Coliseum at Richfield
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The Coliseum at Richfield was an arena formerly located in Richfield Township, Summit County, Ohio. It was home to the NBA's Cleveland Cavaliers, WHA's Cleveland Crusaders, NHL's Cleveland Barons and MISL's Cleveland Force and the NPSL's Cleveland Crunch. The arena, opened in 1974, replaced the by then-decrepit Cleveland Arena.
The arena sat 20,000, and was one of the first indoor arenas to contain luxury boxes. Though a fairly large arena at the time of construction, it had only one main concourse for the grandstands, which became overcrowded during games at which the attendance was anywhere close to capacity. The coliseum was built in Richfield so as to be equidistant from Cleveland and Akron, but proved to be equally distant from both, which proved increasingly problematic over the years, particularly during the winter, and was replaced by Gund Arena in 1994.
After lying vacant for five years, the arena was torn down in 1999, and the arena and surrounding parking areas were allowed to be returned to woodland - which worked quite well given that the arena had been built off a highway bisecting the Cuyahoga Valley National Park.