The Lawrence Joel Veterans Memorial Coliseum Annex is a 4,000-seat multi-purpose arena

Arena

An arena is an enclosed area, often circular or oval-shaped, designed to showcase theater, musical performances, or sporting events. It is composed of a large open space surrounded on most or all sides by tiered seating for spectators. The key feature of an arena is that the event space is the...

 in Winston-Salem, North Carolina

Winston-Salem, North Carolina

Winston-Salem is a city in the U.S. state of North Carolina, with a 2010 population of 229,617. Winston-Salem is the county seat and largest city of Forsyth County and the fourth-largest city in the state. Winston-Salem is the second largest municipality in the Piedmont Triad region and is home to...

. It was built in 1989. It was formerly home to the Winston-Salem Thunderbirds, Winston-Salem Mammonths, Winston-Salem Icehawks

Winston-Salem IceHawks

The Winston-Salem IceHawks were a UHL from 1997-1999. They played in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. They later became the Adirondack IceHawks....

, Winston-Salem T-Birds

Winston-Salem T-Birds

The Winston-Salem T-Birds were an ice hockey team in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. They played in the South East Hockey League for the 2003-04 season...

, Winston-Salem Polar Twins

Winston-Salem Polar Twins

The Winston-Salem Polar Twins is a name held by two professional hockey franchises in Winston-Salem, NC. The first Polar Twins franchise operated in the 1970s before folding. They were followed by the Carolina Thunderbirds...

, and Twin City Cyclones

Twin City Cyclones

Originally called the Pee Dee Cyclones, the Twin City Cyclones were a minor league ice hockey team based in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. They began play in the Southern Professional Hockey League in the 2005-2006 season...

 ice hockey

Ice hockey

Ice hockey, often referred to as hockey, is a team sport played on ice, in which skaters use wooden or composite sticks to shoot a hard rubber puck into their opponent's net. The game is played between two teams of six players each. Five members of each team skate up and down the ice trying to take...

 teams, and is currently home to the Winston-Salem State University

Winston-Salem State University

Winston-Salem State University , a constituent institution of the University of North Carolina, is a historically black public research university located in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States. It is a member school of the Thurgood Marshall Scholarship Fund.Winston-Salem State has been...

 Rams basketball

Basketball

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 team. It is part of the LJVM Coliseum Complex, which is part of the larger Winston-Salem Sports and Entertainment Complex, and is located adjacent to the Dixie Classic Fair

Dixie Classic Fair

The Dixie Classic Fair is an annual fair held in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. The fair takes place every autumn on the Dixie Classic Fairgrounds , which is part of the Winston-Salem Entertainment-Sports Complex; the grounds are located adjacent to the Lawrence Joel Veterans Memorial Coliseum...

grounds. It also serves as an occasional concert venue, hosting Bob Dylan

Bob Dylan

Bob Dylan is an American singer-songwriter, musician, poet, film director and painter. He has been a major and profoundly influential figure in popular music and culture for five decades. Much of his most celebrated work dates from the 1960s when he was an informal chronicler and a seemingly...

on two occasions, in 1991 and 2002.