Big E Coliseum

Opened in 1916

About Big E Coliseum

Big E Coliseum is recorded as an NHL arena in West Springfield, Massachusetts. It opened in 1916. Its recorded capacity is 6,000. Its only tenant was New England Whalers (NHL, 1974–1975).

Appears in

87th longest single tenancy (1 years) of the 100 longest on record in hockey arenas

Venue Information

Capacity

6,000

Source: Wikidata

Year Opened

1916

Address

1305 Memorial Avenue, West Springfield, Massachusetts 01089

Elevation

54 ft

16 m above sea level

Address derived from the venue's coordinates using data © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the Open Database Licence (ODbL).

Elevation of the venue's coordinates from USGS and NASA SRTM elevation data, via Open Topo Data.

Teams

Home seasons at Big E Coliseum by team, 1916–1975. Bars use each team's colors at the time; the table below lists every season.

Team	League	Years
New England Whalers While based here: 2 seasons · 86-61-9 regular season · 2 postseason trips WHA · 1974–1975 Territory map on ImperialismMap Boston Garden 1973 Big E Coliseum 1974–1975 Hartford Civic Center 1976–1979 All 7 home venues of the New England Whalers Boston Garden 1973 Big E Coliseum 1974–1975 Hartford Civic Center 1976–1979 Springfield Civic Center 1980–1981 Hartford Civic Center 1982–1997 Greensboro Coliseum 1998–1999 Lenovo Center 2000–present	WHA	1974–1975

Records are each team's full-season results while it was based here, home and away games alike, from final scores. They are not records of games played at this venue.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the capacity of Big E Coliseum?

The capacity of Big E Coliseum is 6,000.

When was Big E Coliseum built?

Big E Coliseum opened in 1916.

Where did the New England Whalers play before Big E Coliseum?

Before moving to Big E Coliseum in 1974, the New England Whalers played at Boston Garden in 1973.

Where did the New England Whalers play after Big E Coliseum?

After leaving Big E Coliseum in 1975, the New England Whalers moved to Hartford Civic Center in 1976. They played there until 1979.

Sources

Where the facts on this page were read from. How VenueStats compiles them.

Open Topo Data (Public domain): Elevation.
OpenStreetMap Nominatim (ODbL): Address.
VenueStats compilation: Opening and closing years, name history and teams (compiled by VenueStats from Sports Reference and Wikipedia).
Wikidata (CC0): Capacity, Coordinates (Wikidata places the building within 181 m of this point).
Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA): Photograph.

Location

Coordinates: 42.0913, -72.6187

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Nearby Venues

Venue	Years	Distance
Springfield Civic Center	1972–	1.8 mi
Pratt Field		20 mi
Warren McGuirk Alumni Stadium	1965–	20 mi
Alumni Field	1879–1965	21 mi
East Hartford Velodrome	1926–1929	22 mi
PeoplesBank Arena	1975–	23 mi

Straight-line distance between the venues' coordinates.

References

Teams on Wikipedia

New England Whalers

Every source for the facts on this page is listed under Sources.