My mother (Patricia Altman) is pictured at the end of this video. I would like to thank Larry Page, Steve Johnson and Kim Sparrow for sharing this with me. I had never seen it. Thanks fam. The anniversary of her death just passed on June 20th, so seeing her really touches my heart and brings back some great memories. She loved her some Elvis. Love ya'll! Thanks so much! Miss you Mom.

I live in Fayettrville and saw Elvis perform when he came here A night I will never forget. I love watching videos of him

What an incredibly small venue for such a huge megastar like Elvis!

Thanks for archiving the history of this building from an Elvis fans perspective before its gone from history. Great job as usual. TCB #AlwaysElvis

It was never called Cumberland county coliseum.It was called Cumberland county memorial arena and Cumberland county civic center. The coliseum is behind the civic arena. The coliseum was built later in 97.

Another great video guys. Big thanks to you for documenting this location before it too is lost to the wrecking ball like so much of Elvis history!

Totally awesome! I love Elvis!

Hi my name is Bonnie I'm 77 years Young and I live in salt lake City Utah I never got to see the king in person he never knew my name or so my face I've loved him since I'm 11 but one thing is for sure he was the greatest not because he could sing or act or move or even for his good looks I loved Elvis for so many other reasons Elvis was the greatest he stole my heart when I was 11 and he has never given it back. Thank you for making this video and taking me back to a time that I didn't even know existed I've saved this on my phone so I can rewatch it and show it to other people and I've shared it keeping his memory alive for the younger generation is important they have written so much garbage about him and I have never listened to any of it he was the most amazing man to come along in my lifetime I will always love him till the day I die and beyond thank you from the bottom of my heart he was the greatest and he will always remain the greatest of my life. Love always Bonnie from salt lake City Utah 💜

Another great job guys! Greetings from Brazil the country where Elvis has more fans than any other country! Nowadays.

Thank you for this video. I live about 30 min away from this arena. I wasn't living in NC at the time Elvis played here, but they used to have pictures of him from the concerts In the lobby where the ticket windows were. I have seen many concerts and other shows in the Cumberland County Memorial Arena (currently Crown Arena). I don't know if anything will be built on that spot. It was suggested to build a performing arts center. I graduated in the auditorium next to the arena from high school and college before the Crown Coliseum was built behind the the arena. Great times.

So sad that a piece of the Kings history is to vanish. I felt so sad watching this. Glad this video has caught it for posterity. The building may be gone but Elvis will live forever in the heart of his fans and also in history forever. 😊 👍 👑

Thankil❤ Elvis Forever❤

Another excellent review guys. The thing that has struck me, is that some of the hotel accommodation where Elvis stayed was not where you would expect the greatest singer in the world to say. By that, I don’t mean to disrespect the hotels, but some were not 5 star places where artists today would probably demand. Again, this is just typical of Elvis, a down to earth, genuine guy, one of a kind!😍😍

Ein super Video , vielen Dank und viele Grüße aus Deutschland . We love Elvis in Germany

thanks for sharing this video with us in england wish i could go on tour with you another part of history will be lost thanks again stay safe on tour

I loved this. Thank you guys for what your doing 👍🏻😎

Great 👍 stories and pictures of Elvis 🕺 visit for concert in Fayetteville, as an Elvis fan, and considering it was coming to the end for Elvis, it’s also quite a sad video. 👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

He was a special special soul

I was glad to see this video on Fayetteville, NC, because I had tickets to this show-really good about 3 rd row. But sadly it was not to be. Jay, you & Michael keep up the good work…….so hard to believe it’s been 47 years ago!! Loved this! Keep up the good work, guys!!

Thank you for taking the time to do this.

I remember being in the parking lot with my mom back in the mid seventees.She wanted to show me where Elvis was playing.

thankyou for let see this video Elvis in Fayetteville, North Carolina: Elvis Back on Tour hope see more great video on elvis

Excellent, thank you for sharing. Keep up the good work. I find it fascinating to imagine what it was like back then for Elvis and the fans.

Thank you for sharing Elvis history with Us Elvis Fans🤝⚡️❤️👑👑👑👑Always AMAZING ⚡️

This was the one venue that I actually had my chance to see Elvis perform as I, at the time..... lived near fayetteville and didn't go.............[Work or something]...............I've always regretted it...................

Great Artist and a personal incrível, Very interessante this documentare, top! AM musician ,I play Bass and am Singer . I like of ALL the songs from Elvis.

Super intéressant et détails précis, j’adore. Merci 🙏🏻

Thanks for the excellent video and information 👍

I really do enjoy your videos! thanks guys!

I went with my Family from Lumberton to see him. I was born in 1973. I was 3 lol.

Outstanding again!!!!! Thank you for all your fantastic work here😊

Awesome fellas just awesome! Thanks so much for showing us this piece of Elvis history! I really enjoy the photo comparisons!

Many thanks for sharing this and all the other material and information, such a buzz for those of us who never had the opportunity to see the great man live, very much appreciated.

What a pity he was singing in these small venues, while he should have been performing in the big 60.000 people arenas in Europe: London, Paris, Amsterdam.😢

My hometown

Elvis and me the best all of time Goddess Marilyn Elvis the king of the rock

Love Elvis

I love your videos. Having said that, i can`t believe why they booked Elvis to this arena. Especially so late in his life. Elvis was very sick in 1976. Instead of doing one stadium in each city, they made him do numerous of shows in mid size arenas like this. Led Zeppelin, Rolling Stones, Elton John and Paul McCartney did 60 000 plus stadiums in the 70`s. There were offers for Elvis to do Wembley Stadium in London which holds 72 000 people. Elvis could have done at least 20 sold out shows there, and made so much money that he could have been able to take at least a year off. I will never get over how badly Elvis was managed in the 70`s. I would have booked Elvis to places like "Shea Stadium" in New York, "JFK Stadium" in Philadelphia., "Kingdom" in Seattle, "Rose Bowl" in LA, and "Houston Astrodome" in Houston instead of making the biggest star in the world do a 7000 seat arena. Every stadium show would have been sold out. Elvis would have made money, and he would have had more time to rest, and to take care of himself. Maybe he could have done more movies instead of always being on the road. I asked the guy who worked for Tom Parker who booked Elvis`s shows Charles Stone, why he never booked Elvis to an outdoor venue. The answer was pathetic. "Elvis didn`t like rain" Charles Stone also told me that they never gave the musician anything to drink before shows. The musicians had to buy their own soft drinks, and they even made Elvis pay for tickets to his own show.. Elvis`s security had tickets that was payed for by Elvis, and Tom Parker even made money on the scarfs that Elvis used to give to the audience. Tom Parker would buy each scarf for $1, and sold them back to Elvis for $5 a piece. Tom Parker also owned the merch, and made more money than Elvis on the shows. Elvis had to pay for the musicians, travel, security, etc out of his cut, while Parker only had to paid for his own crew..

I didnt know they were tearing down the Cumberland County Memorial Arena. I saw my very first concert ever in that building. Seals and Crofts and that was in 1974 I think. I also saw Kiss (twice) there, Boston, Sammy Hagar, Rush, Judas Priest, Molly Hatchet and maybe more, but those are the ones that come to mind right away. Lots of fun times back then.

Another fantastic video. Regards from Dean Harrop in Australia. (Your aussie mate)

Another awesome offering...THANK YOU!!

Very well done. Thank you. Sad

This my hometown

This is the first video I've seen from you guys. Wow, very impressed. Too bad the venue is coming down, but by watching this video, listening to the audio and seeing the line-ups, I get a great idea of what it was like when Elvis played there, and sadly, waiting in line to buy tickets to a concert that wasn't meant to be. Those marquee pictures are priceless. Looking forward to catching your other videos.

Great job👍👍

Excellent as usual.Always informative always enjoyable 🐻🤗👍

... I enyoyed this flick from Elvis foot steps.

Really nice again!👍🏿

Hello, I live in North Carolina. I never knew that Elvis played in Fayetteville , he did a show in Greensboro, NC I could not go to the show though, I saw Elvis one time in Las Vegas at the Hilton Hotel. From John in North Carolina.

Awesome.

Thanks for this great video presentation. I can see Al Strada and Joe Esposito walking with Elvis at 3:24 . I'm guessing the three concerts Elvis performed at Fayetteville in August 1976 would've earned around $300,000 - equivalent to approximately $1.4m in today's money, and probably netting Elvis a quarter of that after all costs and tax are deducted.

Thank you Sharing that video as always your videos mean a great deal to elvis fan's

Another great video by you two, it is amazing to me that being the megastar EP is and that he played at so many small venues !!

That's a shame they're pulling that great building down, what a waste. Thanks for the great & very interesting vid, from all his UK fans T⚡C⚡B⚡ Stay safe Brother 👍🏻

Awesome video!

I appreciate your work, from the Netherlands.

I was there

Love your videos! Thank you. I recently passed by an arena & hotel that Elvis played and stayed at in 76' & 77'. Are you adding venues to your travels?

Nice old arena! Ashame it's not gonna be there much longer.

They should have fixed it up. Up keep it

I’m from Fayetteville and I didn’t know nothing about this

Hello from England. As you say Elvis was worn out with so much travelling and flying. No wonder he had to take all those pills. Some of the venues now are themselves worn out and look like they are in need of some TLC but who knows what replaces some of them?

The building still seems to be in great shape and is obviously a historical spot. They must be getting eaten alive with taxes and can't afford to keep the venue running. What a sad shame.

Sad to see the ticket and fans for the show he would never nake.

Small arena

Strange factoid lynrd skyrnd was supposed to play there in 1974 but suffered the plane crash.

Donald Trump's 2nd campaign visit, August 2016, was inside the smaller arena where Elvis performed. Watched the Harlem Globetrotters in there, too. And whole group of us went one night to see G.L.O.W. Georgeous Ladies Of Wrestling with their star wrestler QUEEN KONG.

Where exactly is the hotel in your video? I’m in Fayetteville now and would like to drive by. By the way the arena is still standing.

Aww. What are they going yo put there?

Why tear it down?

Why would they tear down that building ?

How come their tickets weren't used, he did the concert

The guitar made him a lot of money and a lot of fame

cool video guys...how stupid they are to demolish it honestly

He could have easily played in London on Wembley Stadium for 70 thousand people, but no.... he played in small venue like this.... The main fault in EP´s career was he did not fire Col Parker in 1973 when he had a great opportunity to do that. He could have done huge and challenging things - but he would need proper management aimed on worldwide success, not Parker´s (by 70s) incredibly dated style of managing aimed on easiest way how to gain money.

Incredible that he even went there! The colonel had no business choosing this venue for what? Elvis the pro that he was never even questioned it.