What is Northlands Coliseum?
[[Image:Rexall Place Edmonton Alberta Canada 01A.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Outside of the arena when it was called Rexall Place]] The '''Northlands Coliseum''' is a [[sport]]s [[arena]] in [[Edmonton, Alberta|Edmonton]], [[Alberta]]. The arena opened on [[November 10]], [[1974]], and is the former home to the [[Edmonton Oilers]] of the [[National Hockey League]] (NHL), the [[Edmonton Oil Kings]] of the [[Western Hockey League]] (WHL) and the [[Edmonton Rush]] of the [[National Lacrosse League]] (NLL). The arena was originally known as '''Northlands Coliseum''' from 1974 to 1995, '''Edmonton Coliseum''' from 1995 to 1998 and the '''Skyreach Centre''' from 1998 to 2003, and '''Rexall Place''' from 2003 until 2016. The arena returned to the Northlands Coliseum name after [[Rexall]]'s rights ran out. The arena has hosted the [[Commonwealth Games]] in 1978 as well as [[WWE]]'s [[Backlash (2004)|Backlash]] pay-per-view in 2004. The 2015–16 season was the last for the Oilers at Rexall Place. In 2014, construction started on a new arena for the Oilers in downtown Edmonton. The new arena would be known as [[Rogers Place]] and opened in the 2016–17 season.<ref>{{cite news |title=With Rogers Place Plans, What You Can't See Is Just As Strong As What You Can|first=Terry|last=Jones|url=http://www.edmontonsun.com/2014/04/17/with-rogers-place-plans-what-you-cant-see-is-just-as-strong-as-what-you-can|newspaper=[[Edmonton Sun]]|date=April 17, 2014|accessdate=April 17, 2014}}</ref> The arena is expected to be demolished in 2025.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://edmonton.citynews.ca/2023/02/25/edmonton-coliseum-demolished/|accessdate=January 31, 2024|title=Edmonton coliseum to be demolished in 2025|publisher=CityNews Edmonton}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== *[http://www.rexall-place.com/ Official website] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080618055037/http://www.rexall-place.com/ |date=2008-06-18 }} {{sport-stub}} [[Category:1974 establishments in North America]] [[Category:1970s establishments in Cana