John F. Kennedy Memorial Coliseum

John F. Kennedy Memorial Coliseum is an indoor arena in Manchester, New Hampshire, United States. It hosted the Northeastern Hockey League's Cape Cod Freedoms in 1979. The arena holds 1,600 people and opened in 1963. The arena appears not to have had hockey until the fall of 1964 when local senior amateur teams the Manchester Tam O'Shanters and Manchester Alpine Club started playing in the arena after playing outdoors on Doors Pond in Manchester for 1962-63 and 1963-64. Their rivalry was one of the first events to pack the arena on a regular basis when the Tam O'Shanters had bagpipers playing on one side of the rink and the Alpine Club hab a drum and bugle corps playing on the other.  Both teams would fold after the 1965-66 playing season. They were replaced by the Machester Blackhawks who originally played an independent schedule but would join the New England Hockey League (1965-1973) in 1968. They would last until 1970, an unfortunate victim of the Big, Bad Bruins craze which swept much of eastern New England in the late 60's and early 70's
The JFK Memorial Coliseum is currently home to the Manchester Memorial High School Crusaders and Manchester Central High School Little Green hockey teams and also hosts some West High School Blue Knights games. The Manchester Men's league also plays games here, as well as the over-40 league.
The Beech Street end balcony of the JFK is home to the Memorial High School student section.
During days when there are no hockey games scheduled, the JFK Coliseum operates as an ice-skating rink.
==Sources==
https://nhlegendsofhockey.com/museum-app/senior-amateur-teams/
Category:Indoor ice hockey venues in New Hampshire