Coliseum, North Lake Park, Mansfield, Ohio

• Operator: Harry Dennis[1], Arthur Dennis, son (RIP)[1], Chuck & Heidi Wyrick (2000 - 2005)[2]
• Pro/Coach: Dick Puckett[1], Bob Watts[5]
• Organist: Ron Dennis (RIP)[6]
• Opened: 1921 - 2005

History Timeline: (So far!)
1920 - Site originally was occupied by a roller-coaster![4]
1921 - Coliseum built by Rupert F. Cox[1]
1936 - Rupert F. Cox sold the Coliseum[4](RIP)
1937 - Leased by Harry & Emma Dennis[3] (Still listed as a manager 1948) (As owners mentioned in 1952)
1937 - Small fire in under center of floor[3]
1967 - April, Fire & building destroyed.[1]
1967 - Dec, New buiding opens on same lot.[1]
2000 - New owners, Chuck & Heidi Wyrick[2]
2005 - May, Fire & building destroyed.[1]



"A large crowd packs the coliseum, sitting on tightly spaced rows of chairs on the roller rink floor. To the left, a stage is occupied by a number of folks sitting in chairs facing the speaker's podium. Patriotic bunting adorns the upper walls while various flags are suspended from poles that jut out almost perpendicular from the ceiling supports. The parallel rows of windows are shuttered and the interior of the building is lit from Japanese like lanterns suspended from the ceiling." - Mansfield Public Library Collection




May 1966 Ad


Destroyed by fire in 1967


Starting Over


New Coliseum under construction


Open Soon


Grand Opening














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Sources

(1)News Journal Nov 22, 1987 (above)
(2)News Journal May 3, 2005 (above)
(3)News Journal July 3, 1937 (above)
(4)News Journal Mar 16, 1939 (see In Memoriam)
(5)News Journal Nov 7, 1991 (above)
(6)News Journal Aug 10, 1953 (above)

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