![]() The Kay Yeager Coliseum in October 2015 | |
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Address | 1000 5th Street Wichita Falls, TX 76301 |
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Coordinates | 33°54′57″N98°29′51″W / 33.91583°N 98.49750°W /33.91583; -98.49750 |
Owner | City of Wichita Falls |
Operator | Spectra Experiences |
Capacity | 7,380 |
Construction | |
Broke ground | 2001 |
Opened | January 3, 2003[1] |
Construction cost | $18.969 million[2] ($32.4 million in 2024 dollars[3]) |
Architect | Bundy, Young, Sims & Potter, Inc.[4] Wingler & Sharp Architects & Planners, Inc. Douglas Seidel Architects |
Tenants | |
Wichita Falls Wildcats (NAHL) (2004–2017) Wichita Falls Nighthawks (IFL) (2015–2017) Wichita Falls Force (USACHL) (2018) Wichita Falls Flyers FC (USAPSL/M2) (2019–present) Wichita Falls Warriors (NAHL) (2020–2022) |
TheKay Yeager Coliseum is a 7,380-seat multi-purposearena inWichita Falls, Texas. It was completed in 2003. Kay Yeager served as Wichita Falls mayor from May 1996 to May 2000.
It was previously home to theWichita Falls Wildcatsjunior ice hockey team from 2004 to 2017.[5] It was also home to theWichita Falls Nighthawks of theIndoor Football League and briefly the Wichita Falls Force of theUSA Central Hockey League.
In 2019, the arena's added the Wichita Falls Flyers FC of the US Arena Pro Soccer League.[6] In 2020, the arena gained anotherNorth American Hockey League expansion team called theWichita Falls Warriors.[7]