Editing Chicago Coliseum (section)

===The Syndrome===
During the 1960s and early 1970s, many popular bands of the era played The Coliseum, including [[Cream (band)|Cream]] (twice in 1968), [[Jethro Tull (band)|Jethro Tull]], [[The Jimi Hendrix Experience]] (December 1, 1968),<ref>{{Cite web|title=The Jimi Hendrix Experience Setlist at Chicago Coliseum, Chicago|url=https://www.setlist.fm/setlist/the-jimi-hendrix-experience/1968/chicago-coliseum-chicago-il-7bd49e28.html|access-date=2021-08-29|website=setlist.fm|language=en}}</ref> [[The Doors]] (November 3, 1968)<ref>{{Cite web|title=The Doors Setlist at Chicago Coliseum, Chicago|url=https://www.setlist.fm/setlist/the-doors/1968/chicago-coliseum-chicago-il-7bde8ae4.html|access-date=2021-08-29|website=setlist.fm|language=en}}</ref> or [[B.B. King]] (May 16, 1970).<ref>{{Cite web|title=B.B. King Setlist at Chicago Coliseum, Chicago|url=https://www.setlist.fm/setlist/bb-king/1970/chicago-coliseum-chicago-il-6be572a6.html|access-date=2021-08-29|website=setlist.fm|language=en}}</ref>

During 1970 and 1971, The Coliseum occasionally saw duty as "The Syndrome", a general-admission venue for rock music concerts. The inaugural concert was staged on Friday, October 16, 1970, featuring [[Humble Pie (band)|Humble Pie]], Brethren, Chase, and the headline act, [[Grand Funk Railroad]].<ref>{{cite news| title=Syndrome Is On Its Way as New Rock Palace| url=http://archives.chicagotribune.com/1970/10/19/page/51/article/syndrome-is-on-its-way-as-new-rock-palace| last=Van Matre| first=Lynn| newspaper=Chicago Tribune| date=October 19, 1970| access-date=2016-02-03}}</ref> Other bands that played The Syndrome included Rod Stewart and the Faces, [[The Grateful Dead]], [[Steppenwolf (band)|Steppenwolf]], [[New Riders of the Purple Sage]], [[Traffic (band)|Traffic]], [[Ten Years After]], [[Fleetwood Mac]], [[Mountain (band)|Mountain]], [[Alice Cooper]], [[Siegel-Schwall Band]], [[Mott The Hoople]], and [[Savoy Brown]].

On March 8, 1971, riots erupted at both The Chicago Coliseum and Chicago Amphitheater amongst fans attempting to watch a live, closed-circuit television broadcast of the Muhammad Ali – Joe Frazier fight being staged at Madison Square Garden in New York. When Coliseum projection equipment broke down, management asked an audience of 7,000 to leave just before the fight began. "..A group of youths, angered by the announcement began tearing up ticket counters near the door and throwing them thru [sic] the front windows. Others, who had paid $10 a head to see the fight, began hurtling chairs and bottles from the balcony onto the main floor. An estimated 80 police were rushed to the Coliseum to restore order."<ref>{{cite news| newspaper=Chicago Tribune| date=March 9, 1971| access-date=2016-02-03| title=Disorders at 2 T.V. Sites| url=http://archives.chicagotribune.com/1971/03/09/page/35/article/disorders-at-2-t-v-sites| last=Milbert| first=Neil| page=1, Section 3}}</ref>

As a result of the damage, all scheduled concerts were cancelled with the exception of March 12, 1971, featuring [[James Taylor]] and [[Carole King]].

On March 13, 1971, the city shut the building due to fire code violations, and it fell into disrepair. In 1982, it was sold for redevelopment and partially demolished; however, the planned construction never took place and large portions of the outer wall facing Wabash remained until the early 1990s when it was finally cleared.<ref name="Thomas">{{cite web |last1=Thomas |first1=John C. |title=Star-Crossed: The Colorful History of the Chicago Coliseum |url=https://owlcation.com/humanities/Star-Crossed-The-Colorful-History-of-the-Chicago-Coliseum |website=owlcation.com}}</ref> Part of the Libby facade was given to the [[Chicago History Museum]]. The site is now occupied by the Soka Gakkai USA Culture Center. Coliseum Park, located across Wabash Avenue on the site of the former Haven School<ref>{{cite web| title=Haven School| url=https://chicagohistoricschools.wordpress.com/2014/06/06/haven-school/| publisher=Chicago Historic Schools| date=June 6, 2014}}</ref> at 14th Place and Wabash Avenue, commemorates the Coliseum.