What is Chicago Coliseum?
[[File:ColiseumChicagoGeoRLawrenceExterior.jpg|thumb|View of the third version of Chicago Coliseum]] The '''Chicago Coliseum''' was the name of three different multi-use stadiums located in [[Chicago]], [[Illinois]]. The three stadiums each stood at different times in Chicago's history from the 1860s to 1982. The first Coliseum was opened sometime in the late 1860s. It was located in Downtown Chicago.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/267025820|accessdate=January 10, 2024|title=Chicago's Other Coliseum|publisher=Chicago History Magazine}}</ref> The second Coliseum was started in 1895. During construction, workers had to restart their building after a structure collapsed and ruined the site. There were no fatalities.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://archives.chicagotribune.com/1895/08/23/page/3/article/collapse-not-fatal|accessdate=January 10, 2024|title=Collapse Not Fatal|publisher=[[Chicago Tribune]]}}</ref> It was located in the Woodlawn neighborhood. The [[Democratic Party]] would host their National Convention here in [[1896 Democratic National Convention|1896]]. They would nominate [[William Jennings Bryan]] to be their presidential nominee. Bryan would deliver his famous [[Cross of Gold speech]] to the crowd.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://worldcat.org/title/58919849|title=A godly hero : the life of William Jennings Bryan|date=2006|publisher=Knopf|others=Kazin, Michael|isbn=978-0-375-41135-9|location=New York|oclc=58919849}}</ref> On December 24, 1897, the building was completely destroyed by a fire. A [[YMCA]] stands on the property now.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/breaking/ct-chicago-lost-sports-venues-htmlstory.html|accessdate=January 10, 2024|title=Then and now: Chicago's lost sports venues|publisher=Chicago Tribune}}</ref> The third Chicago Coliseum was built in 1899 on the site of the old Libby Prison. The arena was a popular place for [[music]] and [[vaudeville]] acts.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://worldcat.org/title/864677266|title=Arnstein & Lehr LLP, t