Civic Arena (Pittsburgh)
Civic Arena (formerly the Civic Auditorium and later Mellon Arena) was an arena located in downtown Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The Civic Arena primarily served as the home to the Pittsburgh Penguins, the city's National Hockey League (NHL) franchise, from 1967 to 2010. It was the first retractable roof major-sports venue in the world, covering 170,000 sq. feet, constructed with nearly 3,000 tons of Pittsburgh steel and supported solely by a massive 260-foot-long cantilevered arm on the exterior. Even though it was designed and engineered as a retractable-roof dome, the operating cost and repairs to the hydraulic jacks halted all full retractions after 1995, and the roof stayed permanently closed after 2001. The first roof opening was during a July 4, 1962 Carol Burnett show to which she exc
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Civic Arena (Pittsburgh)
Civic Arena (formerly the Civic Auditorium and later Mellon Arena) was an arena located in downtown Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The Civic Arena primarily served as the home to the Pittsburgh Penguins, the city's National Hockey League (NHL) franchise, from 1967 to 2010. It was the first retractable roof major-sports venue in the world, covering 170,000 sq. feet, constructed with nearly 3,000 tons of Pittsburgh steel and supported solely by a massive 260-foot-long cantilevered arm on the exterior. Even though it was designed and engineered as a retractable-roof dome, the operating cost and repairs to the hydraulic jacks halted all full retractions after 1995, and the roof stayed permanently closed after 2001. The first roof opening was during a July 4, 1962 Carol Burnett show to which she exc
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A Civic Arena é um estádio cob ...... ols marcados e 5 369 sofridos.
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Civic Arena (formerly the Civi ...... new Mayor as of January 2014.
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Die Civic Arena war eine Sport ...... wieder den Namen Civic Arena.
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El Pittsburgh Civic Arena (ant ...... ue queda sobre la misma calle.
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Il template {{Coord}} ha risco ...... nental Basketball Association.
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La Civic Arena (aussi connu so ...... la Ligue nationale de hockey.
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Mellon Arena (lub Pittsburgh C ...... . Obiekt zburzono w 2012 roku.
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«Сивик-арена» (англ. Civic Are ...... ода 2005. Снесена в 2012 году.
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メロン・アリーナ(Mellon Arena)はペンシルベニア州ピッツバーグに所在していた多目的アリーナ。NHLのピッツバーグ・ペンギンズの本拠地として使用されていた。
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Mitchell & Ritchey Architects
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1958-03-12
closed
2010-06-26
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demolished
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Dick Corporation
opened
1961-09-17
operator
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"It was beautiful, I can remem ...... Vatican. It was very unique."
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seating capacity
Basketball: 17,537
Concert:
*End Stage 12,800
*Center Stage 18,039
Hockey SRO: 17,132
Ice hockey: 16,940
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—Gene Ubriaco, former Forward ...... his playing days at the Arena
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Duquesne Dukes
Pittsburgh Bulls
Pittsburgh CrosseFire
Pittsburgh Gladiators
Pittsburgh Hornets
Pittsburgh Penguins
Pittsburgh Phantoms
Pittsburgh Pipers/Condors
Pittsburgh Rens
Pittsburgh Spirit
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Civic Arena, 66 Mario Lemieux Place, Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania
Host of ArenaBowl
Host of Bassmaster Classic
Host of Forrest Wood Cup
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A Civic Arena é um estádio cob ...... F: 18 150, em 30 de janeiro de
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Civic Arena (formerly the Civi ...... Burnett show to which she exc
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Die Civic Arena war eine Sport ...... wieder den Namen Civic Arena.
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El Pittsburgh Civic Arena (ant ...... a WWE Bragging Rights en 2009.
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Il template {{Coord}} ha risco ...... nental Basketball Association.
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La Civic Arena (aussi connu so ...... asket-ball avec 17 537 places.
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Mellon Arena (lub Pittsburgh C ...... . Obiekt zburzono w 2012 roku.
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«Сивик-арена» (англ. Civic Are ...... и жителей Питтсбурга — «Иглу».
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メロン・アリーナ(Mellon Arena)はペンシルベニア州ピッツバーグに所在していた多目的アリーナ。NHLのピッツバーグ・ペンギンズの本拠地として使用されていた。
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Civic Arena (Pittsburgh)
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Civic Arena (Pittsburgh)
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Civic Arena
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Civic Arena
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Mellon Arena
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Mellon Arena
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Pittsburgh Civic Arena
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Сивик-арена
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メロン・アリーナ
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Civic Arena (1961–99; 2010–11)
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Civic Auditorium (1961)
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Mellon Arena (December 1999 – June 2010)
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