Tingley Coliseum

Tingley Coliseum

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Address	300 San Pedro Drive NE
Location	Albuquerque, New Mexico
Coordinates	35°4′56.69″N 106°34′20.74″W / 35.0824139°N 106.5724278°W / 35.0824139; -106.5724278
Owner	Expo New Mexico
Type	Arena
Capacity	11,571
Construction
Broke ground	1940
Opened	1957 (1957)
Tenants
Albuquerque Six-Guns (CHL) (1973–1974) New Mexico Scorpions (WPHL/CHL) (1996–2005) New Mexico Slam (IBL) (1999–2001) Albuquerque Thunderbirds (NBA D-League) (2005–2010) Duke City Gladiators (CIF/IFL) (2015-2019)
Website
www.exponm.com

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Tingley Coliseum is an 11,571-seat multi-purpose arena in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Originally built as a rodeo and horse show auditorium,^[1] it is located at 300 San Pedro Drive N.E.

It was home to the

Beginning with the 2015 season, Champions Indoor Football added the Duke City Gladiators as an expansion team.^[3][4] They joined the Indoor Football League in 2019.

History

In 1916, the New Mexico State Fair was not held due to financial difficulties and the lack of a suitable location. Many held out hope, but the state fair was canceled every year for over two decades.

It was the end of the state fair until, in 1937, a group of New Mexico businessmen led by Governor Clyde Tingley convinced President Franklin D. Roosevelt to grant Works Progress Administration (WPA) funds for the construction of fairground buildings in the middle of Albuquerque, of which Tingley Coliseum would be the center.

Over the next several years, more than $500,000 in WPA funds and more than a million adobe bricks were used for the construction of buildings. It took much longer than expected, finishing in 1957, seventeen years after construction began. Though the Coliseum took nearly two decades to complete, the rest of the fairgrounds did not take nearly as long, which enabled the State Fair to reopen in 1938.

The Coliseum was dedicated at the opening of the 1957 New Mexico State Fair and was named in honor of Governor Tingley. Roy Rogers and Dale Evans played the entire run of that year's nine-day fair.

Notable events

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Tingley Coliseum is used for a myriad of civic gatherings, beyond the State Fair, including concerts, sporting events, and ice shows.

Entertainers who have appeared at Tingley include

It also hosted the 1987 Miss USA pageant. Michelle Royer won.

Floyd Mayweather Jr. fought the second fight of his undefeated career at the Coliseum.

The PBR held one of their signature Built Ford Tough Series (formerly Bud Light Cup) events, the Ty Murray Invitational, annually, from 1997 to 2008. As of 2009, the event was moved to The Pit, on the University of New Mexico campus.

The 1966 National

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