In November 2016, the City of Tacoma approved a two-year, $21.3 million renovation project. The new enhancements included metal detector wands at each entrance, a bag size restriction, the prohibition of backpacks, and the search of all bags before entry.
On February 2, 2016, the Tacoma Dome started new security procedures in light of its sold-out AC/DC concert. This is so far the only fatality to occur at a Monster Jam event. During a Monster Jam event at the Tacoma Dome in January 2009, a piece of debris from a truck flew into the stands during a freestyle performance, killing a six-year-old spectator and injuring another spectator. Diamond Dallas Page defeated WCW World Heavyweight Champion Ric Flair, Hollywood Hogan and Sting (with Randy Savage as special guest referee) in a Four Corners match to win the title. World Championship Wrestling held their Spring Stampede pay-per-view at the dome on April 11, 1999.
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The Professional Bull Riders hosted an annual Built Ford Tough Series bull-riding event at the dome between 20. During both crusades, Graham averaged 30,000 spectators every night. Billy Graham hosted one of his crusades in the Dome's first year of operation. Although all the shows sold out, the concerts were cancelled because of the performer's serious health problems. Michael Jackson was scheduled to perform three concerts there on October 31 and November 1 and 2, 1988, during his Bad Tour. During this performance, drummer Tommy Lee realized his dream of playing a drum solo upside down in a 360-degree rotating cage. Mötley Crüe performed at the Tacoma Dome on October 15, 1987, as part of their Girls, Girls, Girls Tour. The Tacoma Dome also hosted National Hockey League preseason exhibition games in 1983, 1984, 1988, 1992, and 1996.īon Jovi filmed portions of their music video for the song "Lay Your Hands on Me" during their show at the Dome. It was the site of the NCAA Division I-AA football championship game in 19.
The dome also hosted the NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Championship in back-to-back years (19). The Dome was also the venue of the gymnastics and figure skating events during the 1990 Goodwill Games, and home to numerous other minor-league ice hockey and indoor soccer teams. It also hosted the Tacoma Rockets of the WHL from 1991 to 1995, the Tacoma Sabercats of the WCHL from 1997 to 2002, and the Tacoma Stars indoor soccer team of the MISL from 1983 to 1992. It was the Seattle SuperSonics' home floor for the 1994–95 season while the Seattle Center Coliseum was being renovated, and was used for various regular Sonics games during other seasons. The dome's first event was a concert by British musician David Bowie as part of his Serious Moonlight Tour on August 11, 1983. It can also host American football, albeit with seating reduced to 10,000. Unlike most other arenas of its size, the arena contains little in the way of fixed seating, so as to maximize the flexibility of the seating arrangements and the shape of the playing field. The wood which was used to make the roof came from trees that were downed in the 1980 eruption of Mount St.
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