BENLD • The Coliseum Ballroom served the town of Benld for nearly nine decades before being gutted by a weekend fire. {{description}} Email notifications are only sent once a day, and only if there ...

BENLD (AP) - A decades-old theater in the small central Illinois town of Benld that once hosted musicians like Louis Armstrong and Duke Ellington has burned down. The Telegraph in Alton reports that ...

BENLD — Memories of first dates and rock shows are all that people in this small Macoupin County community may ever have of Benld’s most famous building. The Coliseum Ballroom was destroyed in a fire ...

BENLD — Build Benld is at it again. So many people asked about the last dance, they’ve planned another one. The “Coliseum Revisited Dance” is going to be held on Saturday, Feb. 25. Rich Lang & Gary ...