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Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum
Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum, also called the Madhouse Coliseum or Phoenix Memorial Coliseum, is a 14,870-seat multi-purpose indoor arena in Phoenix, Arizona, United States, located at the Arizona State Fairgrounds. It hosted the Phoenix Suns of the National Basketball Association from 1968 to 1992, as well as indoor soccer, professional roller hockey, multiple professional minor league ice hockey teams, and roller derby.

Facts and sources
Place
- Category
- Landmark
- Destination
- Phoenix
- County
- Maricopa County
- State
- Arizona
Visitation
- Annual visits
- Not published
Ranking
- Overall score
- 48.2 / 100
- Visitation score
- No published count
- Popularity score
- 52.1
- Significance score
- 45.0
- Confidence
- medium
Visiting
- Coordinates
- 33.4694, -112.0967
- Last verified
- 2026-08-12
Where it is
Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum is a landmark near Phoenix, in Maricopa County. It is one of the landmarks in this database, and appears in the statewide ranking of Arizona attractions.
How this ranking was reached
This place scores 48.2 out of 100, at medium confidence. No official visitor count is published for it, so the score rests on public interest and tourism significance, and is capped below the level a measured attraction can reach. The weighting is explained in full on the methodology page.
Note on the data: No official visitor count is published for this attraction.
Sources
- Description: Wikipedia(opens in a new tab), used under CC BY-SA 4.0(opens in a new tab)
- Public interest: Wikimedia pageviews (en.wikipedia, human traffic), 2024
- Coordinates and designations: Wikidata(opens in a new tab)
- County: U.S. Census geography via FCC Area API, resolved from coordinates
Record last verified 2026-08-12.
Nearby attractions
- The Arizona State Fairgrounds is a permanent fairgrounds on McDowell Road, Encanto Village, within the city of Phoenix, Arizona, United States. It is currently used yearly to host the Arizona State Fair and the Maricopa County Fair, as well as for other events. The Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum, an arena at the fairgrounds, hosted the Phoenix Suns of the National Basketball Association from 1968 to 1992.

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