JGB 11/10/91 was definitely at the new (now hole-in-the-ground) coliseum. Once
they built the new one, they stopped doing shows at the old one and it closed
for a while. When it reopened they called it "Independence Arena" to avoid
confusion.
I was at the show, but to back me up I also found this on the current (old)
coliseum's website:
The building closed in 1988, but after extensive refurbishing and
retrofitting, 11,000 seat venue reopened to the public in 1993.
http://www.bojanglescoliseum.com/default.asp?bojangles=37
So "Charlotte Coliseum" is the correct venue name in all cases, but it referred
to a different structure starting in 1987.
- jfw
On Jan 27, 2013, at 1:25 PM, Harry Angus <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>
> Charlotte Coliseum (old)
> 2700 East Independence Blvd
> Charlotte, North Carolina 28205
> Capacity 9605
>
> Architect was A.G. Odell and Associates of Charlotte, NC.
>
> It was opened and dedicated in 1955, as Charlotte Coliseum. At the
> time, it was the largest unsupported steel dome in the world.
> Bojangles' Coliseum (originally Charlotte Coliseum and formerly
> Independence Arena and Cricket Arena) remains as a multi-purpose arena,
> in Charlotte, North Carolina.
>
> 12/10/73 Grateful Dead
> 5/3/79 Grateful Dead
> 10/5/84 Grateful Dead
> 11/10/91 Jerry Garcia Band (unclear in which Charlotte Coliseum this
> took place)
>
> ###########################
>
> Charlotte Coliseum (new)
> 100 Paul Buck Boulevard
> Charlotte, North Carolina 28266
> Capacity 23780
>
> This was actually the second building to use the name "Charlotte
> Coliseum". It was opened on August 11, 1988 with a dedication by the
> Rev. Billy Graham. At the time the venue was seen as state-of-the-art,
> complete with luxury boxes and a large eight-sided video scoreboard.
> The city of Charlotte sold the property, and the building was
> demolished via implosion on June 3, 2007.
>
> 10/22/89 Grateful Dead
> 10/23/89 Grateful Dead
> 6/11/91 Grateful Dead
> 6/12/91 Grateful Dead
> 11/10/91 Jerry Garcia Band (unclear in which Charlotte Coliseum this
> took place)
> 6/17/92 Grateful Dead
> 6/18/92 Grateful Dead
> 3/22/95 Grateful Dead
> 3/23/95 Grateful Dead
> 3/24/95 Grateful Dead
>
> In 1989 I don't think the Grateful Dead played 9000 capacity venues
> anymore. Maybe on Deadlists there should be seperate pages for each of
> the two Charlotte Coliseums.
>
> Thanks
> Harry Angus
>
