Venues

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Fairgrounds Coliseum Indianapolis

Northside Tydall Armory Indianapolis circa 1930's

Market Square Arena Indianapolis

Hammond Civic Center Hammond Indiana

Ft.Wayne Coliseum Ft.Wayne Indiana

Marion Coliseum Marion Indiana

Kokomo Armory Kokomo Indiana

Lebanon Armory Lebanon Indiana

Claypool Hotel Indianapolis Indiana

Zollner Stadium Ft. Wayne IN

Buck Lake in Angola,IN in the 1950's. A home to Kohler wrestling in the summer.

WTTV Channel 4 Today, Southside Armory Today, Bush Stadium Today

Pro Wrestling was also ran at a venue called the West 16th Street Midget Track, across from the famed Indianapolis 500 Race track. I had never heard of it until recently, and found this info:

Historical Note

West 16th Street Speedway was built by Rags Mitchell just after WWII. The track operated from May 29th, 1946 through May 30th, 1958. The site was sold to a developer who built the shopping center that is there today.

This track also operated as Indianapolis Midget Speedway, Speedbowl Park, 16th Street Speedway, and Rag Mitchell's West 16th Street Speedway.

Track Office

West 16th Street Speedway
W 16th Street
Speedway, IN 46222

Google aerial view of the mall today.

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It's at last peruse a basically abandon shopping mall that permeates many local areas these days. It's been a dead mall for quite a while. Much of this info is from the site http://www.na-motorsports.com .

 

 

 

Copyright 2008 by Chris Parsons

03/13/2010 09:22 PM