Talk:Jacksonville Coliseum

Concerts
Elton John also played there in 1971.

Derek and the Dominos did not play there. They played in the smaller Jacksonville auditorium.

Et. Al.
Back in the 60's my father took us to see Professional Wrestling and in the mid 90's I took my kids to the Coliseum to see the Barnum and Bailey Circus.

Besides musical performances, Professional Wrestling and the Circus were common attractions at the Coliseum.

The One and Only Worldwise Dave Shaver 04:16, 31 July 2009 (UTC)

Removal of embedded list of events
Contrary to the assertion by User:208.108.158.207 that this article contained an "extremely excessive list of performers", the list helped establish the notability of the facility. Please see Manual of Style (embedded lists) for a better understanding of this issue. After reviewing this user's contributions, I found a large number of vandalism reversions, and the account was blocked recently for the same reason. Other opinions? Mgrē@sŏn 20:18, 24 March 2011 (UTC)


 * The list was totally unnecessary and cluttered up the article horribly. It needs to stay gone. Including a few of the more noteworthy events within the prose would be acceptable, so long as it's properly attributed to reliable sources (that is, attributed to a source that specifically says the event was noteworthy in and of itself, not just that a notable band, act, etc. played at the Coliseum.)--Cúchullain t/ c 20:23, 24 March 2011 (UTC)

Requested move

 * The following discussion is an archived discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. No further edits should be made to this section. 

The result of the move request was: no consensus to move. JohnCD (talk) 18:37, 3 April 2011 (UTC)

Jacksonville Coliseum → Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Coliseum — Quite frankly, the article title should have never been moved to begin with. The coliseum was known as "Jacksonville Coliseum" from 1960 until July 1968. The arena became known as "Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Coliseum" in July 1968 to honor the United States Fourth Fleet, whose services were used during World War II. Additionally, it was to show support of the city's naval fleet. Amongst townfolk, its simply known as "The Coliseum", the venue's full name was Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Coliseum. There was not explanation as to why the article was moved from "Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Coliseum" to "Jacksonville Memorial Coliseum" and then to "Jacksonville Coliseum". The arena gained its notablity under the title of JVMC and was known by that name for nearly 40 years. It does not violate any naming conventions nor does it violate common name.Itsbydesign (talk) 10:04, 27 March 2011 (UTC)
 * Oppose per WP:COMMON NAME. The facility was better known as the "Jacksonville Coliseum" even after its name was officially changed. "Jacksonville Coliseum" gets 1210 hits on Google News, versus only 81 for "Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Coliseum". "Jacksonville Coliseum" also gets several hundred more hits than JVMC in Google Books. "The Coliseum" is obviously not an option since it wasn't really "The Coliseum". We can explain the official title(s) in the article itself.Cúchullain t/ c 17:40, 27 March 2011 (UTC)
 * Also, the article did have to be moved from its previous location. It was never located at "Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Coliseum" (this wasn't even a redirect until I created it a few months ago). It was originally located at "Jacksonville Memorial Coliseum", which was never a name for it. In moving it I picked "Jacksonville Coliseum" as the most common (usable) name for the facility in the reliable sources.Cúchullain t/ c 17:40, 27 March 2011 (UTC)
 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on this talk page. No further edits should be made to this section.

Move discussion, again
I've moved the page back to Jacksonville Coliseum from Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Coliseum. The previous move request to this effect above didn't pass. As I said in that discussion, the facility was always more commonly known as the "Jacksonville Coliseum" even after the name was changed. "Jacksonville Coliseum" gets substantially more hits in Google News archives and Google Books than "Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Coliseum" (1480 vs. 66 for the former; 308 vs. 41 in the latter). At any rate, as this was challenged before another move discussion should happen before any move is made.--Cúchullain t/ c 13:44, 6 February 2012 (UTC)