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Lawson Arena

multi-purpose sports arena at Western Michigan University in Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA
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Summary

Lawson Arena is a sports venue[1]. It ranks in the top 9% of sports venue entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (184 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Kalamazoo[3]
  • Country: United States[4]
  • Instance of: swimming center[5]
  • Owned by: Western Michigan University[6]
  • Commons category: Lawson Arena[7]
  • Occupant: Western Michigan Broncos men's ice hockey[8]
  • Official website: http://www.wmich.edu/lawson[9]
  • Maximum capacity: 3667[10]
  • Date of official opening: November 1974[11]

Why It Matters

Lawson Arena is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[12]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . mlive.com. Retrieved . mlive.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [12] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 8d ago · MSwierenga · 2026-10-08 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Date of official opening → +1974-11-00T00:00:00Z
    Wikipedia languages → ['commons', 'en']
    Sitelink count → 2
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Date of official opening: November 1974"
  2. 5w ago · IdeasMagnet · 2026-09-07 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Commons category → Lawson Arena
    Country → United States
    Wikidata description → multi-purpose sports arena at Western Michigan University in Kalamazoo, Michigan
    Coordinate location → {'lat': 42.275937, 'lon': -85.617765}
    + 9 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Openstreetmap node id: 1671510340, Adding OSM node id claim from wikidata tag on node/1671510340 in United States"
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