Jan. 4—Metropolitan Opera soprano Patrice Munsel and the Spokane Philharmonic opened the new Spokane Coliseum in December 1954. Munsel grew up in Spokane but left at age 15 to study music in New York.

From 1975: Concertgoers had been throwing firecrackers into the Spokane Coliseum audience from the balcony, prompting a debate over whether rock concerts there should be banned. In the end, the city’s ...

From 1975: Ozzie Osbourne and Black Sabbath played the Spokane Coliseum, but The Spokesman-Review critic didn’t quite get it. “Black Sabbath is a part of a phenomenon that anyone over 18 can’t ...

While most of us use shorthand names for well-known places and venues across the region, it's good to know the full story behind these places' lengthier titles. One of them is the Arena, which, ...