129-616: The Greensboro Complex , formerly known as the Greensboro Coliseum Complex, is an entertainment and sports complex located in Greensboro, North Carolina . Opened in 1959, the complex holds eight venues that includes an amphitheater, arena, aquatic center, banquet hall, convention center, museum, theatre, and an indoor pavilion. It is the home of the UNC Greensboro Spartans men's basketball team,
258-612: A 10-year naming deal with First Horizon Bank . One of the original four buildings of the complex, the War Memorial Auditorium was one of the oldest buildings on the property, until it was closed in 2014. Along with the original concept, the venue opened in 1959 to house performing arts events. Playing predominantly to an African American audience, the auditorium became a notable venue on the Chitlin' Circuit . James Brown , Ray Charles and Aretha Franklin were among
387-537: A 4,500-seat mini-arena and eight meeting rooms...." The arena is often used for musical performances during the Central Carolina Fair. It is also utilized by Greensboro College men's and women's basketball home games. Other sporting events include boxing and UFC matches . The arena will often host concerts and comedy shows. Opening in 1958 as the "Town Hall Auditorium", the Odeon Theatre is
516-451: A 4,500-seat mini-arena, and eight meeting rooms. The 30,000-square-foot (2,800 m ) Pavilion is adjacent. The complex hosts "a broad range of activities, including athletic events, cultural arts, concerts, theater, educational activities, fairs, exhibits, and public and private events of all kinds including conventions, convocations and trade and consumer shows". The Greensboro Aquatic Center, which hosts national swimming and diving events,
645-570: A British coastal base in Wilmington . Greensboro was established near the geographic center of Guilford County, on land that was "an unbroken forest with thick undergrowth of huckleberry bushes, that bore a finely flavored fruit." Property for the future village was purchased from the Saura for $ 98. Three north–south streets (Greene, Elm, Davie) were laid out intersecting with three east–west streets, Gaston, Market, and Sycamore. The courthouse
774-534: A January daily average of 38.9 °F (3.8 °C). On average, there are 75 nights per year that drop to or below freezing, and 4.3 days that fail to rise above freezing. Measurable snowfall occurs nearly every winter, and accumulates to 7.5 inches (19.1 cm) on average, usually in January and February and occasionally December and March; the amount varies considerably from winter to winter. Cold-air damming (CAD) can facilitate freezing rain , often making it
903-417: A center of protests and change. On February 1, 1960, four black college students sat down at an "all-white" Woolworth's lunch counter , and refused to leave after they were denied service. They had already purchased items in other parts of the store and kept their receipts. After being denied lunch service, they brought out the receipts, asking why their money was good everywhere else in the store but not at
1032-820: A direct result of the hockey team's presence. After the Generals folded, the complex saw a significant revenue drop in local advertising and to this day, the Coliseum operations must be supplemented with nearly $ 2 million a year from the city government. The Carolina Cougars of the American Basketball Association played a majority of their home games at the Greensboro Coliseum during their tenure in North Carolina from 1969 to 1974, before moving to St. Louis and becoming
1161-554: A host of biological, life, and environmental science research projects. Upon full build out of the project, it is expected to be housed by two 75-acre (300,000 m ) campuses, employ approximately 2,000 people, and generate $ 50 million per year to the Triad economy. LabCorp , one of the largest clinical laboratories in the world, has its corporate headquarters and several of its testing facilities in Burlington . The following are
1290-707: A more pressing concern than snow. Summers are hot and humid, with a daily average in July of 78.5 °F (25.8 °C). On average, 32 days per year have highs at or above 90 °F (32 °C), but, as in much of the Piedmont South, 100 °F (38 °C)+ readings are uncommon. Autumn is similar to spring in temperature but has fewer days of rainfall and less total rainfall. Extremes in temperature have ranged from −8 °F (−22 °C) on January 21, 1985 , to 104 °F (40 °C), on June 12, 1911, June 12, 1914, and July 17, 1914. Thunderstorms are common during
1419-600: A new computer assembly plant near the Triad city of Kernersville . Dell pulled out of its contract with the city, however, and left after only a few years. Additionally, the University of North Carolina at Greensboro , the largest institution of higher learning in the region, and North Carolina A&T State University have joined forces to establish the Gateway University Research Park, a technology-based entity that will focus its efforts on
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#17327798287531548-510: A painfully slow pace, and the verbal commitments from white leadership in 1963 were not implemented in substantial ways. In May 1969, students of James B. Dudley High School were outraged when the administration refused to let a popular candidate, Claude Barnes, run for student union class president, allegedly due to his membership in Youth for the Unity of Black Society. After their appeals to
1677-717: A prominent crop in the Triad's rural areas and many tobacco companies like Lorillard Tobacco Company of Greensboro and Reynolds American , based in Winston-Salem , call the Piedmont Triad home. Numerous furniture manufacturers are also headquartered in the Triad area, especially in the cities of High Point (deemed the "Furniture Capital of the World"), Thomasville (known as the "Chair City"), and Lexington . The furniture and textile industries have in turn spawned large trucking, logistics, and warehousing businesses in
1806-611: A rally here for Hillary Clinton on October 11, 2016, and Donald Trump held a rally on October 14, 2016. The Novant Health Fieldhouse is a standalone exhibition hall adjacent to the Special Events Center. The 30,000 square feet (2,800 m) space opened in March 2003 as the "GCC Pavilion". The project was designed by SKA Consulting Engineers. In 2016, the Novant Health Fieldhouse became the home of
1935-495: A reputation as a well-planned community with a strong emphasis on education, parks, and a profitable employment base. Greensboro has two major public research universities, North Carolina A&T State University , a historically black college established in the late 19th century, and the University of North Carolina at Greensboro . During the height of the civil rights movement in the early 1960s, students from A&T were
2064-558: A result, the Hurricanes played in front of some of the smallest NHL crowds since the 1950s. During the 1998–99 season, the team curtained off most of the upper deck for home games in an effort to artificially create scarcity in the ticket market, force would-be attendees to purchase higher-priced tickets, and hide what national media mocked as "green acres" of empty seats. Once the Raleigh Entertainment and Sports Arena
2193-613: A small arena in the Exhibition Hall (now called the Special Events Center). The venue reopened on December 28, 1993, for the "Reunion Classic", a men's basketball game between the UCLA Bruins and NC State Wolfpack . This game was met with controversy as the Coliseum was not fully complete at the time of the game. City officials paid $ 200,000 to have firefighters on stand by during the game. The Coliseum and
2322-520: A small venue primarily used for community events. The original auditorium housed 1,000 seats. In 2004, the auditorium was converted to the smaller theatre and reopened in March 2005. The newest addition to the complex, the White Oak Amphitheatre is the first outdoor venue for the Triad area. The venue was originally proposed in 2007 along with the aquatic center. The city purchased the nearby Canada Dry bottling plant to allow space for
2451-583: A village to a city within a decade. By 1900, Greensboro was considered a center of the Southern textile industry, with large-scale factories producing denim , flannel , and overalls . The resulting prosperity was expressed in the construction of notable 20th-century civic architecture, including the Guilford County Courthouse , West Market Street United Methodist Church by S. W. Faulk, several buildings designed by Frank A. Weston, and
2580-556: A warmup pool. The complex also includes springboard and platform diving facilities and hosts meets for USA Diving. The facility has an available classroom and a 24'×19' video screen, as well as a concessions stand and swim store. The venue hosts events in competitive swimming and diving , synchronized swimming and water polo up through USA National competition levels. It also hosts the National Mermaid Convention Archived March 16, 2017, at
2709-576: Is also administering and developing several rail service studies that include both commuter and intercity rail. The region is served by the Piedmont Triad Regional Council (PTRC). The PTRC was formed by the merger of the Northwest Piedmont Council of Governments and Piedmont Triad Council of Governments on July 1, 2011. The PTRC is a membership organization of the 12 counties and 62 municipalities in
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#17327798287532838-634: Is also in this complex. In 1998, FedEx built a $ 300 million mid-Atlantic air-cargo and sorting hub at Piedmont Triad International Airport , after an intensive competition for the hub among other regions of the state, as well as locations in South Carolina . The project was challenged in court based on the quality of planned noise and pollution abatements from neighborhoods near the site. The hub opened in 2009. Originally projected by FedEx to employ 750 people in its first two years of operation and eventually 1,500, local FedEx employment has been nearly
2967-624: Is an indoor venue located in between the auditorium and Coliseum. The hockey history of Greensboro began in 1959, when the Greensboro Generals of the Eastern Hockey League arrived and competed until the league folded in 1973. The team moved to the Southern Hockey League for four seasons until it too ceased operations in January 1977. Greensboro hockey's modern era began with the establishment of
3096-541: Is currently host to the annual PGA Tour event Wyndham Golf Championship . Greensboro would serve as the Atlantic Coast Conference headquarters for 70 years, until the league relocated to Charlotte, North Carolina , in 2023. Prior to the arrival of Europeans, the inhabitants of the area that became Greensboro were the Saura, a Siouan -speaking people. Other indigenous cultures had occupied this area for thousands of years, typically settling along
3225-733: Is home to a number of religious schools, as well as a number of independent schools including Wesleyan Christian Academy , Westchester Country Day School , High Point Friends School , and High Point Christian Academy in High Point , Summit School in Winston-Salem , Bishop McGuiness Catholic High School and Forsyth Country Day School in Lewisville , Greensboro Day School , New Garden Friends School , Caldwell Academy , Vandalia Christian School , B'nai Shalom Day School , and Greensboro Montessori School in Greensboro . More than 20 institutions of higher education are located within
3354-596: Is the third-most populous city in North Carolina , after Charlotte and Raleigh , and the 69th-most populous city in the United States . The population of the Greensboro–High Point metropolitan statistical area was estimated to be 789,842 in 2023. The Piedmont Triad region, of which Greensboro is the most populous city, had an estimated population of 1,736,099 in 2023. In 1808, Greensboro
3483-669: The 1974 Final Four and Lehigh's upset of Duke in 2012 . It most recently hosted the NCAA Tournament in 2023 , when it served as a first and second round site. It was the host of the Southern Conference men's basketball tournament from 1996 to 1999. The Coliseum has been the home for the ACC women's basketball tournament since 2000, and is contracted through 2015. It hosted the Greensboro Regional in
3612-616: The 2001 Survivor Series when Team WWF defeated Team Alliance and the Alliance was forced to disband. Most recently WWE revived the Starrcade event and held it at the Coliseum on November 25, 2017. On March 3, 2024, All Elite Wrestling (AEW) held Revolution at the Coliseum. Sting wrestled his retirement match at this event where he and Darby Allin retained the AEW World Tag Team Championships . It
3741-543: The 2020 census , there were 299,035 people, 118,046 households, and 69,420 families residing in the city. At the 2019 U.S. census estimates, there were 296,710 people living in the city, up from the 2019 American Community Survey 's 291,303. At the 2010 U.S. census , there were 269,666 people; 111,731 households; and 63,244 families residing in the city. The population density was 2,131.7 people per square mile (823.1 people/km ). There were 124,074 housing units at an average density of 980.8 per square mile (378.7/km ). Of
3870-701: The Appalachians . After the Revolutionary War , the city of Greensboro was named for Major General Nathanael Greene , commander of the rebel American forces at the Battle of Guilford Court House on March 15, 1781. Although the Americans lost the battle, Greene's forces inflicted heavy casualties on the British Army of General Cornwallis . After the battle, Cornwallis withdrew his troops to
3999-472: The Boom Supersonic factory at the airport. The future site will be used as a final assembly line and test site for its supersonic passenger aircraft, Overture . Construction on the factory is expected to finish in 2024. Like much of the southeastern United States , Greensboro has a humid subtropical climate ( Köppen Cfa ), with four distinct seasons. Winters are short and generally cool, with
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4128-649: The Carolina Hurricanes , they leased the Coliseum for two years while waiting for the Raleigh Entertainment and Sports Arena (now Lenovo Center) in Raleigh to be completed. Subjected to ticket price increases and unwilling to support a team that was destined for Raleigh, Greensboro hockey fans rarely filled the arena for Hurricane games. Meanwhile, Triangle fans were unwilling to make the hour-long drive across Interstate 40 to Greensboro. As
4257-826: The Greensboro Monarchs of the East Coast Hockey League , who played from 1989–90 to 1994–95. When the American Hockey League expanded southward in 1995, it invited Greensboro to join; the new team took the Monarchs nickname, but attempted to draw a more regional fan base by labeling themselves the Carolina Monarchs . When the Hartford Whalers announced their move to Raleigh, North Carolina , in 1997 as
4386-770: The Greensboro Science Center . The North Carolina Zoo , the world's largest open-air natural habitat zoo, is located just outside the Randolph County city of Asheboro . The economy in the Piedmont Triad is a mixed economy. The Triad area is notable for large textile , tobacco , and furniture corporations. The Triad remains a national center for textile manufacturing, represented by corporations including Hanes based in Winston-Salem , Glen Raven, Inc. based in Glen Raven, and International Textile Group , based in Greensboro . Tobacco remains
4515-937: The Greensboro Swarm of the NBA G League , the Carolina Cobras of the National Arena League , as well as the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) with their Men's and Women's basketball tournaments. It has hosted the Men's ACC Tournament twenty-three times since 1967 and the Women's ACC Tournament twelve times since 2000. Other notable sporting events include the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I men's basketball tournament Final Four in 1974 and
4644-626: The Greensboro Swarm , the NBA Development League (later called the NBA G League ) affiliate of the Charlotte Hornets . To accommodate the team, the Novant Health Fieldhouse was renovated with a permanent roof, locker room, and seating for 2,118. In December 2022, the Greensboro Swarm extended its lease with the Greensboro Coliseum Complex and entered into a naming rights partnership with Novant Health , with
4773-636: The Greensboro Swarm . The Swarm began play at the Novant Health Fieldhouse in the 2016–17 season. On October 6, 2016, the Hornets played a preseason game against the Boston Celtics at the Coliseum. During the 2021–22 NBA G League season , the Coliseum served as one of the temporary home arenas for the Capitanes de Ciudad de México during their inaugural season at the NBA G League despite also being temporarily stationed at Fort Worth, Texas at
4902-661: The International Civil Rights Center and Museum , which opened on February 1, 2010, the 50th anniversary of the sit-ins. A section of the counter is on display at the Smithsonian in Washington, D.C. to mark the protesters' courage. The white business community acceded to the desegregation of Woolworth's and made other minor concessions, but the civil rights movement had additional goals, holding protests in 1962 and 1963. In May and June 1963,
5031-616: The Julius I. Foust Building of the University of North Carolina at Greensboro , designed by Orlo Epps . During the 20th century, Greensboro continued to increase in population and wealth. Grand commercial and civic buildings, many of which still stand today, were designed by local architects Charles Hartmann and Harry Barton. Other notable industries became established in the city, including Vicks Chemical Co. (known for over-the-counter cold remedies such as VapoRub and NyQuil ), Carolina Steel Corporation, and Pomona Terra Cotta Works. During
5160-802: The National Folk Festival. The Greensboro Coliseum Complex hosts a variety of major sporting events, concerts, and other events, including the ACC men's basketball tournament and women's basketball tournament . Local professional teams include the Greensboro Grasshoppers of the South Atlantic Baseball League , the Greensboro Swarm of the NBA G League , and the semi-professional Carolina Dynamo soccer club of USL League Two . Amateur teams include Greensboro Roller Derby and college teams in four NCAA programs. The Sedgefield Country Club
5289-726: The PBR , High School Musical: The Concert , the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus , and large-scale religious gatherings. Former North Carolina senator Kay Hagan held her Senate Victory Party at the Special Events Center on November 4, 2008. The Greensboro Coliseum has also hosted the National Figure Skating Championships twice. In addition, its neighboring auditorium and special events center have hosted concerts, trade shows, broadway theatre shows, and similar events. The auditorium, which
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5418-604: The Piedmont geographical region of the United States and forms the basis of the Greensboro–Winston-Salem–High Point, NC Combined Statistical Area (CSA). As of 2012, the Piedmont Triad has an estimated population of 1,611,243 making it the 33rd largest combined statistical area in the United States. The metropolitan area is connected by Interstates 40 , 85 , 73 , and 74 and is served by
5547-449: The Piedmont Triad International Airport . Long known as one of the primary manufacturing and transportation hubs of the southeastern United States , the Triad is also an important educational, healthcare, and cultural region and occupies a prominent place in the history of the American Civil Rights Movement . The Piedmont Triad is sometimes confused with the Research Triangle , an adjacent urbanized region of North Carolina that includes
5676-399: The Spirits of St. Louis . The Greensboro City Gaters played their first and only season as a charter franchise of the Global Basketball Association minor league in 1991–1992 in the Greensboro Coliseum. The Greensboro Coliseum has played host to many college basketball tournaments. The Atlantic Coast Conference has held their men's basketball tournament at the Coliseum 26 times since 1967,
5805-444: The Wayback Machine . Paid parking is available. The project began in 2010 along with the amphitheatre and cost $ 18.8 million to build. The City of Greensboro provided a live cam feed to watch the progress of the construction. The venue has hosted the 2012 U.S. Masters Swimming Spring National Championship., the 2015 NCAA Women's Division I Swimming and Diving Championships , and other tournaments as well. To commemorate its legacy with
5934-439: The Women's NCAA tournament in 2007 and 2008. The Coliseum is the first arena to host three basketball tournaments in consecutive weeks. The Coliseum has also hosted NBA basketball, high school basketball, and the Harlem Globetrotters . From 1959 to 1989, the Wake Forest Demon Deacons basketball team played a portion of its home schedule at the Coliseum, usually games against popular opponents that could not be accommodated in
6063-412: The "Central Carolina Fair" since 1999. The complex was first proposed in 1944 by the city's mayor. The idea was to create a war memorial to honor veterans of World War I and World War II. The building was approved by city officials in 1956, followed by a groundbreaking in January 1958. With its opening in 1959, the complex held four venues: War Memorial Auditorium, Town Hall Auditorium, The Blue Room and
6192-485: The "Gate City" due to its role as a transportation hub for the Piedmont. The railroads transported goods to and from the cotton textile mills. Many of the manufacturers developed workers' housing in mill villages near their facilities. Though the city developed slowly, early wealth generated in the 18th and 19th centuries from cotton trade and merchandising resulted in owners' constructing several notable buildings. The earliest, later named Blandwood Mansion and Gardens ,
6321-414: The 124,074 households in the city in 2010, 30.1% included children under age 18, 35.5% were headed by married couples living together, 16.5% had a female householder with no husband present, and 43.4% were classified as non-family. Of the total households, 33.8% were composed of individuals, and 9.0% were someone living alone who was 65 or older. The average household size was 2.31, and the average family size
6450-469: The 1960s and 1970s, the Coliseum was frequented by rock and R&B performers. The first major concert held at the Coliseum was by The Monkees . Elvis Presley played a concert at the Coliseum on April 14, 1972; the footage was used for his final film, entitled Elvis on Tour . Presley performed the Coliseum again on April 21, 1977, one of the final venues of his tour, before his death on August 16. Casting Crowns recorded their live album, entitled Until
6579-401: The 2020 census, 41.42% of the population was black or African American, 38.6% non-Hispanic white, 0.33% Native American, 5.04% Asian, 0.04% Pacific Islander, 4.4% mixed or some other race, and 10.17% Hispanic or Latin American of any race. This reflected the national demographic shift and growth of nonwhite-identifying Americans. In Greensboro, Sperling's BestPlaces determined that 48.33% of
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#17327798287536708-452: The ACC tournaments, the complex opened a museum in 2011 to show the history of the ACC. The venue celebrates the past, present and future of the ACC. It features numerous exhibits including an interactive broadcast booth, memorabilia, a video globe and school mascots. Opened in March 2011, The Terrace is one of new expansions for the complex. Its main purpose is a banquet hall and will be used for speaking events as well as weddings. The Terrace
6837-501: The Coliseum began to host the Carolina Cobras , an expansion team of the National Arena League . The Cobras went on to win the league championship, going 10–5 in the regular season and winning their two playoff games, both hosted at the Coliseum. They defeated the Columbus Lions with a final score of 66–8. The team is still in operation today and has played for the championship in 4 of the last 5 seasons. The Coliseum has hosted many events over time, including Monster Jam , Arenacross ,
6966-441: The Coliseum has hosted many of the most important basketball games in North Carolina's history. Since 2010, the UNC Greensboro Spartans men's basketball team has played at the Coliseum, having moved there from the smaller Fleming Gymnasium on the campus of UNCG. For Spartans games, most of the upper level is curtained off. In October 2015, the Charlotte Hornets chose Greensboro for the location of their new NBA G League team
7095-413: The Complex from the City of Greensboro in early 2024. In October 2024, the City of Greensboro and Oak View Group made a 10-year naming rights deal with First Horizon Bank to rename the coliseum the First Horizon Coliseum. This deal does not affect the other venues at the complex. One of the original four buildings of the complex, the Coliseum (also called Coliseum Arena) is one of the oldest buildings on
7224-453: The Cougars in 1972. Billy Cunningham was the ABA MVP for the Cougars in the 1972–73 season. Despite a strong fan base the Cougars were sold and moved to St. Louis in 1974. To meet demands, the Coliseum expanded its seating to 15,000 in 1972. Six years later, the complex expanded to include an exhibition center, known at the time as the Greensboro Coliseum Complex Exhibition Building (shortened to Exhibition Building). The building's first event
7353-411: The East Regionals in 1976 , 1979 , and 1998 . More recently, the Coliseum has hosted the U.S. Figure Skating Championships in 2011 , 2015 , and 2020 . It is also the former home of several professional hockey teams including the Greensboro Generals and Greensboro Monarchs of the East Coast Hockey League (ECHL) and the National Hockey League 's Carolina Hurricanes . The complex has hosted
7482-431: The East Side Boyz , Travis Porter and the Ying Yang Twins . The Coliseum was also the site of auditions for American Idol , Season 5 on October 3, 2005. Between Sunday, July 8 and Tuesday, July 10, 2012, it played host to the Greensboro audition stages in the second season of the Fox singer search program The X Factor . In October 2024, the coliseum officially changed its name to the First Horizon Coliseum after
7611-421: The Greensboro Coliseum. The complex opened on October 29, 1959, for historic show, " Holiday on Ice ". Shortly after its opening, the Coliseum began to scout for a hockey team. Partnering with the EHL , the city formed the "Greensboro Generals". The team's first match was November 11, 1959, against the Washington Presidents. The Generals won the game 4–1. The Generals would go on to win the EHL Championships. Over
7740-426: The Koury Convention Center is the largest convention center in the Southeast between Atlanta and Washington, D.C. The hotel has more than 1,000 rooms. The Greensboro Coliseum is at 1921 W. Gate City Boulevard. This multipurpose complex consists of the 22,000-seat Greensboro Coliseum, the 300-seat Odeon Theatre, and the 167,000-square-foot (15,500 m ) Special Events Center, which includes three exhibition halls,
7869-454: The Mississippi River to continue the war effort and avoid capture. Shortly thereafter, the cabinet left Greensboro and separated. Greensboro is notable as the last place where the entire Confederate government met as a group; some consider it the Confederacy's final capital city. At nearly the same time, Governor Zebulon B. Vance fled Raleigh , the capital of North Carolina, before the forces of Union General William Tecumseh Sherman swept
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#17327798287537998-427: The Triad, including: Three prominent boarding schools also call the Triad home: Salem Academy , Oak Ridge Military Academy , and the American Hebrew Academy . Major art and historical museums contribute to the cultural climate of the region, including the Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art (SECCA), The Reynolda House Museum of American Art , Old Salem , High Point Historical Museum, Mendenhall Plantation,
8127-414: The Triad. Winston-Salem , for instance, founded within its downtown the Piedmont Triad Research Park , now known as Wake Forest Innovation Quarter , a highly interactive, 200-acre, master-planned innovation community developed to support life science and information technology research and development. Dell, Inc. , in the early 2000s struck a deal with local officials allowing for the construction of
8256-417: The U.S. Census Bureau reported Greensboro's population as 74.0% white and 25.8% black. As in the rest of the state, most blacks were still disenfranchised under state laws, Jim Crow laws and customs were in effect, and public facilities, including schools, were racially segregated by law. This was after the U.S. Supreme Court's 1954 ruling in Brown v. Board of Education that segregation in public schools
8385-408: The Weatherspoon Museum of Modern Art (located on the campus of UNCG ), Blandwood Mansion and Gardens , the Greensboro Historical Museum, Guilford Battleground National Military Park , and the Charlotte Hawkins Brown State Museum. The area also has its fair share of scientific museums, such as SciWorks , the International Civil Rights Center and Museum , the Wake Forest Museum of Anthropology , and
8514-417: The Whole World Hears... Live , at the Coliseum on April 24, 2010. Rock band Phish set the attendance record for a concert at the Coliseum on March 1, 2003, with 23,642 attendees. The arena has also hosted WJMH 's SuperJam from 1997 to 2014. The music festival has featured prominent artists in the hip hop community including LL Cool J , Soulja Boy , Ludacris , Ja Rule , Plies , Nas , Lil Jon &
8643-474: The actions was shown worldwide, and the event became known as the Greensboro massacre . In November 1980, six KKK defendants were acquitted in a state criminal trial by an all-white jury after a week of deliberation. Families of those killed and injured in the attack filed a civil suit against the city and police department for failure to protect citizens. In 1985, a jury in this case found five police officers and two other individuals liable for $ 350,000 in damages;
8772-422: The amphitheatre. Construction began in 2010 and was completed in June 2011. The first concert for the venue was by The Beach Boys on June 5, 2011, to a crowd of 4,000 spectators. The amphitheatre is expected to operate from April to October, hosting community, comedy and musical events. The project cost $ 946,000 to construct. While campaigning for the 2016 United States presidential election , Barack Obama held
8901-424: The area. Popular brands like "Thomasville" and "Lexington" are derived from the names of these cities. Recently, however, many furniture and tobacco factories have been closing and/or laying off workers across the region in response to escalating industrial globalization. After many of the old industries in the area began to die out, many Piedmont Triad cities began encouraging technological businesses to move into
9030-491: The cities of Raleigh , Durham and the town of Chapel Hill , among others. Both of them are part of the Piedmont Crescent , a heavily urbanized region of the state that includes the city of Charlotte . As part of a redefining of metropolitan areas by the US Census Bureau, the old Greensboro–Winston-Salem–High Point Metropolitan Statistical Area was broken up in 2003 into five separate areas—three Metropolitan Statistical Areas and two Micropolitan Areas. In some ways, however,
9159-550: The city hopes to build a new economy. Wartime and postwar prosperity brought development, and designs commissioned from nationally and internationally known architects. Walter Gropius , a leader of the German Bauhaus movement in the United States, designed a factory building in the city in 1944. Greensboro-based Ed Loewenstein designed projects throughout the region. Eduardo Catalano and George Matsumoto were hired for projects whose designs have challenged North Carolinians with modernist architectural concepts and forms. In 1960,
9288-484: The city was 48.4% white , 40.6% black or African American , 4.0% Asian American (1.6% Vietnamese, 0.7% Indian), 0.5% Native American , 0.1% Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander , 3.8% some other race , and 2.6% two or more races . Non-Hispanic whites were 45.6% of the population in 2010, compared to 70.9% in 1970. People of Hispanic or Latin American heritage, who may be of any race, in 2010 were 7.5% of
9417-660: The city was relatively untouched by the war, although residents had to deal with regional shortages of clothing, medicine, and other items caused by the US naval blockade of the South. In the war's final weeks, Greensboro played a unique role in the last days of the Confederate government. In April 1865, the commanding officer of the Army of Tennessee, General Joseph E. Johnston , instructed General P. G. T. Beauregard to prepare to defend
9546-636: The city. For a brief period beginning April 16, 1865, he and other officials maintained the state capital in Greensboro. Vance proclaimed the North Carolina Surrender Declaration on April 28, 1865. Later, he surrendered to Union officials in the parlor of Blandwood Mansion. Historian Blackwell Robinson wrote, "Greensboro witnessed not only the demise of the Confederacy but also that of the old civil government of
9675-589: The city. During this time, Confederate President Jefferson Davis and the remaining members of the Confederate cabinet had evacuated the Confederate Capital in Richmond, Virginia , and moved south to Danville, Virginia . When Union cavalry threatened Danville, Davis and his cabinet managed to escape by train, and reassembled in Greensboro on April 11, 1865. While in the city, Davis and his cabinet decided to try to split up and make their way west of
9804-483: The community. Increased operating expenses from the ECHL Players Union and overhead costs as a result of recent Coliseum renovations significantly affected the Generals' ability to promote within the community. It was revealed that after the team folded, nearly all of the money used to support the team over and above ticket revenues, could have been covered by Coliseum advertising revenue that was purchased as
9933-617: The complex added three additional venues: the White Oak Amphitheatre, the Greensboro Aquatic Center, and the ACC Hall of Champions. Since its opening, the complex has been visited by nearly 57 million people and hosts over 800 events per year. In September 2014, the War Memorial Auditorium closed its doors. Oak View Group became the operator of the Complex on July 1, 2024, after winning a bid to take over management of
10062-600: The disturbances; its 1970 report concluded that the National Guard invasion was a reckless action disproportionate to the danger posed by student protests. It criticized local community leaders for failing to respond adequately to the Dudley High School students when the issues first arose. They declared it "a sad commentary that the only group in the community who would take the Dudley students seriously were
10191-707: The downtown was stimulated by the 2006 opening of the Elon University School of Law . The law school is credited with attracting student dollars to the downtown. The Four Seasons Town Centre , at 410 Four Seasons Town Centre, is a three-story shopping mall with 1,141,000 square feet (106,000 m ) of shopping space developed by the Koury Corporation . It is adjacent to the Joseph S. Koury Convention Center and Sheraton Hotel. With over 250,000 square feet (23,000 m ) of flexible meeting space,
10320-410: The exhibition center opened in 1978. Its purpose was to host business conferences and conventions. The venue was primarily used by "Super Flea", the flea market for the Triad area. In 1993, the center was expanded, converting the old Blue Room into a mid-sized arena known as "Hall C" or the "East Wing". In its current state, the 167,000-square-foot (15,500 m) center "includes three exhibition halls,
10449-494: The first three decades, Greensboro grew so rapidly that there was an acute worker housing shortage. Builders set a construction goal of 80 to 100 affordable housing units per year to provide homes for workers. Greensboro's real estate was considered "the wonder of the state" in the 1920s. Growth continued even through the Great Depression , as Greensboro attracted an estimated 200 new families per year. The city earned
10578-445: The goal of enhancing all forms of transportation through regional cooperation. PART Express Bus provides express service to each major Triad city from Piedmont Triad International Airport, while Connections Express connects the Triad to Duke and UNC Medical Centers. PART also has Express Bus service to outlying counties that surround the Triad including Surry, Stokes, Davidson, Yadkin, and Randolph Counties and soon to be Davie County. PART
10707-668: The governor ordered the North Carolina National Guard into the A&;T campus, in what was described at the time as "the most massive armed assault ever made against an American university". The North Carolina National Guard swept the college dormitories, taking hundreds of students into "protective custody". The demonstrations were suppressed. The North Carolina State Advisory Committee to the United States Commission on Civil Rights investigated
10836-615: The humid spring and summer months, some severe. On April 2, 1936, around 7:00 pm, a large, F-4 tornado cut a seven-mile (11-km) swath of destruction through southern Greensboro. 14 people were killed and 144 injured by the tornado, which moved through part of downtown. The storm was part of the 1936 Cordele-Greensboro tornado outbreak . Strong tornadoes have struck the Greensboro area since then, notably Stoneville on March 20, 1998 ; Clemmons and Winston-Salem on May 5, 1989 ; Clemmons and Greensboro on May 7, 2008 ; High Point on March 28, 2010 ; and Greensboro on April 15, 2018 . As of
10965-564: The largest civil rights protest in North Carolina history took place in Greensboro. Protesters sought desegregation of public accommodations, and economic and social justice, such as hiring policies based on merit rather than race. They also worked for the overdue integration of public schools. Each night more than 2,000 protesters marched through Greensboro's segregated central business district. William Thomas and A. Knighton Stanley, coordinators of Greensboro's local CORE chapter, invited Jesse Jackson , then an activist student at A&T, to join
11094-508: The largest religion in Greensboro is Islam (0.82%), followed by Judaism (0.60%). Eastern religions such as Hinduism and Buddhism were the least common in Greensboro (0.34%). Piedmont Triad The Piedmont Triad (or simply the Triad ) is a metropolitan region in the north-central part of the U.S. state of North Carolina anchored by three cities: Greensboro , Winston-Salem , and High Point . This close group of cities lies in
11223-674: The latter has been adapted and operates as a private inn. In the mid-19th century, many of the residents of the Piedmont and western areas of the state were Unionist , and Guilford County did not vote for secession . But once North Carolina joined the Confederacy , some citizens joined the Confederate cause, forming infantry units such as the Guilford Grays to fight in the American Civil War . From 1861 to March 1865
11352-488: The lunch counter. Hundreds of supporters soon joined in this sit-in, which lasted several months. Such protests quickly spread across the South, ultimately leading to the desegregation of lunch counters and other facilities at Woolworth's and other chains. Woolworth's went out of business due to changes in 20th-century retail practices, but the original Woolworth's lunch counter and stools are still in their original location. The former Woolworth's building has been adapted as
11481-564: The major force in protests to achieve racial justice, desegregation of public facilities, and fair employment, beginning with the Greensboro Four , who sat in at the segregated lunch counter at Woolworth's in 1960 to gain service. The largest civil rights protests in North Carolina history took place in Greensboro in May and June 1963. In the 21st century, the universities are leaders in new areas of research in high tech and science, on which
11610-529: The many performers who played the auditorium during the 1960s. The Rolling Stones played the auditorium during the band's 1965 North American Tour on November 12, 1965. The venue was primarily used for town meetings, theatrical events, religious meetings and concerts. Presidential candidate Barack Obama held a town hall meeting on March 26, 2008, to a full house. Guilford County native Fantasia Barrino gave her first concert, in her home state, during her Back to Me Tour on November 18, 2010. The auditorium
11739-532: The minutes of the Perquimans and Little River Quarterly Meeting on May 25, 1754: "To Friends at New Garden in Capefair", signed by Joseph Ratliff. The settlement grew rapidly over the next three years, adding members from as far away as Nantucket , Massachusetts. It soon became North Carolina's most important Quaker community and the mother of several other Quaker meetings established in the state and west of
11868-666: The monies were to be paid to the Greensboro Justice Fund, established to advance civil rights. Textile companies and related businesses continue into the 21st century, when most went bankrupt, reorganized, and/or merged with other companies as textile manufacturing jobs moved offshore. Greensboro is still a major center of the textile industry, with the main offices of Elevate Textiles (Cone, Burlington Industries), Galey & Lord, Unifi, and VF Corporation ( Wrangler , Lee , The North Face , and Nautica ). ITG Brands , maker of Kool, Winston and Salem brand cigarettes and
11997-620: The most of any venue. This is in part because the arena was within seven hours' drive of the conference's original footprint, and is within an hour of most of the fanbases of the conference's heartland in North Carolina. The most recent event was in 2023, and will return in 2027. The Greensboro Coliseum also hosted the Big Four Tournament from 1971 to 1981. It has also hosted the MEAC men's basketball tournament ten times. It has played host to 14 Men's NCAA Tournaments , most notably
12126-990: The most popular are the Greensboro Science Center , the International Civil Rights Museum , The Steven Tanger Center for the Performing Arts , the Weatherspoon Art Museum , the Greensboro Symphony, and the Greensboro Ballet . Annual events in the city include the North Carolina Folk Festival, First Fridays in Downtown Greensboro, Fun Fourth of July Festival, North Carolina Comedy Festival, and Winter Wonderlights. From 2015 to 2017, Greensboro hosted
12255-408: The most prominent regional shopping centers/malls in the Piedmont Triad region: The Triad is home to an extensive freeway network, which is in the process of undergoing a major expansion. Four major Interstate highways and numerous secondary Interstate routes and US routes serve the region: Piedmont Authority for Regional Transportation (PART) is the Triad's 10-county regional organization with
12384-505: The nation's third-largest tobacco company is headquartered in Greensboro. Rail traffic continues to be important for the city's economy, as Greensboro is a major regional freight hub. Twelve Amtrak passenger trains also stop in Greensboro daily. The Crescent has its platform on the main Norfolk Southern line between Washington and New Orleans by way of Atlanta . The Carolinian and Piedmont trains have their platform at
12513-543: The newly expanded exhibition hall did not meet state and city building codes nor fire regulations, because of incomplete construction. Additionally, the Coliseum did not hold the permits to host the event. This decision resulted in city council firing both the Coliseum manager and its contractors, Huber, Hunt and Nichols, Inc. (known for the Spectrum Center , BB&T Center and the PPG Paints Arena ). It
12642-432: The official name of the venue changing to Novant Health Fieldhouse at the Greensboro Coliseum Complex. Another expansion project for the complex is the new aquatic center. The center features three main pools including a warm-up and training pool. The main pool is used for events by nearby high schools, colleges, and USA Swimming events, and can hold eight 50-meter (long course) lanes or 20 short course competition lanes plus
12771-405: The population (4.6% Mexican, 0.7% Puerto Rican). In 2019, the racial and ethnic makeup of Greensboro was 47.3% non-Hispanic white, 41.4% black or African American, 0.5% American Indian or Alaska Native, 5% Asian alone, 0.1% Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander, 2.7% from some other race, and 3.0% multiracial. Hispanics and Latin Americans of any race made up 7.9% of the local population. At
12900-551: The population was religiously affiliated as of 2017. The largest religion in Greensboro is Christianity , with the most affiliates being either Baptist (11.85%) or Methodist (10.25%). The remaining Christian populations are Presbyterian (3.97%), Roman Catholic (3.71%), Pentecostal (2.61%), Episcopal (1.17%), Latter-Day Saints (1.02%), Lutheran (0.96%), and members of other Christian denominations (11.03%) including Greek Orthodox , Quaker , Moravian , Church of Christ , and non-denominational churches. After Christianity,
13029-407: The population were living below the poverty line , including 25.9% of those under 18 and 10.5% of those 65 or older. From 2015 to 2019, the median household income increased to $ 48,964 with a per capita of $ 29,628. The median earned income for males was $ 44,974 and $ 37,937 for females. An estimated 18.5% of Greensboro residents lived at or below the poverty line in 2019. The racial composition of
13158-598: The property. Construction began on the venue in 1958 and was completed in September 1959. Known originally as the "Greensboro Memorial Coliseum" (until 1980), the arena hosted its first event on October 29, 1959. At the time, the Coliseum held 7,100 seats, becoming one of the largest arenas on the East Coast. Through the years, the Coliseum has hosted several sporting events, most notably basketball (see below). The Coliseum has also hosted concerts for over 40 years. During
13287-574: The protesters, and at one point approximately 1,400 blacks were jailed in Greensboro. The scale of protests disrupted the business community and challenged the leadership of the mayor and Governor Terry Sanford . Finally, the city and business community responded with further desegregation of public facilities, reformed hiring policies in city government, and commitments to progress by both Sanford and Greensboro's mayor. Sanford declared, "Anyone who hasn't received this message doesn't understand human nature." Significant changes in race relations still came at
13416-575: The protests. Jackson quickly rose to prominence as a student leader, becoming the public spokesman of the non-violent protest movement. Seeking to overwhelm city jails, as was done in protests led by Martin Luther King Jr. in Birmingham, Alabama , the protesters invited arrest by violating segregation rules of local businesses; they were charged with trespassing and other nonviolent actions. College and high school students constituted most of
13545-543: The public in a final attempt to bring the Monarchs back to Greensboro. Rather than leave the Coliseum without a hockey team for the first time in more than 10 years, a new hockey team was founded, the Greensboro Generals , returning the city to the East Coast Hockey League. The Generals competed in the arena until 2004, when they were terminated by the ECHL due to poor performance and lackluster support from
13674-622: The region still functions as a single metropolitan area. † Indicates municipalities in Montgomery and Caswell (counties usually locally included as part of Piedmont Triad) The area is served by Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools , Rockingham County Schools , Alamance-Burlington School System , Caswell County Schools , Davidson County Schools , Randolph County School System , Stokes County Schools, Surry County Schools, Yadkin County Schools, and Guilford County Schools . The area
13803-649: The same as before the facility was constructed. In March 2015, HondaJet , with a manufacturing facility in Greensboro, announced that it had received provisional type certification (PTC) from the United States Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). This achievement indicates the FAA's approval of the HondaJet design based on certification testing, design reviews, and analyses completed to date. In 2022, construction began on
13932-429: The school were rejected, the students asked activists at North Carolina A&T State University for support in a protest. Protests escalated and after students at A&T had thrown rocks at police, they returned on May 21 armed with tear gas canisters, using them against the crowds. The uprising grew larger, and the governor ordered the National Guard to back up local police. After there were exchanges of gunfire,
14061-514: The smaller Winston-Salem Memorial Coliseum . In practice, Wake Forest played most of its ACC games during this period at the Coliseum. From the 1960s to the 1980s, North Carolina , Duke and North Carolina State frequently played neutral-site games at the Coliseum, as it was the state's largest arena at the time. The Tar Heels still occasionally play a neutral-site game here, as late as 2012. Between its service as Wake Forest's de facto primary home court and its many neutral-site and postseason games,
14190-489: The start of Norfolk Southern NC-Line that runs from Greensboro to Goldsboro, NC. According to the United States Census Bureau , Greensboro has an area of 136.65 square miles (353.9 km ), of which 131.41 square miles (340.4 km ) is land and 5.24 square miles (13.6 km ) (3.83%) is water. The city of Greensboro lies among the rolling hills of North Carolina's Piedmont , midway between
14319-1325: The state's Blue Ridge and Great Smoky Mountains to the west and the Atlantic beaches and Outer Banks to the east. The view of Greensboro from its highest building—the Lincoln Financial tower, commonly known as the Jefferson-Pilot Building after its previous owner,—shows an expanse of shade trees in the city. Interstates 40 , 73 , and 85 intersect at Greensboro. Greensboro is 29 miles (47 km) east of Winston-Salem , 54 miles (87 km) west of Durham , 77 miles (124 km) northwest of Raleigh , 90 miles (140 km) northeast of Charlotte , and 201 miles (323 km) southwest of Richmond, Virginia . Downtown Greensboro has attracted development investment in recent years with such new construction as First National Bank Field , residential construction, and offices. The Southside neighborhood downtown exemplifies central-city reinvestment. The formerly economically depressed neighborhood has been redeveloped as an award-winning neotraditional-style neighborhood featuring walkability , compact blocks and local amenities and services. The redevelopment of
14448-565: The state." Once surrender negotiations were completed at Bennett Place (in present-day Durham ) between General Johnston and General Sherman on April 26, 1865, Confederate soldiers in Greensboro stacked their arms, received their paroles, and headed home. After the war, investors worked to restore the textile mills and related industry. In the 1890s, the city continued to attract attention from northern industrialists, including Moses and Caesar Cone of Baltimore . The Cone brothers established large-scale textile plants, changing Greensboro from
14577-688: The students at A&T State University". On November 3, 1979, members of what would become the Communist Workers Party (CWP) held an anti- Ku Klux Klan rally at the Morningside Homes public housing project. Four local TV news stations covered it. During the protest, two cars containing Klansmen and neo-Nazis arrived. After a confrontation, the KKK and CWP groups exchanged gunfire. Five CWP members were killed. Eleven CWP members and one Klansman were injured. Television footage of
14706-519: The territorial days of Jim Crockett Promotions . It has hosted a number of NWA and WCW events through the years, including the first four Starrcade events in 1983 , 1984 , 1985 , and 1986 , Clash of the Champions I in 1988, as well as the 1990 WrestleWar event. WWE has also held events at the Greensboro Coliseum, including Unforgiven: In Your House in 1998, the 1999 King of the Ring and
14835-642: The time due to the long-term effects of the COVID-19 pandemic . The Coliseum first saw an arena football team when the Greensboro Prowlers of the af2 league played in the Coliseum from 1999 until 2004. The team folded due to a poor record and lack of fan support. The Greensboro Revolution of the National Indoor Football League played here in 2006 and 2007. The team ceased operations on January 23, 2008. In 2018,
14964-543: The waterways, as did the early settlers. Quaker migrants from Pennsylvania, by way of Maryland , arrived at Capefair (now Greensboro) in about 1750. The new settlers began organized religious services affiliated with the Cane Creek Friends Meeting in Snow Camp in 1751. Three years later, 40 Quaker families were granted approval to establish New Garden Monthly Meeting. The action is recorded in
15093-737: The years, the complex hosted several conventions, sporting and musical events. The Coliseum was part-time home of the Carolina Cougars of the American Basketball Association from 1969 to 1974 after the Houston Mavericks moved to North Carolina in 1969. The Cougars were a "regional franchise," playing "home" games in Charlotte ( Bojangles' Coliseum ), Greensboro ( Greensboro Coliseum ), Winston-Salem Memorial Coliseum and Raleigh ( Dorton Arena and Reynolds Coliseum ). Hall of Fame Coach Larry Brown began his coaching career with
15222-426: Was "Super Flea", a flea market for the Triad area . In 1991, the Coliseum's manager (Jim Evans) proposed an additional expansion of the complex. This expansion would raise the seating capacity of the Coliseum an additional 8,000 (adding a third tier) to 23,000; however, this capacity would later be lowered to around 20,000 after renovations in the late 2010s. It would also see The Blue Room demolished to make way for
15351-444: Was 3.00. In 2019, the average household size was 2.37. The 2019 American Community Survey determined Greensboro had a median age of 35.1, up from 33.4 in 2010. Approximately 6.0% of the city's inhabitants were under 5; 78.2% of the population was 18 and older, and 13.7% 65 and older. The age distribution in 2010 was 22.7% under 18, 14.5% from 18 to 24, 28.2% from 25 to 44, 23.1% from 45 to 64, and 11.5% who 65 or older. The median age
15480-400: Was 33.4. For every 100 females, there were 88.7 males, and for every 100 females 18 and over, there were 84.6 males. In 2011–15, the estimated median annual income for a household was $ 41,628, and the median income for a family was $ 53,150. Male full-time workers had a median income of $ 40,143 versus $ 34,761 for females. The per capita income was $ 25,929. About 14.6% of families and 19.3% of
15609-425: Was also the first wrestling pay-per-view at the Coliseum in over 20 years. Greensboro, North Carolina Greensboro ( / ˈ ɡ r iː n z b ə r oʊ / ; local pronunciation / ˈ ɡ r iː n z b ʌr ə / ) is a city in and the county seat of Guilford County, North Carolina , United States. At the 2020 census , its population was 299,035; it was estimated to be 302,296 in 2023. It
15738-431: Was built at the center of the intersection of Elm and Market streets. By 1821, the town was home to 369 residents. In the early 1840s, the state government designated Greensboro as one of the stops on a new railroad line, at the request of Governor John Motley Morehead , whose house, Blandwood , was in Greensboro. Stimulated by rail traffic and improved access to markets, the city grew substantially, soon becoming known as
15867-473: Was built by a farmer in 1795. Additions to this residence in 1846, designed by Alexander Jackson Davis , made the house influential as America's earliest Tuscan -style villa. It has been designated a National Historic Landmark . Other significant houses and estates were developed, including Dunleith, designed by Samuel Sloan ; Bellemeade; and the Bumpass-Troy House . Since the late 20th century,
15996-531: Was completed and the Hurricanes moved out, the plan was that the Monarchs, who spent those two years in New Haven, Connecticut , as the Beast of New Haven , would move back into the venue as a Hurricanes affiliate. Monarchs owner Bill Black tried to bring the Monarchs back to Greensboro, but the Hurricanes refused to claim the Monarchs as their affiliate. After the deal fell through, Bill Black tried to sell shares to
16125-487: Was later determined it would take an additional ten months to have the complex comply with regulations. The city added an additional $ 20 million to the budget to renovate the Coliseum and the auditorium. Additional expansion came in 2003 when the complex added Novant Health Fieldhouse (formerly the GCC Pavilion). Two years later, the complex renovated the old Town Hall Auditorium into the smaller Odeon Theatre. In 2011,
16254-554: Was not included in the 1993 renovation of the complex, will soon be renovated to include a banquet hall. In 2002, the 1st Annual King of the Concrete indoor go-kart race was held at this facility. In February 2016, The Coliseum hosted the 2016 US Olympic Table Tennis Trials. In 2016, the arena hosted the Kellogg's Tour of Gymnastics Champions. Greensboro Coliseum has had a wide history with hosting professional wrestling going back to
16383-533: Was planned around a central courthouse square to succeed Guilford Court House as the county seat. The county courts were thus placed closer to the county's geographical center, a location more easily reached at the time by the majority of the county's citizens, who traveled by horse or on foot. Three major Interstate Highways ( Interstate 40 , Interstate 85 , and Interstate 73 ) in the Piedmont region of central North Carolina were built to intersect at this city. Among Greensboro's many notable attractions, some of
16512-525: Was torn down in October 2014, and the site was replaced with a premium parking lot. It's replacement the Steven Tanger Center for the Performing Arts , opened in downtown in September 2021. A closing ceremony took place September 4. An O'Jays concert September 5 was the last event, and items from the auditorium were auctioned off the next week. Originally known as the "Exhibition Building",
16641-418: Was unconstitutional. Facilities reserved for blacks were generally underfunded by the state and city governments, which were dominated by conservative white Democrats. In the postwar period, blacks in North Carolina and across the South pushed to regain their constitutional rights. College students from North Carolina Agricultural and Technical College (A&T), a historically black college , made Greensboro
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