Hartford Civic Center
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The Hartford Civic Center is a sports and convention complex located in Hartford, Connecticut. Located adjacent to a shopping mall, it was originally built in 1975 and consists of two facilities:
THE COLISEUM
The Coliseum is the part-time home of the men's and women's basketball teams of the University of Connecticut and the Hartford Wolf Pack AHL hockey team. It was the home of the New England Sea Wolves of the Arena Football League. It was also the home of the Hartford Whalers of the NHL from 1979-1995 and the New England Blizzard of the ABL from 1996-1998, and the part-time home of the Boston Celtics from 1975-1995. The arena seats 14,716 for ice hockey and 15,474 for basketball, 16,606 for center-stage concerts, 16,282 for end-stage concerts, and 8,239 for 3/4-end stage concerts, and contains 46 luxury suites and a 310-seat Coliseum Club, plus 25,000 square feet of arena floor space, enabling it to be used for trade shows and conventions in addition to concerts, circuses, ice shows, sporting events and other events.
The first arena on the site was completed in 1975, and was home to the New England Whalers of the WHA for three years. The roof collapsed during a heavy snowstorm in the early morning of January 18, 1978, causing serious damage to the seating bowl area. The building was heavily renovated and re-opened January 17, 1980. In recent years, the arena has been upgraded with a new center-hung scoreboard with four Sony Jumbotrons and a state-of-the-art sound system. The WWE's WrestleMania XI was held here.
EXHIBITION CENTER
The Exhibition Center consists of a 68,855-square-foot exhibit hall, a 16,080-square foot assembly hall that can divide into two meeting rooms, plus seven meeting rooms totaling 7,390 square feet and two lobbies totaling 6,100 square feet. It is used for trade shows, conventions, banquets, meetings and other events.
The surrounding shopping mall was torn down in 2004 and is being replaced by street-level retail shops and a 36 story residential tower set to open in 2006.
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| Bridgeport Arena at Harbor Yard | Broome County Veterans Memorial Arena | Cumberland County Civic Center | Dunkin' Donuts Center | Giant Center | Hartford Civic Center | MassMutual Center | Norfolk Scope | Pepsi Arena | Tsongas Arena | Verizon Wireless Arena | Wachovia Arena | Wachovia Spectrum | Allstate Arena | Blue Cross Arena | Bradley Center | Carver Arena | Copps Coliseum | MTS Centre | Omaha Civic Auditorium | Quicken Loans Arena | Ricoh Coliseum | SBC Center | Toyota Center | Van Andel Arena | War Memorial at Oncenter | Wells Fargo Arena | |
Categories: Indoor arenas in the United States | College athletics venues | Basketball venues | Indoor ice hockey venues | Connecticut sports | Convention centers in the United States
