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Garth Brooks played five shows at the Kansas Coliseum in November 1997.

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Travis Heying / The Wichita Eagle

Metallica fans got fired up as the band took the stage on September 1, 2004.

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Bo Rader / The Wichita Eagle

The floor of the Kansas Coliseum was tranformed from an ice hockey rink to a basketball court on the afternoon of November 30, 2002.

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Travis Heying / The Wichita Eagle

Elton John performed to a sold-out crowd on February 9, 2000.

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Travis Heying / The Wichita Eagle

Wichita Wings' John Garvey (13) heads the ball away from Detroit's Lars Richters (6) during a game at the Kansas Coliseum on December 17, 1994.

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Tulsa's Rhett Dudley (22), left, and Wichita's Curtis Voth (23) fought during a game on January 3, 1998.

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Kimi Ratanamorn shows off a Garth Brooks shirt she bought at the Kansas Coliseum. Brooks played five shows at the Kansas Coliseum in November 1997.

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Travis Heying / The Wichita Eagle

Aerosmith guitarist Joe Perry perform "Toys in the Attic" on December 6, 2002.

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Grant Norris, far right, stands behind the Bossier-Shreveport Mudbug bench and heckles them while they played the Wichita Thunder on Nov. 5, 2005.

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Luciano Pavarotti performed on April 6, 2002.

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A Monster Truck Rally on January 14, 2001.

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Ira Renner competed in the Wrangler Pro Rodeo Classic at the Kansas Coliseum on February 16, 1997.

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Elmo entertained the crowd gathered to see "Elmo Makes Music" at the Kansas Coliseum on March 28, 2007.

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Jaime Oppenheimer / The Wichita Eagle

Cirque du Soleil performed at the Kansas Coliseum on March 12, 2007.

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Kansas Coliseum Operations Director Frank Griffith grades dirt on the arena floor for the World Wide Paint Horse Congress show Monday, Oct. 9, 2006.

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Mike Hutmacher / The Wichita Eagle

Kid Rock played on May 20, 2004 to a crowd of nearly 7,000 people.

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Travis Heying / The Wichita Eagle

Wichita West's Tristin Deshazer, top, wrestles with Pittsburg's Derek Koehn during the Kansas State Wrestling High School Tournament at the Kansas Coliseum on Saturday, February 25, 2006.

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Alan Jackson performed a sold-out crowd show on March 2, 1997.

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Crosby, Stills & Nash performed on August 31, 2004.

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Bo Rader / The Wichita Eagle

A Stealth game at the Kansas Coliseum on April 5, 2002.

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Fernando Salazar / The Wichita Eagle