County Coliseum Site Development – El Paso TX

City:
El Paso, TX

Site Type:
Auditoriums and Arenas, Civic Facilities

New Deal Agencies:
Works Progress Administration (WPA), Work Relief Programs

Description

Among the Works Progress Administration (WPA) projects identified as completed in an El Paso Times article from June 7, 1936 was “Exposition Building site, $25,903.67″—Exposition Building being another term for what is now the County Coliseum, which was completed in 1942.

Source notes

"WPA Finishes 53 Projects," El Paso Times, June 7, 1936 (pg. 13): https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/433234517/

Site originally submitted by Evan Kalish on May 24, 2022.
Additional contributions by Brian Edwards.

Location Info

4100 E Paisano Dr.
El Paso, TX 79905

Coordinates: 31.766602, -106.443140

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