Mississippi Coast Coliseum

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The Mississippi Coast Coliseum is a 9,150-seat multi-purpose arena in Biloxi, Mississippi. It was built in 1977. It hosted WCW Beach Blast 1993 and the Sun Belt Conference men’s basketball tournament in 1992 and 1993. The Metro Conference (now Conference USA) men's basketball tournaments were contested here in 1990 and 1994.

It is home to the Mississippi Sea Wolves (ECHL) ice hockey team. Due to damages to the arena by heavy flooding and winds, from Hurricane Katrina in August 2005, the Mississippi Sea Wolves cancelled their 2005-2006 and 2006-2007 seasons. Repairs are now virtually complete, and the Sea Wolves returned on the ice on October 27, 2007.

It is also home to the Gulf Coast Bandits, a basketball team that plays in the WBA. The Gulf Coast Bandits cancelled their 2006 season for the same reasons as the Sea Wolves and also probably won't return in 2007.

The Mississippi Firedogs of the National Indoor Football League is another past tenant. The team folded in 2003, but there were plans for another gridiron team, the Mississippi Headhunters, to begin play in af2 in 2006 before Katrina hit. The Headhunters then moved its office to the Jackson, Mississippi, area hoping for a new arena there, but no such venue has materialized and the team is on indefinite suspension from af2. However, the Coliseum has been approved as home to an af2 expansion team for the 2008 season. ^[1]

It also holds an annual rock fest, known to the locals as THE CPR FEST. It is presented by the local radio station 97.9 WCPR-FM. It consists of various popular rock artists. From 1996 - 2005, the event was held outside, on the coliseum grounds. In 2006 the event was the first to be held inside the Coliseum. Such bands as Three Days Grace, Hinder, & Staind have performed at the event. In 2007, such bands as Daughtry, Saliva, and Puddle of Mudd will perform. Visit here for more info on this years event: CPR FEST

v • d • e Current arenas in the ECHL

American Conference	Your Best Rate Financial Home Ice · Cambria County War Memorial Arena · Carolina Coliseum · St. Lawrence Homes Home Ice · First Arena · Ford Arena · Germain Arena · James Brown Arena · Mississippi Coast Coliseum · North Charleston Coliseum · Nutter Center · Pensacola Civic Center · Sovereign Bank Arena · Sovereign Center · U.S. Bank Arena · WesBanco Arena

National Conference	Citizens Business Bank Arena · E Center · Orleans Arena · Qwest Arena · Rabobank Arena · Save Mart Center · Save-On-Foods Memorial Centre • Stockton Arena · Sullivan Arena · US Airways Center

v • d • e Current af2 arenas

American Conference	Carver Arena • Chevrolet Centre • Freedom Hall • Germain Arena • Gray Civic Center • i wireless Center • Ocean Center • Resch Center • Rupp Arena • Times Union Center • Wachovia Arena • Wells Fargo Arena • Verizon Wireless Arena • Von Braun Center

National Conference	Alltel Arena • Amarillo Civic Center • American Bank Center • Berry Center • CenturyTel Center • City Bank Coliseum • Dodge Arena • Ford Center • Frank Erwin Center • Qwest Arena • Selland Arena • Spokane Veterans Memorial Arena • Stockton Arena • Toyota Center • Tulsa Convention Center