About Mid-South Coliseum
Mid-South Coliseum was an ABA and College Football arena in Memphis, Tennessee. It opened in 1964 and closed in 2006. Tenants included Memphis Tigers (College Football, 1964–2006) and Memphis Pros (ABA, 1971–1975). On our ranked lists it ranks 147th shortest-lived of 272 stadiums and arenas with known opening and closing years.
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- 147th shortest-lived of 272 stadiums and arenas with known opening and closing years
- 60th shortest-lived of 139 football stadiums with known opening and closing years
- 23rd shortest-lived of 46 basketball arenas with known opening and closing years
- 45th shortest-lived of 107 College Football stadiums with known opening and closing years
- 7th shortest-lived of 11 ABA arenas with known opening and closing years
- 4th longest single tenancy (4 years) of the 14 longest on record in ABA arenas
Venue Information
Year Opened
Year Closed
Location
Elevation
93 m above sea level
Location 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
| Team | League | Years |
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Memphis Tigers While based here: 43 seasons · 208-250-7 regular season · 4 postseason trips
College Football · 1964–2006
C-USA 1996–2006 · Independent 1974–1995 · Missouri Valley 1968–1973 · 1 earlier conference · FBS (Division I-A)
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College Football | 1964–2006 |
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Memphis Pros While based here: 5 seasons · 139-281 regular season · 2 postseason trips
ABA · 1971–1975
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ABA | 1971–1975 |
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
When was Mid-South Coliseum built?
Mid-South Coliseum opened in 1964.
Where did the Memphis Pros play before Mid-South Coliseum?
Before moving to Mid-South Coliseum in 1971, the Memphis Pros played at Devlin Fieldhouse in 1970.
Where did the Memphis Tigers play before Mid-South Coliseum?
Before moving to Mid-South Coliseum in 1964, the Memphis Tigers played at Crump Stadium from 1939 to 1963.
Where did the Memphis Tigers play after Mid-South Coliseum?
After leaving Mid-South Coliseum in 2006, the Memphis Tigers moved to Rex Dockery Field at Simmons Bank Liberty Stadium in 2007.
Sources
Where the facts on this page were read from. How VenueStats compiles them.
- Open Topo Data (Public domain): Elevation.
- OpenStreetMap Nominatim (ODbL): Location.
- VenueStats compilation: Opening and closing years, name history and teams (compiled by VenueStats from Sports Reference and Wikipedia).
- Wikidata (CC0): Coordinates (Wikidata places the building within 13 m of this point).
- Wikimedia Commons (CC BY): Photograph.
Location
Nearby Venues
| Venue | Years | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Rex Dockery Field at Simmons Bank Liberty Stadium | 1965– | 0.2 mi |
| Crump Stadium | 2.4 mi | |
| Russwood Park | 3.2 mi | |
| FedExForum | 2004– | 4.2 mi |
| Pyramid Arena | 1991– | 4.8 mi |
Straight-line distance between the venues' coordinates.
References
Teams on Wikipedia
Every source for the facts on this page is listed under Sources.