Freeman Coliseum is a sports and concert venue located in

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. It has been host to thousands of events including the San Antonio Stock Show & Rodeo, concerts, trade shows, motor sports, circus, professional sports including professional bull riding, basketball, hockey, boxing and wrestling. It was the largest indoor arena in San Antonio until

HemisFair Arena HemisFair Arena (also known as the San Antonio Convention Center Arena) was an indoor arena located in San Antonio, Texas. It was home to the ABA/ NBA's San Antonio Spurs from 1973 to 1993 and the San Antonio Force of the AFL during the 1992 seas ...

opened in 1968. Since then, many top recording artists have made their San Antonio concert debuts at the Coliseum. Freeman Coliseum was the home of the San Antonio Stock Show & Rodeo until the opening in 2003 of the adjacent

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, formerly known as SBC Center. Although the main rodeo event is now in

, stock show and exhibit aspects of the rodeo are still held in the Coliseum. The 2021 Rodeo was held in the Freeman due to the COVID-19 Pandemic. The WNBA's

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played its home games at Freeman Coliseum during the 2015 season due to renovations at

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/ref> The Coliseum was home to the San Antonio Rowels and its national team rodeo league competition, as well as two professional hockey teams: the

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and later, the International Hockey League San Antonio Dragons from 1996 to 1998. Freeman Coliseum seats 9,500 for motor sports, rodeos and professional bull riding; 9,800 for basketball and up to 11,700 for concerts, boxing and wrestling. It contains a ceiling height. When used for trade shows, the arena features of space, plus of exhibit space in four adjacent exhibit halls—the Morris Center, the Exhibit Hall #1, the Freeman Building and the Exhibit Hall #2.

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San Antonio Stock Show And Rodeo History
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