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The Kay Yeager Coliseum is a 7,380-seat multi-purpose
arena An arena is a large enclosed platform, often circular or oval-shaped, designed to showcase theatre, musical performances, or sporting events. It is composed of a large open space surrounded on most or all sides by tiered seating for spectators ...
in
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. It was completed in 2003. Kay Yeager served as Wichita Falls mayor from May 1996 to May 2000. It was previously home to the Wichita Falls Wildcats junior ice hockey team from 2004 to 2017. It was also home to the
Wichita Falls Nighthawks The Wichita Falls Nighthawks were a professional indoor American football team. They were based in Wichita Falls, Texas. The team was headquartered in Wichita Falls and played its home games at Kay Yeager Coliseum. The Nighthawks first joined the ...
of the
Indoor Football League The Indoor Football League (IFL) is a professional indoor American football league created in 2008 out of the merger between the Intense Football League and United Indoor Football. It has one of the largest number of currently active teams am ...
and briefly the Wichita Falls Force of the USA Central Hockey League. In 2019, the arena's added the Wichita Falls Flyers FC of the US Arena Pro Soccer League. In 2020, the arena gained another North American Hockey League expansion team called the Wichita Falls Warriors.


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Wichita Falls Multi-purpose Events Center (MPEC)
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