 With a capacity of over 21,000 people for hockey, the Greensboro Coliseum was the highest-capacity arena in the NHL.However, Triangle-area fans balked at making the 80-mile drive down I-40 to Greensboro.Likewise, fans from the Piedmont Triad mostly refused to support a lame-duck team that had displaced the popular Greensboro/Carolina Monarchs minor-league franchise.