I had my 2007 high school graduation there. It was terrible, the ceiling tiles were falling while we were sitting waiting to be called to the stage. It’s so sad to see something so historical go down the drain. I hope they can revive this once thriving arena!! Memphis needs it!
@@darylwhite2526 Why do we need it? If you need 10,000 to 18,000 FedEx. 10,000 Landers. 2300 Orpheum. So again why? If another retailer wants it great! Here's a list of fifty famous arenas that where razed... far more historically significant sites. www.complex.com/pop-culture/2011/03/50-demolished-sports-stadiums-we-love/
When I was in high school around 1983, I saw “For those about to rock” tour of the band AC/DC. Towards the end of the show the band raised these cannons that blasted which rained down the ceiling tiles. A guy I met some years later went to the show and got a tile as a souvenir.
I started going to Tiger basketball games at the Coliseum when I was 10 years old. Larry Finch was a freshman, and it was Gene Bartow's first year as coach. My dad had tickets on the front row, center court. I lived for Tiger basketball...so many bittersweet memories. I swear, that building was magic. Many years later, I had a conversation with legendary former radio play-by-play man Jack Eaton, and he said the same thing. Even today, at 62 years old, When I think about Tiger basketball at the Coliseum, it makes me tear up a bit.
Would love a time machine trip back to watch Elvis play there in the 70's,The hometown audience sounded insane, And he seemed to up his game to entertain his fellow Memphians.
In the early-mid '90's I drove from Minneapolis to Tampa. I went through Memphis and made a point of stopping by the Mid-South. I have always been a fan of arenas. I went to the parking lot. Walked past the Liberty Bowl and made my way to the arena. No one was around. I opened a door, let myself in and stood in the middle of the floor and took it all in. Lucky me.
OMG! This building was such a part of my life growing up. I miss everything about it and to see it literally abandoned now is heartbreaking. Liberty Land and the coliseum just went hand in hand. Thank you for the memories and the footage. ❤❤❤❤❤
What a awesome place to wrestle in I considered myself blessed to do so. The ring in that coliseum had such a great sound to it. It's a shame a place like that has no purpose in the eyes of the money people.
Awesome! Thanks for chiming in. I only got to see wrestling there once, but it was The Undertaker vs Sid Vicious. Pretty awesome! Though by then the heyday of Memphis wrestling had already passed by.
This made me choke up watching this of all the memories of being a kid and going to see the Tigers with my dad and the tractor pulls blowing out ceiling tiles, monster truck shows and seeing my first concerts..such a wonderful place and there wasn’t a bad seat in the house!
The Mid South Coliseum in my hometown of Memphis, TN will always have a special place in my heart for several reasons. First; it is where I saw my first ever St. Louis Blues game (as an exhibition), it is also where I went to several WCW wrestling events with friends and USWA wrestling Monday nights as a kid growing up. But the reason why the Coliseum holds a very special place in my heart is because it is where I graduated High School in 1997.
I saw my first concerts here, Elvis, David Cassidy, Bobby Sherman, Peter FRAMPTON COMES ALIVE tour 1976 as well as The Who, Kiss, Journey, Queen, Styx...too many to list. I also had my high school graduation here in 1980. Epic Memphis State Tigers games, and sorry to say many "insert multiple name here"- ON ICE shows. The history this coliseum holds is precious. So glad and appreciate those who are committed to saving this historical monument! Also...btw....AWESOME PHOTOGRAPHY
I grew up always knowing about this place. I was born in 96. my dad saw the Beatles here and he acts like its no big deal that this place is abandoned now. I hate that.. I love everything about Memphis and like to learn everything about it's history. If the FedEX Forum had been deserted for 15 years I would be devastated....
So many memories,this is where my mom had her high school graduation and also she learned how to drive here in the parking lot lol I also have learned to perfect my parking here ,some years ago💖
I have so many memories in that place. There were so many events I went to with my grandparents and my aunt and my mother and even my son when he was a toddler. It really was the best. I remember going to see a monster truck show and then the next time I went to one it was held at The Pyramid. It was a really crappy show because they didn’t have any distance on the floor to get up any speed. The ice shows, rodeos and concerts were all better at the Colosseum. Basketball games were phenomenal! It really does break my heart to see it now and to see it not being used. I really hate that it was not kept up and that because it was older it was considered to be too much of an investment to repair and renovate. Was it really more expensive than building The Pyramid? The parking at the Colosseum with so much better also! Anyway, thanks for the memories.💝
What a treat to get to go to the Colliseum! Saw Ringling Bro. Circus, John Denver, Sonny and Cher, Glen Campbell, Chicago, Blood, Sweat and Tears, Jim Nabors and more!!!
What a beautiful, atmospheric yet depressing report of the fading of an iconic place. This arena gave home to countless historical events - the fact that Elvis as Memphis‘ most famous son who did some of his most celebrated iconic shows in the 70s should be reason enough for the community to preserve this place full of memories. Let’s hope that there will be someone who cares..
For a place that has been abandoned, it sure looks great. I think that with a few fixing ups, the place could be restored back to its rightful place as a concert/game venue.
Wow thank you for that. Such a special place. My father and I went to so many Memphis State games back then. The first team that went to the national championship (Larry Finch, Robinson, Kenon). The Keith Lee era. (and the ceiling would have pieces falling even back then. They would stop games...) Saw so many 70s bands like Yes, Elp etc. My wife's dad worked there at night during wrestling, basketball, concerts etc. Would bring back signed items for her. I could go on..... That place was a HUGE party of the city for me. I left in the 80s but loved that place. Sorry for rambling.
Wow I can’t believe you’re still around doing these videos! I remember watching the videos you made on the old Anthracite plants way back, and I’m glad to see these newer videos still looking like the old stuff. Keep it up!
I guess it would have to be on screen, because Elvis was pretty dead by then. (no disrespect, Elvis was a great performer on stage, according to one of my friends that saw him in concert there in the mid 1970s.
Saw my first concert there, 1978 or 79 Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet band opening act Louisiana's LeRoux still the best after all these years. Last, early 90's Hank Williams Jr, many acts Memphis State BB, Riverking Hockey. Be nice to bring it back....Nice camera work good job good to get the word out...
I saw some of the greatest bands play there. KISS (1979), Judas Priest, Metallica, Ozzy, AC/DC, Yngwie, Iron Maiden... It disgusts me that this filthy city has allowed this place to turn to dust.
I saw the Jackson 5 and Ringling Bros Circus there in the late 60’s and early 70’s as a kid, I saw Prince, Steve Wonder(he had to do his concert in the afternoon because of a curfew in Memphis),Tina Turner, The Bar-Kay’s, The Commodores, The Isley Brothers, Parliament/Funkadelic, Rick James,Luther Vandross, The Jackson’s and the Memphis State Tigers there in the 80’s, plus many a high school and Memphis State graduation… memories!
The last time I was in that building was back in the early 2000's to watch the Memphis Riverkings play hockey. Lots of memories growing up watching Tiger basketball games, wrestling and concerts. They don't want to tear that building down because of the history, yet the city doesn't want to sink any money in order to renovate it when there would be no prospects of it hosting any events when all the city events are held at the FedEx Forum. Right now, the Mid-South Coliseum is Memphis' mini version of the Houston Astrodome. One big large historic landmark being used as a municipal storage.
Concerts alone. AC/DC (multiple times), Tora Tora and The Cult, Ozzy, Heart ❤️, Def Leppard - in the round, Chicago, ZZ Top (I keep thinking about that night in Memphis), David Lee Roth, Motley Crue, Poison, Great White, Cinderella,Tesla, Ratt, Qeensryche, and many more that I can't recall at the moment. So many memories.
It sounds a lot like the score to The Social Network by Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross. The montage at the beginning after the bar scene with that music was really eerie for a movie about Facebook. If you haven't heard it check it out. It's called Hand Covers Bruise.
Went to many graduations(i graduated in 1986 from the Coliseum)went to a few wrestling matches, went to the Prince concert in Feb '85, Milli Vanilli in '90(before we heard about the lip synching), and a few semi pro basketball games. Would love to see the old Coliseum renovated and put to use....so many memories.
Man that place was sooo awesome!!! I saw tons of cool bands there and it always had the best mosh pits! First time I ever crowd surfed was there... colosseum will always have a super special place in my heart! 😍😍 rip!!
I miss that place. I saw so many concerts, wrestling matches, and a rodeo there. It was awesome, it wasn't so big you needed binoculars to see the stage or ring. There really wasn't a bad seat in the coliseum.
September 19, 1997 we drove to Memphis from St Louis to attend a Johnny Cash concert/ Rodeo at the coliseum during the Mid south fair. I will forever remember, though not sure exactly how, being able to get myself, wife and three year old son backstage and seeing and meeting Cash (picture also) as taking the stage approached we followed a rather large group of family and friends out in front of the stage and sat in the rodeo dirt to watch the performance. My Son had to pee and I was not leaving the floor, so he pee'd right there in the middle of thousands in the stands, on the floor of Mid south coliseum. Memories
The giant score box-thing in the center hanging down from the ceiling? When I was a kid, I'd stare at it during events and imagine being trapped inside it and watching forever or imagine how many houses could fit inside it. I thought it was massive...
I went to many concerts there in the 70s and 80s. The Who, Tina Turner, Chaka Kahn, Mister Mister, Neil Diamond, Johnny Rivers, The Brothers Johnson, and more. Also a few basketball games and one Hockey contest.
I graduated from Memphis State University there in 1980. It was still in pretty good shape then. The wrestling ring was collapsed and stored off to one side.
I grew up in Memphis I saw my first college basketball game I went to my first rock concert there so many memories in that building it makes me sad to see it just sit there and rot
Saw probably 50 Concerts at the Round House. I remember one week in 75 there were 5 Concerts in a week. Smoked a lot of weed in that building. Saw a few Tiger games. No telling how many drunks I saw fall going up and down the stairs to the cheap seats. That building saw more Stars than Madison Square Gardens.
Go to 2:28 and pause. Envision a restored Memphis Belle suspended from the center of the ceiling in a banking angle so that the top, sides and underside could be seen. An engineering miracle for sure but inspiring.
@@CoasterMan13Official It seems cheap now but $5.00 was a lot of money to a kid who was making $1.60 an hour. Thank God, later in my life I was able to get a great job paying a lot more money. I was able to provide for my family and improve our lifestyle. The man that owned that company was wealthy. I've never gotten a decent paying job from anyone that wasn't wealthy.
✍🏽I will own this building and make it more accessible and awesome than it already is! Everything needs tender, loving and caring and a lot of attention! You just wait Arena of Memphis the greatest to ever start the fun! I will make you whole again and the great fair!🙏🏽
@@point5production273 I'm over in Asheville, NC. But I've spent a lot of time working with Memphis Heritage over the last 10 years, documenting many of Memphis' abandoned historic locations.
I read recently that the city is planning to restore the building as part of ‘Memphis 3.0’. They are also working with civic leaders to figure out what to do with the Fairgrounds adjacent to it.
I had my 2007 high school graduation there. It was terrible, the ceiling tiles were falling while we were sitting waiting to be called to the stage. It’s so sad to see something so historical go down the drain. I hope they can revive this once thriving arena!! Memphis needs it!
Why do we need it?
DR Walker why don’t we need it?
@@darylwhite2526 Why do we need it? If you need 10,000 to 18,000 FedEx. 10,000 Landers. 2300 Orpheum. So again why? If another retailer wants it great! Here's a list of fifty famous arenas that where razed... far more historically significant sites.
www.complex.com/pop-culture/2011/03/50-demolished-sports-stadiums-we-love/
Germantown High School 1985. Had our graduation there also. I want to say with some certainty that this was the very last time I was in there.
When I was in high school around 1983, I saw “For those about to rock” tour of the band AC/DC. Towards the end of the show the band raised these cannons that blasted which rained down the ceiling tiles. A guy I met some years later went to the show and got a tile as a souvenir.
I started going to Tiger basketball games at the Coliseum when I was 10 years old. Larry Finch was a freshman, and it was Gene Bartow's first year as coach. My dad had tickets on the front row, center court. I lived for Tiger basketball...so many bittersweet memories. I swear, that building was magic. Many years later, I had a conversation with legendary former radio play-by-play man Jack Eaton, and he said the same thing. Even today, at 62 years old, When I think about Tiger basketball at the Coliseum, it makes me tear up a bit.
Would love a time machine trip back to watch Elvis play there in the 70's,The hometown audience sounded insane, And he seemed to up his game to entertain his fellow Memphians.
In the early-mid '90's I drove from Minneapolis to Tampa. I went through Memphis and made a point of stopping by the Mid-South. I have always been a fan of arenas. I went to the parking lot. Walked past the Liberty Bowl and made my way to the arena. No one was around. I opened a door, let myself in and stood in the middle of the floor and took it all in. Lucky me.
OMG! This building was such a part of my life growing up. I miss everything about it and to see it literally abandoned now is heartbreaking. Liberty Land and the coliseum just went hand in hand. Thank you for the memories and the footage. ❤❤❤❤❤
What a awesome place to wrestle in I considered myself blessed to do so. The ring in that coliseum had such a great sound to it. It's a shame a place like that has no purpose in the eyes of the money people.
Awesome! Thanks for chiming in. I only got to see wrestling there once, but it was The Undertaker vs Sid Vicious. Pretty awesome! Though by then the heyday of Memphis wrestling had already passed by.
This made me choke up watching this of all the memories of being a kid and going to see the Tigers with my dad and the tractor pulls blowing out ceiling tiles, monster truck shows and seeing my first concerts..such a wonderful place and there wasn’t a bad seat in the house!
It still looks pretty good inside. Great filming, and I love the music. Very atmospheric.
Thank you! Yes it was in relatively good shape. The Coliseum Coalition has actually done a lot of clean up work over the last year.
The Mid South Coliseum in my hometown of Memphis, TN will always have a special place in my heart for several reasons. First; it is where I saw my first ever St. Louis Blues game (as an exhibition), it is also where I went to several WCW wrestling events with friends and USWA wrestling Monday nights as a kid growing up. But the reason why the Coliseum holds a very special place in my heart is because it is where I graduated High School in 1997.
Grew up rockin the Coliseum during the 70s and 80s, had a helluva time there.
Saw so many great shows there. Actually played it a few months before closing. A dream as a kid realized as an adult.
Best arena to watch basketball or,a,concert, ever
Dont forget the RASSLIN'
Seat were so comfortable!!!!!
For sure the best venue for a concert
RiverKings hockey was the best here!
I saw my first concerts here, Elvis, David Cassidy, Bobby Sherman, Peter FRAMPTON COMES ALIVE tour 1976 as well as The Who, Kiss, Journey, Queen, Styx...too many to list. I also had my high school graduation here in 1980. Epic Memphis State Tigers games, and sorry to say many "insert multiple name here"- ON ICE shows. The history this coliseum holds is precious. So glad and appreciate those who are committed to saving this historical monument! Also...btw....AWESOME PHOTOGRAPHY
I grew up always knowing about this place. I was born in 96. my dad saw the Beatles here and he acts like its no big deal that this place is abandoned now. I hate that.. I love everything about Memphis and like to learn everything about it's history. If the FedEX Forum had been deserted for 15 years I would be devastated....
Memphis was once an awesome town but sadly I feel it's a tailspin and can't recover. Perhaps your experience is different.
Some of my favorite moments in life happened inside this building. How sad
Was 12 years old and snuck out of my house and went to see Van Halen 1984 tour! The colliseum rocked!!
...MANY, MANY Monday nights there for wrestling and countless nights for concerts. Would LOVE to see the place reborn:)
So many concerts in the 60's, 70's, and 80's!
So many memories,this is where my mom had her high school graduation and also she learned how to drive here in the parking lot lol I also have learned to perfect my parking here ,some years ago💖
I graduated from high school there in 2007, and so did my oldest sister in 1997.
I have so many memories in that place. There were so many events I went to with my grandparents and my aunt and my mother and even my son when he was a toddler. It really was the best. I remember going to see a monster truck show and then the next time I went to one it was held at The Pyramid. It was a really crappy show because they didn’t have any distance on the floor to get up any speed. The ice shows, rodeos and concerts were all better at the Colosseum. Basketball games were phenomenal! It really does break my heart to see it now and to see it not being used. I really hate that it was not kept up and that because it was older it was considered to be too much of an investment to repair and renovate. Was it really more expensive than building The Pyramid? The parking at the Colosseum with so much better also! Anyway, thanks for the memories.💝
I attended many a show here as a child- Sesame Street, Disney On Ice- you name it. I will always remember those steps in the lobby area.
Elvis did some amazing shows in this Building :)
What a treat to get to go to the Colliseum! Saw Ringling Bro. Circus, John Denver, Sonny and Cher, Glen Campbell, Chicago, Blood, Sweat and Tears, Jim Nabors and more!!!
SO many memories. Too many to list. Oh to be young again...
Saw the best concert of my life there, Prince’s Purple Rain tour. Will never forget it! 💜💜💜
I was at that show too(FEB '85).
What a beautiful, atmospheric yet depressing report of the fading of an iconic place. This arena gave home to countless historical events - the fact that Elvis as Memphis‘ most famous son who did some of his most celebrated iconic shows in the 70s should be reason enough for the community to preserve this place full of memories. Let’s hope that there will be someone who cares..
For a place that has been abandoned, it sure looks great. I think that with a few fixing ups, the place could be restored back to its rightful place as a concert/game venue.
I remember going to tractor pulls there. And when the tractor would give it gas the tiles on the ceiling would fall to the floor.
Wow thank you for that. Such a special place. My father and I went to so many Memphis State games back then. The first team that went to the national championship (Larry Finch, Robinson, Kenon). The Keith Lee era. (and the ceiling would have pieces falling even back then. They would stop games...) Saw so many 70s bands like Yes, Elp etc. My wife's dad worked there at night during wrestling, basketball, concerts etc. Would bring back signed items for her. I could go on..... That place was a HUGE party of the city for me. I left in the 80s but loved that place. Sorry for rambling.
Thank you. I needed to see the inside of this place to remember how it looks. It just might be the right size.
Less than a year ago I got a tour of the Coliseum...it will be back someday.. I love that place so much #901wrestling
Wow I can’t believe you’re still around doing these videos! I remember watching the videos you made on the old Anthracite plants way back, and I’m glad to see these newer videos still looking like the old stuff. Keep it up!
Thank you so much! Glad you have enjoyed them over the years :)
Save the Coliseum
Elvis The Concert '97 took place here. It was the first concert to feature Elvis live on screen.
I guess it would have to be on screen, because Elvis was pretty dead by then. (no disrespect, Elvis was a great performer on stage, according to one of my friends that saw him in concert there in the mid 1970s.
Everybody that i am close to walked here for their graduation. Lots of battle of the bands too.
So many great indoor soccer memories there! Miss the Americans and Storm!!
Don’t forget the Rogues!
I was born in Memphis, much great childhood memories, The Mid South Coliseum, i remember my dad took me when i was 3 years old to see the circus.
Saw my first concert there, 1978 or 79 Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet band opening act Louisiana's LeRoux still the best after all these years. Last, early 90's Hank Williams Jr, many acts Memphis State BB, Riverking Hockey. Be nice to bring it back....Nice camera work good job good to get the word out...
The memories...monster trucks, concerts....man.
well that was nothing short of fucking awe-inspiring and amazing.
Thank you Mike! SO glad you enjoyed it :-D
I saw some of the greatest bands play there. KISS (1979), Judas Priest, Metallica, Ozzy, AC/DC, Yngwie, Iron Maiden... It disgusts me that this filthy city has allowed this place to turn to dust.
I saw the Jackson 5 and Ringling Bros Circus there in the late 60’s and early 70’s as a kid, I saw Prince, Steve Wonder(he had to do his concert in the afternoon because of a curfew in Memphis),Tina Turner, The Bar-Kay’s, The Commodores, The Isley Brothers, Parliament/Funkadelic, Rick James,Luther Vandross, The Jackson’s and the Memphis State Tigers there in the 80’s, plus many a high school and Memphis State graduation… memories!
Sad how they let places just go they be so iconic
The last time I was in that building was back in the early 2000's to watch the Memphis Riverkings play hockey. Lots of memories growing up watching Tiger basketball games, wrestling and concerts. They don't want to tear that building down because of the history, yet the city doesn't want to sink any money in order to renovate it when there would be no prospects of it hosting any events when all the city events are held at the FedEx Forum.
Right now, the Mid-South Coliseum is Memphis' mini version of the Houston Astrodome. One big large historic landmark being used as a municipal storage.
It makes me sad to see it empty and abandoned. When I was watching the video the thought came to me...what an awesome place to have a HUGE REVIVAL!!!
Loved the video, from Belfast, Northern Ireland
Glad you enjoyed it! Thank you!
Concerts alone. AC/DC (multiple times), Tora Tora and The Cult, Ozzy, Heart ❤️, Def Leppard - in the round, Chicago, ZZ Top (I keep thinking about that night in Memphis), David Lee Roth, Motley Crue, Poison, Great White, Cinderella,Tesla, Ratt, Qeensryche, and many more that I can't recall at the moment. So many memories.
Sad..I have been there so many times and have such great memories
The concerts from the '70s that I saw there ~ David Cassidy, Alice Cooper, David Bowie and so many others~ loved that magical place!
I have so many childhood memories there. Concerts (that sounded terrible) rodeos after being at the Mid South Fair all day, Monster Jam...
Me too, @Trey K
awesome place to go to in the 80s to watch The King Jerry Lawler get busted open. the Las time I was there was 1997 to see WCW Monday Nitro.
I've sat in so many of these seats since 1982.
This was an amazing video; I love the very haunting music selection you chose; I look forward to seeing your next work...truly wonderful.
Thanks David! Glad you enjoyed! Finding the right music is sometimes the hardest part.
It sounds a lot like the score to The Social Network by Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross. The montage at the beginning after the bar scene with that music was really eerie for a movie about Facebook. If you haven't heard it check it out. It's called Hand Covers Bruise.
Went to many graduations(i graduated in 1986 from the Coliseum)went to a few wrestling matches, went to the Prince concert in Feb '85, Milli Vanilli in '90(before we heard about the lip synching), and a few semi pro basketball games. Would love to see the old Coliseum renovated and put to use....so many memories.
sweet video dog. Any updates on this place for 2021?
Man that place was sooo awesome!!! I saw tons of cool bands there and it always had the best mosh pits! First time I ever crowd surfed was there... colosseum will always have a super special place in my heart! 😍😍 rip!!
I've seen a lot of great concerts there. Miss that place!
My parents went to see the Jackson's live there years ago in the 70s seeing it broken down is sad to me
It’s still like 1982 inside that place awesome
I miss that place. I saw so many concerts, wrestling matches, and a rodeo there. It was awesome, it wasn't so big you needed binoculars to see the stage or ring. There really wasn't a bad seat in the coliseum.
September 19, 1997 we drove to Memphis from St Louis to attend a Johnny Cash concert/ Rodeo at the coliseum during the Mid south fair. I will forever remember, though not sure exactly how, being able to get myself, wife and three year old son backstage and seeing and meeting Cash (picture also) as taking the stage approached we followed a rather large group of family and friends out in front of the stage and sat in the rodeo dirt to watch the performance. My Son had to pee and I was not leaving the floor, so he pee'd right there in the middle of thousands in the stands, on the floor of Mid south coliseum. Memories
Awesome video!
My dear Walter, where have you been? I've missed your videos. More please.
Thanks! Will have a new one on October 20th! :)
That Mid South still in great shape. Having it closed is a Shame
I wish I could bring it back to life because unlike the pyramid the Collesium is the biggest place to be in Memphis
I had season tickets to the Riverkings bank in th day. Section Z north. I miss that place.
The giant score box-thing in the center hanging down from the ceiling? When I was a kid, I'd stare at it during events and imagine being trapped inside it and watching forever or imagine how many houses could fit inside it. I thought it was massive...
No one captures it quite like you ❤️
Thank you so much!! :)
I went to many concerts there in the 70s and 80s. The Who, Tina Turner, Chaka Kahn, Mister Mister, Neil Diamond, Johnny Rivers, The Brothers Johnson, and more. Also a few basketball games and one Hockey contest.
as a memphian born and raised i never knew this place existed
Great Video.
I graduated from Memphis State University there in 1980. It was still in pretty good shape then. The wrestling ring was collapsed and stored off to one side.
I grew up in Memphis I saw my first college basketball game I went to my first rock concert there so many memories in that building it makes me sad to see it just sit there and rot
Saw probably 50 Concerts at the Round House. I remember one week in 75 there were 5 Concerts in a week. Smoked a lot of weed in that building. Saw a few Tiger games. No telling how many drunks I saw fall going up and down the stairs to the cheap seats. That building saw more Stars than Madison Square Gardens.
I went to so many events there as a kid in the 80’s. Young adult in 90’s . I saw me last show there in 2006. 2 nights of Widespread Panic
Go to 2:28 and pause. Envision a restored Memphis Belle suspended from the center of the ceiling in a banking angle so that the top, sides and underside could be seen. An engineering miracle for sure but inspiring.
what a beauty. I wish memphis would do something with it I stead of let it rot
I've never even been to Memphis, but what I wouldn't give to see Lawler vs Dundee wrestle here. I guess technically it still could happen...
People forget how many legendary concerts were here. I wish it was just renovated instead just gonna tear it down
Saw Ozzy here twice, Motley Crue, Rush. Good times! So sad to see it like this.
I'll never forget seeing A Perfect Circle there in 2003.
Oh man, I would have loved to have seen that myself.
I saw The Beatles there, paid a whopping $5.00 for the ticket!
yep----sponsored by WMPS Good Guys!
That's not much in today's standards.
@@geneland things were SO cheap back then. You could only dream about that now, thanks to the wealthy.
@@CoasterMan13Official It seems cheap now but $5.00 was a lot of money to a kid who was making $1.60 an hour. Thank God, later in my life I was able to get a great job paying a lot more money. I was able to provide for my family and improve our lifestyle. The man that owned that company was wealthy. I've never gotten a decent paying job from anyone that wasn't wealthy.
@@geneland they're also the reason why prices are so high nowadays.
Saw The Police there in 1984. We all drove from Atlanta to see one of their last shows on the tour
✍🏽I will own this building and make it more accessible and awesome than it already is! Everything needs tender, loving and caring and a lot of attention! You just wait Arena of Memphis the greatest to ever start the fun! I will make you whole again and the great fair!🙏🏽
I attended many events there. Good Times. It’s ashamed they let it go.
If your a pro wrestling fan u no the importance of this building 💯
Makes me think of Jerry Lawler vs Terry Funk’s empty arena match
Great work. What did you film this with?
Point5 Production I used the Nikon d850
@@ArtOfAbandonment WOW. Really nice work. My first concert was at the MSC. Where are you located?
@@point5production273 I'm over in Asheville, NC. But I've spent a lot of time working with Memphis Heritage over the last 10 years, documenting many of Memphis' abandoned historic locations.
@@ArtOfAbandonment Great work.
I attended hundreds of events there but it time to tear it down. We've torn down far more historic arenas and concert halls all across this nation.
I read recently that the city is planning to restore the building as part of ‘Memphis 3.0’. They are also working with civic leaders to figure out what to do with the Fairgrounds adjacent to it.
HELL NO!!!!!! It Won't GO!!!!!!
No it's not time!!!!!!!!!!! Cheaper to fix her up!!
what song is this?
Thoughts in Motion by Tristan Barton Licensed through artlist.io/ :)
Give memphis a pro football team and redo the arena. HELLAMONEY FOR MEMPHIS TN
Looks just like the municipal auditorium up here nashville
I graduated Highschool in there
Update on this building, they planning on testing it down and building a new one
I think I saw Peter Frampton there when I was a kid.
How did you get in? My wife and I are in Memphis this weekend for AEW and I really want to drive by and at least see the outside.
This reminds me of the Fall of Rome.
Libertyland and that coliseum closed permanently in 2005 I think.
Saw the Beatles
COGIC should buy it. Might be more cost effective to purchase and renovate Mid-South than rent Fedex for a week.