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McKINNEY MUNICIPAL COLISEUM

June 21, 1966

The old Municipal Coliseum, at the corner of Chestnut and Davis Street, is giving way to progress. Built in the early 1920's, the coliseum has been the scene of sports events, fairs and many forms of entertainment. A $30.000 bond issue was approved in 1920. Each year the coliseum took on the colorful array of the county fair, Pure Food Show, school carnival and dances; church dinners, basketball games, and sponsored wrestling matches. In later years, the building served as an industrial site for two or more small manufacturing companies. In its day, the coliseum was a "stately building." As time marches on, it leaves behind memories of the happy times spent in these surroundings, and drawing together of people from over the county, who enjoyed the events taking place in the Municipal Coliseum. Now it is being replaced by a modern, new plant which will house McKinney's municipal offices. Stream-lined in every respect, the new Municipal Center will assume its place in "our way of life" bespeaking progress and prosperity. (Photo by Hank Tatum)

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