The Cape Cod Coliseum was a 5,000-seat multi-purpose arena

Arena

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 located off of White's Path in South Yarmouth, Massachusetts

South Yarmouth, Massachusetts

South Yarmouth is an unincorporated village and census-designated place in the town of Yarmouth in Barnstable County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 11,603 at the 2000 census.-Geography:...

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Sports

It was used by Vince McMahon

Vince McMahon

Vincent Kennedy "Vince" McMahon is an American professional wrestling promoter, announcer, commentator, film producer, actor and former occasional professional wrestler. McMahon is the current Chairman, CEO and Chairman of the Executive Committee of professional wrestling promotion WWE...

 for World Wrestling Entertainment

World Wrestling Entertainment

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, then known as the World Wrestling Federation (WWF). It was home to both the Cape Cod Cubs

Cape Cod Cubs

The Cape Cod Cubs and Cape Codders were a professional ice hockey team that played at the Cape Cod Coliseum in South Yarmouth, Massachusetts.-History:...

/Cape Codders of the North American Hockey League (1973–1977), the Cape Cod Freedoms

Cape Cod Freedoms

The Cape Cod Freedoms were a professional ice hockey team in South Yarmouth, Massachusetts. They also played games in Manchester and Concord, New Hampshire. They were a member of the Northeastern Hockey League in 1979. They played their home games in the Cape Cod Coliseum, John F. Kennedy...

 of the Northeastern Hockey League (1978–1979), and the Cape Cod Buccaneers

Cape Cod Buccaneers

The Cape Cod Buccaneers were a professional ice hockey team based in Cape Cod, MA. They were an inaugural member of the Atlantic Coast Hockey League and were owned by WWE CEO Vince McMahon.-History:...

 of the Atlantic Coast Hockey League

Atlantic Coast Hockey League

The Atlantic Coast Hockey League was a minor league hockey organization that operated between 1981 and 1987. The league was founded by Bill Coffey....

 (1981–82). In the early 1990s, it was expanded upon to three times it size and became the warehouse for Nantucket Distributing (the former shadow company behind Christmas Tree Shops

Christmas Tree Shops

Christmas Tree Shops are a retail chain that started in Yarmouth Port, Massachusetts on Cape Cod in 1970 as a complex of three small stores; the Front Shop, the Back Shop, and the Barn Shop. The multiple store location, which was located on Route 6A, explains why the name is Christmas Tree Shops...

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Rock concerts

Additionally, the Cape Cod Coliseum was host to many major rock concerts over the years during the summer months. Referred to as the "air-conditioned" Cape Cod Coliseum, it was basically a large concrete cube with a stage. The heat was an issue, but it wasn't until a show was over and the A/C had a chance to catch up that it would actually "rain" inside from all of the sweat from the crowd condensing on the ceiling. Iron Maiden, The Clash, The Allman Brothers, Santana, Elvis Costello, Blue Oyster Cult, Kansas, Emerson, Lake and Palmer, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, Pat Benatar, Billy Squier, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Aerosmith, Alice Cooper The Grateful Dead, Kiss, Peter Frampton, The Outlaws, The J.Geils Band, Talking Heads, Molly Hatchet, Rush, Chuck Berry, Bill Haley and the Comets, Little Richard, Herman's Hermits, The B-52's, Whitesnake, Van Halen, Foghat, and Ozzy Osbourne are among the many artists who performed in concert at the Coliseum. Also REO Speedwagon, Heart,and Foreigner....