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Kay Yeager Coliseum

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Kay Yeager Coliseum
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The Kay Yeager Coliseum in October 2015
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Address1000 5th Street
Wichita Falls, TX 76301
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OwnerCity of Wichita Falls
OperatorSpectra Experiences
Capacity7,380
Construction
Broke ground2001
OpenedJanuary 3, 2003[1]
Construction cost$18.969 million[2]
($32.4 million in 2024 dollars[3])
ArchitectBundy, Young, Sims & Potter, Inc.[4]
Wingler & Sharp Architects & Planners, Inc.
Douglas Seidel Architects
Tenants
Wichita Falls Wildcats (NAHL) (2004–2017)
Wichita Falls Nighthawks (IFL) (2015–2017)
Wichita Falls Force (USACHL) (2018)
Wichita Falls Flyers FC (USAPSL/M2) (2019–present)
Wichita Falls Warriors (NAHL) (2020–2022)

The Kay Yeager Coliseum is a 7,380-seat multi-purpose arena in Wichita Falls, Texas. It was completed in 2003. Kay Yeager served as Wichita Falls mayor from May 1996 to May 2000.

It was previously home to the Wichita Falls Wildcats junior ice hockey team from 2004 to 2017.[5] It was also home to the Wichita Falls Nighthawks of the Indoor Football League and briefly the Wichita Falls Force of the USA Central Hockey League.

In 2019, the arena's added the Wichita Falls Flyers FC of the US Arena Pro Soccer League.[6] In 2020, the arena gained another North American Hockey League expansion team called the Wichita Falls Warriors.[7]

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