| Nickname | The Barn |
| Formerly |
St. Louis Arena
(1929-1977)
Checkerdome (1977-1983) |
| Location |
5700 Oakland Avenue St. Louis, Missouri 63110 United States |
| Opened | 1929 |
| Closed | 1994 |
| Demolished | February 27, 1999 |
| Wikipedia | St. Louis Arena |
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The arena was known as the Checkerdome from 1977 to 1983 while owned by Ralston Purina (company's logo is a checkerboard). A fantastic web page with lots of personal stories can be found here. |
Since this venue is demolished it may not appear on the map, or you may be looking at a newer venue that has replaced it at the same location.
| 1971 | |
|---|---|
| 1971 Mar 26 | Emerson, Lake and Palmer |
| 1971 Aug 28 | Led Zeppelin |
| 1971 Oct 7 | The Moody Blues |
| 1972 | |
| 1972 Oct 27 | The Moody Blues |
| 1973 | |
| 1973 Apr 13 | Alice Cooper |
| 1973 May 11 | Led Zeppelin |
| 1973 Nov 28 | Lynyrd Skynyrd |
| 1973 Nov 28 | The Who |
| 1974 | |
| 1974 Nov 20 | George Harrison \ Billy Preston \ Ravi Shanker |
| 1975 | |
| 1975 Jan 29 | Jethro Tull |
| 1975 Feb 16 | Led Zeppelin |
| 1976 | |
| 1976 Oct 8 | Chicago |
| 1977 | |
| 1977 Apr 15 | Led Zeppelin |
| 1977 May 15 | The Grateful Dead |
| 1977 Dec 7 | KISS & Detective |
| 1977 Dec 28 | Styx & Jay Ferguson |
| 1978 | |
| 1978 Jan 13 | Ted Nugent/Golden Earring/Point Blank |
| 1978 Jan 18 | Rush |
| 1978 Jan 18 | April Wine, opened for Rush |
| 1978 Mar 1 | Emerson, Lake & Palmer |
| 1978 Mar 12 | Foghat & Point Blank |
| 1978 May 2 | Alice Cooper & Charlie |
| 1978 May 11 | REO Speedwagon & Rainbow |
| 1978 Sep 16 | Black Sabbath |
| 1978 Sep 16 | Van Halen |
| 1978 Sep 28 | Yes |
| 1978 Oct 19 | Jethro Tull & Uriah Heep |
| 1978 Oct 20 | Billy Joel |
| 1978 Oct 29 | Bob Dylan |
| 1978 Nov 15 | Marshall Tucker \ Sea Level \ Trooper, KSHE 11th Birthday Party |
| 1978 Nov 22 | Heart & Michael Stanley |
| 1978 Nov 23 | Queen |
| 1978 Dec 3 | The Moody Blues / Jimmy Spheeris |
| 1978 Dec 6 | Ted Nugent & Sammy Hagar |
| 1978 Dec 13 | Starz, opened for Rush |
| 1978 Dec 13 | Rush |
| 1978 Dec 31 | Bob Seger & Molly Hatchet |
| 1979 | |
| 1979 Feb 14 | Toto \ April Wine \ Stillwater |
| 1979 Feb 22 | Styx & Trillion |
| 1979 Feb 23 | Styx & Trillion |
| 1979 Feb 28 | Alice Cooper & The Babys |
| 1979 Mar 9 | Sammy Hagar \ Boston \ Rick Derringer |
| 1979 Mar 19 | Supertramp |
| 1979 Mar 20 | Supertramp |
| 1979 Apr 28 | Van Halen |
| 1979 Jun 6 | Yes |
| 1979 Jul 14 | Ted Nugent \ Blackfoot \ Ian Hunter |
| 1979 Jul 27 | Kansas & Michael Stanley |
| 1979 Aug 1 | Doucette |
| 1979 Aug 4 | Journey \ Thin Lizzy |
| 1979 Aug 10 | REO Speedwagon & Missouri |
| 1979 Oct 2 | John Cougar - opened for KISS |
| 1979 Oct 2 | KISS |
| 1979 Oct 2 | KISS & John Cougar |
| 1979 Nov 5 | Fleetwood Mac |
| 1979 Nov 8 | U.K., Jethro Tull |
| 1979 Nov 17 | Foreigner & Gamma, KSHE 12th Birthday Party |
| 1979 Nov 21 | Billy Joel |
| 1979 Nov 23 | Sammy Hagar/Scorpions/Pat Travers |
| 1979 Dec 6 | Styx & April Wine |
| 1979 Dec 27 | ZZ Top & Point Blank |
| 1980 | |
| 1980 Apr 28 | The Who & Pretenders |
| 1980 May 21 | Nazareth |
| 1980 May 28 | Bob Seger |
| 1980 May 29 | Bob Seger |
| 1980 Jun 17 | Ted Nugent/Scorpions/Def Leppard |
| 1980 Jun 21 | Little River Band & Pure Prairie League |
| 1980 Jul 10 | Doobie Brothers & the Dirt Band |
| 1980 Jul 25 | Foghat & Pat Travers |
| 1980 Jul 31 | Van Halen |
| 1980 Sep 5 | Heart & Robert Palmer |
| 1980 Sep 17 | Queen & Dakota |
| 1980 Sep 25 | Yes |
| 1980 Sep 30 | Blue Oyster Cult / Black Sabbath / Troupe |
| 1980 Oct 26 | Jethro Tull/Whitesnake |
| 1980 Nov 1 | KISS |
| 1980 Nov 19 | The Allman Brothers Band / Michael Stanley / Gamma, KSHE 13th Birthday Party |
| 1980 Dec 4 | Babys / Cheap Trick / Off Broadway |
| 1980 Dec 26 | Charlie Daniels & Leon Russell |
| 1980 Dec 28 | REO Speedwagon & Rockets |
| 1981 | |
| 1981 Jan 28 | Bruce Springsteen |
| 1981 Mar 4 | Max Webster, opened for Rush |
| 1981 Mar 4 | Rush |
| 1981 Mar 5 | Rush |
| 1981 Mar 5 | Max Webster, opened for Rush |
| 1981 Mar 11 | Styx |
| 1981 May 22 | Ozzy Osbourne |
| 1981 May 30 | Santana |
| 1981 Jul 28 | Pat Benatar & Billy Squier |
| 1981 Sep 23 | Journey & Point Blank |
| 1981 Oct 18 | Van Halen |
| 1981 Oct 29 | Electric Light Orchestra \ Hall & Oates |
| 1981 Nov 19 | The Rolling Stones |
| 1981 Nov 26 | AC/DC & Midnight Flyer |
| 1981 Nov 27 | Foreigner & Michael Stanley |
| 1981 Dec 27 | Ozark Mountain Daredevils |
| 1981 Dec 28 | Triumph / Survivor / Harlequin |
| 1982 | |
| 1982 Feb 17 | Rod Stewart |
| 1982 Feb 24 | Sammy Hagar & Quarterflash |
| 1982 Mar 17 | Black Sabbath & Rabbit |
| 1982 Apr 1 | The Police & Joan Jett |
| 1982 Jun 4 | Charlie Daniels / Jimmie Hall / Pride |
| 1982 Aug 6 | After The Fire, opened for Van Halen |
| 1982 Aug 6 | Van Halen |
| 1982 Sep 10 | Heart & John Cougar |
| 1982 Sep 14 | Judas Priest / Iron Maiden / Axe |
| 1982 Sep 17 | April Wine & Eddie Money |
| 1982 Sep 18 | The Steve Miller Band |
| 1982 Oct 12 | Rush |
| 1982 Oct 12 | Rory Gallagher, opened for Rush |
| 1982 Oct 28 | Fleetwood Mac & Glenn Frey |
| 1982 Oct 29 | Charlie Daniels / Michael Stanley / Greg Kihn / Johnny Van Zandt, KSHE 15th Birthday Party |
| 1982 Nov 3 | Billy Joel |
| 1982 Nov 7 | Billy Squier & Nazareth |
| 1982 Dec 6 | The Who & Rockets |
| 1983 | |
| 1983 Feb 3 | Aerosmith & Pat Travers |
| 1983 Mar 9 | Pat Benatar & Red Ryder |
| 1983 Mar 13 | Sammy Hagar & Night Ranger |
| 1983 Apr 3 | Triumph / Foghat |
| 1983 Apr 11 | Journey & Bryan Adams |
| 1983 May 21 | Bob Seger & Mike Bollman |
| 1983 May 22 | Bob Seger & Mike Bollman |
| 1983 Jul 24 | The Police & Joan Jett |
| 1983 Jul 26 | Stevie Nicks / Joe Walsh |
| 1983 Aug 11 | Rick Springfield & Quarterflash |
| 1983 Aug 20 | Def Leppard & Uriah Heep |
| 1983 Sep 6 | Men At Work |
| 1983 Sep 14 | Supertramp |
| 1983 Oct 23 | Loverboy & Joan Jett |
| 1983 Oct 24 | Loverboy & Joan Jett |
| 1983 Nov 2 | AC/DC w/Fastway |
| 1983 Nov 20 | Cheap Trick / Aldo Nova / Danny Spanos |
| 1984 | |
| 1984 Jan 28 | Genesis |
| 1984 Feb 9 | Ozzy Osbourne / Motley Crue |
| 1984 Apr 19 | Billy Joel |
| 1984 Apr 25 | Dan Fogelberg |
| 1984 Jun 15 | Bruce Springsteen |
| 1984 Jun 26 | Van Halen |
| 1984 Jun 27 | Van Halen |
| 1984 Jul 2 | Gary Moore |
| 1984 Jul 2 | Rush |
| 1984 Jul 26 | Rod Stewart & Jeff Beck |
| 1984 Jul 29 | Aerosmith & Orion the Hunter |
| 1984 Aug 29 | Billy Squire/ Ratt |
| 1984 Sep 28 | Sammy Hagar & Krokus |
| 1984 Sep 29 | Sammy Hagar & Krokus |
| 1984 Oct 15 | Bruce Springsteen |
| 1985 | |
| 1985 Jun 7 | The Rolling Stones |
| 1985 Jul 27 | Bryan Adams & Kim Mitchell |
| 1986 | |
| 1986 Feb 10 | John Mellencamp |
| 1986 Feb 12 | Billy Joel |
| 1986 Feb 13 | Billy Joel |
| 1986 Feb 19 | ZZ Top & Jimmy Barnes |
| 1986 Feb 20 | ZZ Top & Jimmy Barnes |
| 1986 Apr 8 | Heart & Honeymoon Suite |
| 1986 Apr 18 | Rush |
| 1986 Apr 20 | Loverboy/The Hooters |
| 1986 May 13 | The Firm |
| 1986 Jul 21 | Van Halen |
| 1986 Jul 22 | Van Halen |
| 1986 Jul 23 | Van Halen |
| 1986 Aug 6 | David Lee Roth & Cinderella |
| 1986 Sep 30 | Journey |
| 1986 Dec 10 | Bob Seger & the Georgia Satellites |
| 1986 Dec 11 | Bob Seger & the Georgia Satellites |
| 1987 | |
| 1987 Mar 23 | Huey Lewis & the News / Robert Cray Band |
| 1987 Apr 24 | Billy Joel |
| 1987 May 18 | Bon Jovi |
| 1987 Oct 7 | Boston |
| 1987 Oct 8 | Boston |
| 1987 Oct 22 | Lynyrd Skynyrd |
| 1987 Oct 25 | U2 |
| 1987 Nov 15 | Pink Floyd |
| 1987 Nov 16 | Pink Floyd |
| 1987 Nov 20 | Fleetwood Mac |
| 1987 Nov 23 | Yes |
| 1987 Dec 3 | Heart |
| 1987 Dec 9 | Aerosmith / Dokken |
| 1988 | |
| 1988 Mar 1 | Rush |
| 1988 Apr 17 | Bruce Springsteen |
| 1988 Jul 15 | Rod Stewart |
| 1988 Aug 9 | Whitesnake |
| 1988 Sep 3 | Aerosmith |
| 1988 Nov 8 | Van Halen |
| 1988 Nov 9 | Van Halen |
| 1989 | |
| 1989 Mar 3 | R.E.M. |
| 1989 Oct 25 | The Beach Boys / Chicago |
| 1989 Nov 23 | Motley Crue |
| 1990 | |
| 1990 Mar 5 | Rush |
| 1990 Apr 21 | Eric Clapton |
| 1990 Jun 10 | David Bowie |
| 1990 Jul 17 | Aerosmith |
| 1990 Jul 23 | Billy Joel |
| 1990 Aug 29 | Eric Clapton |
| 1990 Nov 8 | ZZ Top |
| 1990 Dec 6 | AC/DC |
| 1991 | |
| 1991 Apr 1 | Scorpions |
| 1991 Nov 7 | Rush |
| 1991 Nov 7 | Eric Johnson |
| 1991 Nov 24 | Metallica |
| 1992 | |
| 1992 Apr 15 | Van Halen |
| 1992 May 1 | Bryan Adams |
| 1992 Nov 13 | KISS |
| 1992 Dec 3 | Bruce Springsteen |
| 1992 Dec 16 | Def Leppard |
| 1994 | |
| 1994 Apr 4 | Rush |
| 1994 May 7 | ZZ Top, Final Rock Concert at the St. Louis Arena |
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