Ovens Auditorium and Charlotte Coliseum

Ovens Auditorium and Charlotte Coliseum

Ovens Auditorium, music, Charlotte N.C., Charlotte Coliseum

View of Ovens Auditorium and Charlotte Coliseum on Independence Boulevard in Charlotte N.C. These auditoriums were opened in 1955 and gave Charlotte much needed state-of-the-art spaces for large public entertainment events, including sports, musical performances of all kinds and other public gatherings such as the circus and ice skating events. Ovens was built with a capacity of 2,500 seats and the Coliseum with 12,500.

Phillips, Margaret

1976

Courtesy of the Robinson-Spangler- Carolina Room - Public Library of Charlotte and Mecklenburg County

Part of Hornets Nest image collection

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Picture postcard

H.2000.01.265.35

Charlotte N.C., 1955, late twentieth century