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Dallas Sportatorium, The Million-Dollar Sportatorium, GlobalDome | |
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| Location | 1000 S. Industrial Blvd (now Riverfront Boulevard) (intersection of Industrial Boulevard & Cadiz Street near the I-30/I-35E Interchange) Dallas, Texas 75207 |
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| Coordinates | 32°45′59″N 96°48′11″W / 32.766319°N 96.803073°W |
| Operator | K. R. Adkisson Enterprises, Inc. |
| Capacity | 4,500 |
| Construction | |
| Built | 1935 |
| Opened | December 9, 1935 |
| Renovated | September 22, 1953 |
| Closed | 1998 |
| Demolished | February 2003 |
| General contractor | W.T. Cox |
| Main contractors | Cox Fence Company |
| Tenants | |
| Burt Willoughby (1935–1940) Ed McLemore (1940–1966) Big D Jamboree (1948–1966) Southwest Sports, Inc. (1966–1969) Big Time Wrestling (1969–1981) World Class Championship Wrestling (1982–1989; 1990) United States Wrestling Association (1989–1990; 1991) Global Wrestling Federation (1991–1994) Southwest Airlines (1992) National Wrestling Alliance (1994–1995) Confederate/Continental Wrestling Alliance (1995–1997) World Class II: The Next Generation (1997) Arturo Agis (1998) | |
The Sportatorium, located in downtown Dallas, Texas, was a barn-like arena used primarily for professional wrestling events. The building, which stood at 1000 S. Industrial Blvd, or the intersection of Industrial Boulevard and Cadiz Street (near the I-30/I-35E Interchange), had a seating capacity of approximately 4,500.