Omni Coliseum

Atlanta Flames (NHL, 1972-1980 ) Atlanta Hawks ( NBA 1972-1997 ) Atlanta Chiefs ( NASL, 1979-1981 ) Atlanta Attack ( NPSL, 1989-1991) Atlanta Knights ( IHL, 1992-1996) Atlanta Fire Ants (RHI, 1994)

The Omni Coliseum was a sports arena, the (now CNN Center ) was located as part of the Omni Complex in the city of Atlanta in the U.S. state of Georgia.

It was founded in 1972, built on the one hand as the home of the Atlanta Flames, who came in the wake of league expansion as an expansion team in the NHL, on the other hand, such as the Atlanta Hawks in the NBA, who relocated this year from St. Louis to Atlanta. The Omni has a capacity of 15278 seats as ice hockey stadium, with a capacity of 16378 seats for basketball games and 17,500 places have for concert events. The cost of construction amounted to 17 million U.S. dollars.

Starting in 1980, the arena was only home to the Atlanta Hawks, the Atlanta Flames as they moved this year to Calgary.

Besides serving as ice hockey and basketball arena, the Omni was also known for fighting in professional wrestling which were held there. In addition to the 800 concerts took place there time of its existence, which is why it was also called Madison Square Garden in the South. At the 1996 Olympic Games, the Olympic volleyball tournament was held at the Omni.

After the Olympics, the stadium was demolished in July 1997 to make way for the construction of a new basketball and ice hockey stadium, which opened in 1999 Philips Arena. This was the home of the Atlanta Hawks and a newly established NHL teams, the Atlanta Thrashers.