Coventry Skydome
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| Full name | Coventry Skydome |
|---|---|
| Former names | Planet Ice Arena SkyDome Arena |
| Location | Croft Rd Coventry CV1 3AZ, England |
| Coordinates | 52°24′27″N 1°31′07″W / 52.40742°N 1.518677°W / 52.40742; -1.518677Coordinates: 52°24′27″N 1°31′07″W / 52.40742°N 1.518677°W / 52.40742; -1.518677 |
| Capacity | 3,000 |
| Opened | 1999 |
| Tenants | |
Coventry Blaze (EIHL) | |
The Coventry Skydome is a 3,000-seat multi-purpose arena in Coventry, England.
Contents
1 History
1.1 Ice Hockey
1.2 Ice Skating
1.3 Professional Wrestling
1.4 Music
2 Notes
3 External links
History
Ice Hockey
The arena is the current home of Coventry Blaze.[1]
Ice Skating
The arena hosts classes from the International School of Skating.[2]
Professional Wrestling
The arena hosted several large professional wrestling shows not long after its opening, and established itself on the British wrestling circuit. In 2005, the venue hosted a WWE event[3], and a couple of years later hosted TNA Wrestling and Pro Wrestling Noah events in 2008, with TNA returning to the venue as part of its Maximum Impact tour in 2010.[4] The venue also hosted What Culture Pro-Wrestling in 2017.[5] WWE would return to the venue in 2019 with its NXT UK brand.[6]
Music
The arena host occasional music concerts and performances. Performances include UB40 and the SAMA African Music Festival featuring Winky D, Mafikizolo.[7]
Notes
^ "Planet Ice Coventry - home". iceaccount.co.uk. Retrieved 2019-01-31..mw-parser-output cite.citationfont-style:inherit.mw-parser-output .citation qquotes:"""""""'""'".mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-free abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-registration abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-subscription abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registrationcolor:#555.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration spanborder-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/12px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output code.cs1-codecolor:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-errordisplay:none;font-size:100%.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-errorfont-size:100%.mw-parser-output .cs1-maintdisplay:none;color:#33aa33;margin-left:0.3em.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-formatfont-size:95%.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-leftpadding-left:0.2em.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-rightpadding-right:0.2em
^ Gibbs, Ross. "Intense Learn To Skate". Planet Ice. Retrieved 2019-01-31.
^ "Wrestlingdata.com - The World's Largest Wrestling Database". www.wrestlingdata.com. Retrieved 2019-01-31.
^ "Wrestlingdata.com - The World's Largest Wrestling Database". www.wrestlingdata.com. Retrieved 2019-01-31.
^ "Wrestlingdata.com - The World's Largest Wrestling Database". www.wrestlingdata.com. Retrieved 2019-01-31.
^ "Planet Ice Coventry - event". iceaccount.co.uk. Retrieved 2019-01-31.
^ Hartley, Laura (2016-05-01). "UB40 announce Coventry gig - but all isn't quite as it seems". coventrytelegraph. Retrieved 2019-01-31.
External links
- Official website
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