The Civic Arena during a Penguins game in 2008The $22 million ($190 million in 2019 dollars ) arena was completed for the CLO in 1961. Mayor had publicly announced plans for a 'civic theater' as early as February 8, 1953 after years of public pressure had built after CLO president, civic leader and owner of department store announced his intention on December 1, 1948, to find a new home for the group. Funding was provided by a combination of public and private money, including grants from Allegheny County, the City of Pittsburgh, and Kaufmann. The arena's design incorporated 2,950 tons of from Pittsburgh.To make room for the arena, the city used to displace 8,000 residents and 400 businesses from the lower, the cultural center of black life in Pittsburgh. Demolition began in 1955 and was finished by 1960. On July 21, 1959, a steel strike halted work on the arena and delayed its opening date.The Arena was designed for the CLO, which previously held productions at.

The roof, which was supported by a 260-foot (79 m) arch, was free of internal support leaving no obstruction for the seats within. The roof, which had a diameter of 415 feet (126 m), was divided into eight sections. Six of the sections could fold underneath two—in 2½ minutes—making the Civic Arena the world's first major indoor sports stadium with a retractable roof. A total of 42 trucks mounted on 78 wheels, 30 of which were individually driven, supported and moved the six moveable sections. The trucks, gear motors and 480-volt AC motor drive that moved the roof sections were designed and manufactured by, a local specialist engineering firm.The stadium's capacity fluctuated depending on the event being hosted, but was increased due to additions between 1972 and 1991. The arena originally consisted only of lower bowl seating, but over time, upper decks were installed in the arena's 'end zones' to increase capacity. In December 1999, purchased the Arena's naming rights in a 10-year, $18 million agreement, which renamed the arena Mellon Arena.The original center scoreboard was an electromechanical Nissen scoreboard with digital clock display, which appears in the movie.

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That board was replaced during the 1986 renovations by an American Sign and Indicator scoreboard with a black-and-white three-line matrix animation/messageboard on each side, which appears in. White Way Sign created the arena's final center scoreboard, this one with a Sony videoboard on each side, which remained for the arena's final sixteen years of use.History and events On September 17, 1961, the hosted the arena's first event. Globally televised figure skating was hosted by the arena three times: The, and editions of all having nearly week-long competitions.Political events Major political rallies were part of the early history of the arena. Former President appeared at a Republican rally on October 12, 1962. President delivered a campaign address on October 27, 1964, and on October 29, 1964. On April 26, 1964, the 2-week long International Conference and Debate of the Methodist Church opened at the Arena.

Visited for a campaign rally at the arena on October 28, 1968., and visited for the commencement on April 27, 1969.Boxing matches KO'ed Charley Powell on January 24, 1963, to a global television audience from the Civic Arena., and also participated in boxing matches at the arena. On November 6, 1981, the globally televised was fought at the arena between and with an undercard bout between and.Professional wrestling.

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The future events would now be taking place at.Basketball America's first high school basketball All-Star game, The Dapper Dan was held at the arena annually between 1965 and 1992. The men's basketball programs of both of the city's institutions, the and, frequently used it either as a primary or secondary home court, and the last basketball game played at the arena was the two schools' in 2009. Among the two schools, Duquesne made the most extensive use of the arena, using it as their home from 1964 until 1988. From 1984 to 2002, Pitt used the arena for select games against popular opponents.The, and the hosted regular-season basketball games at the Arena.

The first and second-round games of both the and were held at the Arena. Tennis The of hosted three Eastern Division Championships at the arena from 1974 through 1976 and the Bancroft Cup finals in 1975, winning the title on August 25, 1975, with paid attendance of 6,882. Indoor Soccer The team also hosted matches at the Arena. Roller Derby featuring the hosting New York Chiefs took place at the Arena as well.Gymnastics winner performed at the Arena as part of the 'Tour of Champions' event on November 2, 1990. Notable musical events The first rock concert at the arena was emceed by on May 11, 1962, as a production and featured, and.On September 14, 1964, the Beatles played the arena during their first United States tour. Opening acts were the Bill Black Combo, The Exciters, Clarence 'Frogman' Henry, and Jackie DeShannon. A sell-out crowd of over 12,000 paid $5.90 to attend.On July 11, 1971, the world's first 'authorized' production of opened at the Civic Arena.played the arena on February 1, 1974.

Reported, 'They broke the existing box office record by grossing $76,000.' On August 14, 1974, Canadian rock band played the first show on their debut US tour with new drummer at the Civic Arena. They were opening for at this show.played his final New Year's Eve show at the Civic Arena on December 31, 1976, and played to a sellout on June 25 and 26, 1973. The arena has hosted other major concerts by every act from to to /.By the mid-1970s the arena was among the premier venues in the nation, with Billboard magazine naming it the 9th best in the U.S. On December 30, 1976.

Sly and the Family Stone, The Steve Miller Band, Grand Funk Railroad, Boz Scaggs and The Beach Boys all played the arena in 1974.The performed two concerts here on September 4–5, 1979 during their successful.performed at Pittsburgh Civic Arena on August 13, 1981, during their Triumph Tour.Legendary guitarist Randy Rhoads played one of his final shows here with Ozzy Osbourne on February 2, 1982. He would die 45 days later.performed February 28, 1984 the show was during a snowstorm, and their Grammy win was announced onstage.Pop superstar performed three concerts at Pittsburgh Civic Arena on September 26, 27 and 28, 1988 during his Bad World Tour.Pop singer performed at the arena once in 2001 on her and in 2009 to a sell-out crowd as a part of her highly successful.recorded their May 2, 1970 concert at the Civic Arena. This would be released 38 years later as 'Live in Pittsburgh 1970' aka '.

It is considered by most music critics to be The Doors very best live recording.The 's performances, on April 2–3, 1989, were recorded and later released as a live album, entitled, as well as sparking a riot by 'Dead Heads' on the final day of the concert, an event that was national news and featured by on following the arrest of 500 by the.performed twice in the arena: March 11, 1999 and January 10, 2003.performed here in August 2007 as part of his 'Awake' tour.The final event was to be a concert on July 10, 2010. However, the show was canceled. On June 8, 2010, the arena's management group, announced that and 's concert stop would be the final event at Mellon Arena on June 26, 2010. 'It was beautiful, I can remember because the roof was round and white and pristine.

It was like playing in a cloud. Imagine, it's almost like you're playing in the.

It was very unique.' —, former with the and the, recalling his playing days at the Arena AHL Hornets The, members of the (AHL) played home games at the, located in the section of Pittsburgh. The team played 20 seasons in the Gardens prior to its demolition, which made room for an apartment building. The Arena opened on September 17, 1961. With the Arena available, the Hornets resumed play in the and went on to win the in the.

Penguins As part of the, the city of Pittsburgh was selected to host one of six new franchises. With a hockey of 12,508, Pittsburgh's Mellon Arena was eight seats over the NHL's minimum seating benchmark. Due to its outward appearance, the Arena was nicknamed 'The ' which led to the naming of the Penguins. (The connection is somewhat inaccurate, since igloos are found in the Northern Hemisphere, while penguins are indigenous to Antarctica.) The Penguins debuted at the Civic Arena on October 11, 1967, in a 2–1 loss to the. Scored the Penguins's first goal in the arena. It was the first NHL game played between an expansion team and an 'Original Six' team. The Penguins won their first game at the Arena on October 21, when they became the first expansion team to beat an original NHL franchise—besting the 4–2.

On January 21, 1990, the Civic Arena hosted the. Pittsburgh's scored three goals on his first three shots—the first coming 21 seconds into the game. He later scored a fourth goal and was named the game's Most Valuable Player. The arena also hosted the, as well as games of the,. The 2008 Finals marked the only occasion that the Stanley Cup was presented on Mellon Arena ice, after the Penguins were defeated by the in six games.The Penguins originally planned to wear a jersey patch to commemorate their final season in the Igloo, but it was later scrapped.The Pittsburgh Penguins played their final regular season game at the Mellon Arena on April 8, 2010, when they defeated the New York Islanders 7–3.

More than 50 former Penguins were in attendance for a pre-game ceremony and 'team picture'. Basketball NCAA tournaments The Civic Arena hosted the first and second round regional games of both the. The arena's successor also hosted them in 2012. It also hosted the women's first and second-round games in 2001.Eastern Eight championships For five seasons the arena hosted the every March. From 1978 to 1982 many of the current Big East Conference powers Atlantic 10 powers fought for their conference crown at the center. For the final season, the Mellon Arena hosted a record crowd of 16,056, the third-largest conference basketball championship crowd in the nation that year.

NBA regular season games Between 1964 and 1973 the arena hosted 14 regular season games, primarily as a satellite city for the. On February 24, 1967, at the arena, set the all-time record for consecutive NBA field goals as well as single NBA game field goal percentage, a record that still stands. On October 10, 1971, the world champion led by played the Condors at the arena. The Arena also hosted dozens of pre-season NBA contests from the 1960s until 2009, many of them hosted by the nearby, the closest NBA team to Pittsburgh. ABA Pipers and Condors The arena was the home of the (ABA) in 1967–68 and 1969–70 and the from 1970 to 1972.

The team moved to Minneapolis for the 1968–69 season before returning. The team was disbanded following the 1971–72 season as the ABA struggled.The Pipers were part of the inaugural season of the ABA in 1967–68, which quickly established a rivalry to the older. On May 4, 1968, the Pipers, led by future Hall of Famer, claimed the ABA's first ever championship, defeating the before a Game 7 sold-out crowd of 11,457 in the Civic Arena.

This section needs additional citations for. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed.Find sources: – ( September 2017) In 1957, before the arena was opened, the under-construction building was officially known as the Civic Auditorium Amphitheater. By 1961, when it opened, Pittsburgh sign makers had decided that Civic Arena fit better on street signs, and the new, shorter name stuck.

Still though, for the few years after it opened, it was sometimes referred to as the Civic Auditorium.In the early days, The Pittsburgh Dome was also popular name choice, but nothing came of it.In April 1988, city Councilman Mark Pollock proposed renaming it the Arena, after the city's popular mayor who was diagnosed with. Caliguiri died a month later, and nothing came of this name, either.Allegheny County Commissioner Pete Flaherty believed that officially renaming the arena The Igloo would bring marketing potential in 1992. Again, the Civic Arena name stayed.In 1997, the Penguins sold naming rights to for $5 million, which would've renamed the arena Allegheny Energy Dome. However, the Penguins did not own the building nor its naming rights – the Sports Commission of Pittsburgh and Allegheny County did, and the deal fell through.But, by 1999, this had changed.

When Mario Lemieux bought the Penguins out of bankruptcy, the naming rights were also awarded to him. They then sold the rights to for $18 million, and the arena was finally renamed Mellon Arena. The arena kept the name after Mellon merged with to form in 2007 and didn't go through with the 'BNY Mellon' rebranding like other buildings bearing the Bank of New York or Mellon name such as.The Mellon Arena name was allowed to expire on August 1, 2010, with the building now vacant and the Penguins moving to the new (later renamed PPG Paints Arena) across the street. The closed building officially became the Civic Arena again. Replacement, debate, and demolition At its closing in 2010, the Civic Arena was the oldest and third smallest arena in the NHL by official capacity (the Islanders and Oilers arenas seated fewer).

In later years, the arena's staff was forced to use space for multiple purposes never intended in the building's original design. The Penguins franchise agreed to a deal with city and state officials to fund a new home arena for the franchise in March 2007. The is located across the street from the site of Civic Arena and has a higher. The Penguins played their first game at PPG Paints Arena October 7, 2010. The Penguins 3 Stanley Cup Championship Banners displayed at the Arena in 2009–10A March 2007 agreement between the SEA and the Penguins states that Civic Arena would be demolished after completion of PPG Paints Arena in July 2010.

During this time, SEA conducted a historic assessment of the arena. It was currently eligible to appear on the, mainly because of its unique, retractable dome. A private consultant to SEA was hired to conduct the survey. The consultant followed the state guidelines to determine whether demolishing the arena, or reusing it, would adversely affect historic structures or artifacts in the area. The recommendations of the consultant to SEA were scheduled to be delivered in June 2010.

The arena undergoing demolition in January 2012. At that time, all of the dome's stainless steel had been removed.On September 16, 2010, the Allegheny County Sports and Exhibition Authority voted unanimously to demolish the Civic Arena.

SEA Board chairman, –, said the board's decision will not be final unless someone comes forward with a better idea on the use of the Arena. During the summer of 2010, workers removed from the building while a demolition plan was designed. The board also decided to sell assets (handled by the auction company Asset Auctions) from inside and would later award a demolition contract in February 2011. Proponents for retaining the building have vowed to fight the demolition decision in court, and continue to seek landmark status.

On November 24, 2010, the building's demolition was delayed due to a last-minute nomination as a. Also, on January 5, 2011, the Pittsburgh Historic Review Commission voted 5–1 in favor for preliminary approval of the arena's historic nomination status. The vote paved the way for a formal hearing on the proposed designation on March 2. The HRC ultimately voted against landmark status on March 2. After also failing to get historic status approval from City Planning and City Council, Preservation Pittsburgh filed a federal lawsuit in another attempt to save the arena. The 3rd appeals court denied the lawsuit saying it had no jurisdiction in the matter, and demolition began Monday, September 26, 2011.

The demolition is not a traditional type of demolition for sports arenas. In November 2011, the Penguins started selling Christmas ornaments crafted from the Civic Arena's steel roof. The team used the promotion to raise money for its charitable foundation.based, the oldest and largest in the United States, created two types of ornaments: one with the arena and the Pittsburgh skyline and another with the arena with the Penguins' logo. The Penguins had originally planned to sell 6,000 ornaments, but due to demand, the team ended selling over 40,000 pieces. The arena was being disassembled over time, and originally expected to be complete in May 2012. Seidling, Jason (April 8, 2010).

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