Ector County Coliseum

Ector County Coliseum
The Jack-Shack
Location	4201 Andrews Highway; Odessa, Texas 79762
Coordinates	31°53′02″N 102°23′14″W / 31.88388°N 102.38731°WCoordinates: 31°53′02″N 102°23′14″W / 31.88388°N 102.38731°W
Capacity	5,131
Construction
Built	1954
Tenants
	Odessa Jackalopes (WPHL/CHL) (1997–2011); West Texas Roughnecks (IFL/NIFL/LSFL) (2004–2012); Odessa Jackalopes (NAHL) (2011–present); West Texas Wildcatters (LSFL) (2014); FC West Texas Rumbleweeds (USAPSL) (2019–present); West Texas Warbirds (CIF) (2021–)
Website
	http://www.ectorcountycoliseum.org

The Ector County Coliseum is a 5,131 seat multi-purpose arena in Odessa, Texas.

Tenants[]

The Permain Basin Fair is held each year at the Ector County Coliseum.

It is home to the Odessa Jackalopes (North American Hockey League),^[1] the West Texas Warbirds (Champions Indoor Football), the , and the biennial Permian Basin International Oil Show.^[2]

Each January the arena hosts a major rodeo, and the animals are kept in a large hall at one end of the arena. This is the same area that, before hockey games, group picnics are served to as many as 500 people.^[3]

In 2019, the arena became home to the FC West Texas Rumbleweeds indoor soccer team.^[4]

History[]

The Coliseum was built in 1954 and was previously the home of the original Odessa Jackalopes team. The Coliseum was the oldest arena still being used for CHL games until the Fort Wayne Komets and their facility, the Allen County War Memorial Coliseum, entered the league in 2010. It was home to the Odessa/West Texas Roughnecks indoor football team from 2004 until the team folded in 2012.

English heavy rock band Deep Purple played the first-ever US gig of their comeback tour at the venue on Jan 18, 1985.

Elvis Presley played two sold out shows at the coliseum on May 29th - 30th in 1976

The Professional Bull Riders hosted a Bud Light Cup Series event known as "Top Guns Bull Riding" at the Coliseum annually from 1995 to 2000.

References[]

^ "FOOTBALL: Professional indoor team returns to Odessa". Odessa American. Odessa, TX: AIM Media Texas. October 16, 2013. Retrieved April 11, 2014.
^ "Oil Show Parking Causing Problems for Restaurants Near Ector County Coliseum". Midland, TX: KWES-TV. Retrieved April 11, 2014.
^ Scott, Jon C. (2006). Hockey Night in Dixie: Minor Pro Hockey in the American South. Heritage House Publishing Company Ltd. p. 36. ISBN 1-894974-21-2.
^ "Ector County Coliseums seating chart". FCWestTexas.com. Retrieved 21 June 2019.

External links[]

Ector County Coliseum website

Preceded by Steele County Fairgrounds	Home of the Odessa Jackalopes (NAHL) 2011 – present	Succeeded by current arena

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[westex-1] "FOOTBALL: Professional indoor team returns to Odessa". Odessa American. Odessa, TX: AIM Media Texas. October 16, 2013. Retrieved April 11, 2014.

[poil2-2] "Oil Show Parking Causing Problems for Restaurants Near Ector County Coliseum". Midland, TX: KWES-TV. Retrieved April 11, 2014.

[hnight-3] Scott, Jon C. (2006). Hockey Night in Dixie: Minor Pro Hockey in the American South. Heritage House Publishing Company Ltd. p. 36. ISBN 1-894974-21-2.

[4] "Ector County Coliseums seating chart". FCWestTexas.com. Retrieved 21 June 2019.

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v t Odessa, Texas
History	Kiss and Kill 2019 shooting spree
Education	Ector County ISD Odessa HS Permian HS George H.W. Bush New Tech Odessa Odessa College UT Permian Basin
Landmarks	Ector County Coliseum Globe of the Great Southwest Music City Mall Presidential Museum and Leadership Library Ratliff Stadium Nearby: Odessa Meteor Crater
Transportation	Midland International Air and Space Port (in the Midland city limits)
Media	Odessa American
Culture	Friday Night Lights: A Town, a Team, and a Dream film template on related TV show Odessa Jackalopes Midland-Odessa Sockers FC (in Midland) West Texas Warbirds
This list is incomplete.

v t Champions Indoor Football
Teams	Billings Outlaws Omaha Beef Rapid City Marshals Salina Liberty Sioux City Bandits Topeka Tropics Wyoming Mustangs
Inactive teams	Oklahoma Flying Aces
Expansion teams	Denver
Venues	CAM-PLEX Wyoming Center Liberty First Credit Union Arena MetraPark First Interstate Arena Stormont Vail Events Center Summit Arena at The Monument Tony's Pizza Events Center Tyson Events Center United Wireless Arena
Former teams	Amarillo Venom (2015–2020) Bismarck Bucks (2017–2018) Bloomington Edge (2016–2017) CenTex Cavalry (2017) Chicago Eagles (2016) Dodge City Law (2014–2017, 2021) Duke City Gladiators (2015–2019) Kansas City Phantoms (2017–2018) Mesquite/Dallas Marshals (2016–2018) Quad City Steamwheelers (2018) Salina Bombers (2015) San Angelo Bandits (2015–2016) Texas Revolution (2015–2019) West Michigan Ironmen (2017) West Texas Warbirds (2020) Wichita Force (2015–2021)
Former venues	Allen Event Center Amarillo Civic Center Bell County Expo Center Bismarck Event Center Dr Pepper Arena Ector County Coliseum Fair Park Coliseum Ford Center at The Star Foster Communications Coliseum Grossinger Motors Arena Intrust Bank Arena Kansas Star Arena L. C. Walker Arena Mesquite Arena Silverstein Eye Centers Arena Stride Bank Center TaxSlayer Center Tingley Coliseum UIC Pavilion
Seasons	2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020
Champions Bowl	I II III

v t Current arenas in the North American Hockey League
Central Division	(Mason City, IA) Maysa Arena (Minot, ND) Odde Ice Center (Aberdeen, SD) Riverside Arena (Austin, MN) (St. Cloud, MN) V.F.W. Sports Center (Bismarck, ND)
Midwest Division	Ben Boeke Ice Rink () Big Dipper Ice Arena (Fairbanks, AK) (Chippewa Falls, WI) Janesville Ice Arena (Janesville, WI) (Cloquet, MN) Nelson Center (Springfield, IL) Richfield Ice Arena (Richfield, MN) Soldotna Sports Center (Soldotna, AK)
East Division	Androscoggin Bank Colisée (Lewiston, ME) Cambria County War Memorial Arena (Johnstown, PA) Danbury Ice Arena (Danbury, CT) (Middletown, NJ) (Attleboro, MA) Northwest Arena (Jamestown, NY) (Odenton, MD)
South Division	Amarillo Civic Center (Amarillo, TX) American Bank Center (Corpus Christi, TX) Ector County Coliseum (Odessa, TX) El Paso County Events Center (El Paso, TX) Hirsch Memorial Coliseum (Shreveport, LA) Kay Yeager Coliseum (Wichita Falls, TX) NYTEX Sports Centre (North Richland Hills, TX) (Albuquerque, NM)

Construction
The Jack-Shack


Location	4201 Andrews Highway Odessa, Texas 79762
Coordinates	31°53′02″N 102°23′14″W / 31.88388°N 102.38731°W / 31.88388; -102.38731Coordinates: 31°53′02″N 102°23′14″W / 31.88388°N 102.38731°W / 31.88388; -102.38731
Capacity	5,131
Built	1954
Tenants
Odessa Jackalopes (WPHL/CHL) (1997–2011) West Texas Roughnecks (IFL/NIFL/LSFL) (2004–2012) Odessa Jackalopes (NAHL) (2011–present) West Texas Wildcatters (LSFL) (2014) FC West Texas Rumbleweeds (USAPSL) (2019–present) West Texas Warbirds (CIF) (2021–)
Website
http://www.ectorcountycoliseum.org