The Kay Yeager Coliseum is a 7,380-seat multi-purpose

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Wichita Falls, Texas Wichita Falls ( ) is a city in and the county seat of Wichita County, Texas, United States. It is the principal city of the Wichita Falls metropolitan area, Wichita Falls metropolitan statistical area, which encompasses all of Archer County, Tex ...

. It was completed in 2003. Kay Yeager served as Wichita Falls mayor from May 1996 to May 2000. It was previously home to the Wichita Falls Wildcats

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team from 2004 to 2017. It was also home to the

Wichita Falls Nighthawks The Wichita Falls Nighthawks were a professional indoor American football team. They were based in Wichita Falls, Texas. The team was headquartered in Wichita Falls and played its home games at Kay Yeager Coliseum. The Nighthawks first joined th ...

of the

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and briefly the Wichita Falls Force of the USA Central Hockey League. In 2019, the arena's added the Wichita Falls Flyers FC of the US Arena Pro Soccer League. In 2020, the arena gained another

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expansion team called the Wichita Falls Warriors.

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Wichita Falls Multi-purpose Events Center (MPEC)
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