Allen County War Memorial Coliseum

The Allen County War Memorial Coliseum is a 13,000-seat multi-purpose arena in Fort Wayne, Indiana, initially built in 1952 for nearly $3 million in Fort Wayne's Johnny Appleseed Park. The Allen County War Memorial Coliseum was originally designed to seat 8,000 for hockey or 10,240 for basketball. In 2002, an extensive renovation and expansion was put into motion, which raised the Allen County War Memorial Coliseum's roof by 41 feet, therefore increasing the arena's seating capacity to 10,500 for hockey or music concerts and 13,000 for basketball. The structure was designed by A.M. Strauss Architects.
==Sports==
The Allen County War Memorial Coliseum is the current home of:
* the Fort Wayne Komets International Hockey League team,
* the Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne NCAA men's basketball team,
* the Fort Wayne Freedom Continental Indoor Football League team, and
* the Fort Wayne Mad Ants of the NBA Development League.
The arena has also been home to the National Basketball Association's Fort Wayne Pistons from 1952 until the team's move to Detroit, Michigan in 1957.
==External links==
*Official site
*2002 Construction details
*Fort Wayne/Allen County Convention and Visitors Bureau
*Timeline: Important Precedents in Stadium Design by Columbia University
Category:Indoor ice hockey venues in Indiana