Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum

Rank in Arizona: #158of 727 ranked
Overall score: Score 48.2 out of 100medium confidence
Category: Landmark

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

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

No official visitor count is published for Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum, so its score rests on public interest and tourism significance, and is capped below the level a measured attraction can reach. That is why the medium confidence above is not higher. The weighting is explained in full on the methodology page, and every axis is broken out under Facts and sources at the foot of this page.

Note on the data: No official visitor count is published for this attraction.

Sources

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.

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