The Mid-South Coliseum is a historic indoor arena that holds a special place in Memphis sports and entertainment history. For decades, this venue hosted major concerts, professional wrestling events, and basketball games, including early years of the Memphis Tigers. It represents a time when large-scale live events helped define Memphis as a regional entertainment destination.
Located near the fairgrounds, the coliseum appears clearly on the city map as a landmark tied to Memphis’s cultural past. While no longer in active use as a primary venue, it remains an important reference point for understanding how sports and live entertainment shaped the city’s identity.
Quick facts
- Coordinates: 35.1183367, -89.9802961
- Type: Historic building
Address
996 Early Maxwell Boulevard
Memphis, TN, 38104
OSM tags
- City: Memphis
- House number: 996
- ZIP code: 38104
- State: TN
- Street: Early Maxwell Boulevard
- Building: yes
- capacity: 10085
- disused:leisure: stadium
- ele: 93
- gnis:feature_id: 1648064
- Historic: Historic building
- Name: Mid-South Coliseum
- Name (English): Mid-South Coliseum
- Start date: 1963
- Wikidata: Q6840793
- Wikipedia: Wikipedia (English) – Mid-South Coliseum