. Nynex Arena
Nynex Arena was the original name of the large indoor entertainment and sports venue now known as Manchester Arena in Manchester, England.
C. Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum
Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum is a multi-purpose indoor arena on Long Island best known as the longtime former home of the NHL’s New York Islanders.
D. Providence Civic Center
Providence Civic Center was a multi-purpose indoor arena in Providence, Rhode Island, known for hosting major sports events, concerts, and other large-scale entertainment before being renamed the Dunkin' Donuts Center.
E. Chartway Arena
Chartway Arena is a multi-purpose indoor arena in Norfolk, Virginia, best known as the on-campus venue for Old Dominion University’s basketball programs and major events.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	demolished building ⓘ indoor arena ⓘ multi-purpose arena ⓘ
architecturalStyle	Brutalism ⓘ surface form: Brutalist architecture
constructionMaterial	reinforced concrete ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ
demolished	2007 ⓘ
demolitionDate	2007-01-20 ⓘ
hasCategory	1972 establishments in Connecticut ⓘ 2007 disestablishments in Connecticut ⓘ Demolished buildings and structures in Connecticut ⓘ Demolished sports venues in the United States ⓘ Indoor arenas in Connecticut ⓘ Music venues in Connecticut ⓘ Sports venues in New Haven, Connecticut ⓘ
hasUse	concert venue ⓘ entertainment venue ⓘ sports venue ⓘ
inception	1972 ⓘ
locatedIn	New Haven, Connecticut ⓘ
locatedInAdministrativeTerritory	New Haven County, Connecticut NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone	Eastern Time Zone ⓘ
notableEvent	hosted WWF and WWE professional wrestling events ⓘ hosted concerts by major touring artists ⓘ
opened	1972 ⓘ
operator	New Haven, Connecticut ⓘ surface form: City of New Haven
ownedBy	New Haven, Connecticut ⓘ surface form: City of New Haven
partOf	Downtown New Haven ⓘ surface form: downtown New Haven
primaryTenant	New Haven Knights (historical) ⓘ surface form: New Haven Knights New Haven Nighthawks ⓘ New Haven Ravens ⓘ New Haven Senators ⓘ
publicTransit	served by New Haven Union Station area transit ⓘ
reasonForDemolition	high maintenance costs ⓘ plans for downtown redevelopment ⓘ structural deterioration ⓘ
replacedBy	surface parking and redevelopment projects ⓘ
seatingCapacity	around 11000 ⓘ
streetAddress	near State Street and North Frontage Road, New Haven ⓘ
structureFeature	large parking garage above the arena ⓘ
usedFor	basketball ⓘ circus events ⓘ concerts ⓘ family shows ⓘ ice hockey ⓘ professional wrestling ⓘ

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Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

New Haven Knights (historical) → homeArena → New Haven Coliseum ⓘ

subject surface form: New Haven Knights

New Haven Knights (historical) → homeGamesPlayedAt → New Haven Coliseum ⓘ