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The 'Hartford Civic Center' is a sports and convention complex located in Hartford, Connecticut, USA owned by the City of Hartford and operated by Madison Square Garden Connecticut under contract with the Connecticut Development Authority. The arena is ranked the 28th largest among college basketball arenas. Originally located adjacent to a shopping mall (Civic Center Mall, which was demolished in 2004), it was originally built in 1975 and consists of two facilities: the Veterans Memorial Coliseum and the Exhibition Center.
Recently, the CDA debated who will run the arena from 2007-08 through 2012-13. The applicants were:
★ Former Hartford Whalers owner Howard Baldwin and arena manager Global Spectrum
★ Northland Investment Corp. and arena manager Anschutz Entertainment Group
★ Madison Square Garden
On March 21, 2007, the CDA selected the Northland/Anschutz Entertainment Group proposal. It was revealed that Northland will assume total responsibility for the building paying for any and all losses, and will keep any profits.
The Coliseum is the full-time home of the Hartford Wolf Pack AHL hockey team and part-time home of the University of Connecticut men's and women's basketball teams. 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 1979-1997 and the New England Blizzard of the ABL from 1996-1998, and hosted occasional Boston Celtics home games from 1975-1995. The arena seats 15,635 for ice hockey and 16,294 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. WrestleMania XI was held here, as were Survivor Series 1990, No Way Out 2000 and Vengeance 2004. The 1982 Big East Conference and 1988-1990 America East Conference men's basketball tournaments were also here. The Big East Conference women's basketball tournament is contracted to the coliseum through 2009, and it has hosted multiple NCAA women's basketball sub-regionals and regionals. The Civic Center has held many notable concerts including Van Halen, U2, Elton John, Journey, The Rolling Stones, and Tina Turner. It is also one of the few North American venues for the Genesis 2007 reunion tour.
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 that opened in 2006.
With the Civic Center approaching its 30th birthday leaders in Hartford have been considering whether it should be replaced with a new facility. Developer Lawrence Gottesdiener in 2006 discussed buying the Pittsburgh Penguins and moving them to a new Hartford arena, but that effort did not materialize.[2] Since that time, Mayor Eddie Pérez and House Speaker James Amann have continued to investigate the feasibility of a new downtown arena.[3]
1. The Connecticut Development Authority- ''Opportunities for The Hartford Civic Center'', p36
2. Developer wants to buy Penguins for possible move to Hartford.
3.
★ Hartford Civic Center
★ Description of roof construction and causes of collapse
The 'Hartford Civic Center' is a sports and convention complex located in Hartford, Connecticut, USA owned by the City of Hartford and operated by Madison Square Garden Connecticut under contract with the Connecticut Development Authority. The arena is ranked the 28th largest among college basketball arenas. Originally located adjacent to a shopping mall (Civic Center Mall, which was demolished in 2004), it was originally built in 1975 and consists of two facilities: the Veterans Memorial Coliseum and the Exhibition Center.
Recently, the CDA debated who will run the arena from 2007-08 through 2012-13. The applicants were:
★ Former Hartford Whalers owner Howard Baldwin and arena manager Global Spectrum
★ Northland Investment Corp. and arena manager Anschutz Entertainment Group
★ Madison Square Garden
On March 21, 2007, the CDA selected the Northland/Anschutz Entertainment Group proposal. It was revealed that Northland will assume total responsibility for the building paying for any and all losses, and will keep any profits.
| Contents |
| The Veterans Memorial Coliseum |
| Exhibition center |
| Possible new arena |
| References |
| External links |
The Veterans Memorial Coliseum
The Coliseum is the full-time home of the Hartford Wolf Pack AHL hockey team and part-time home of the University of Connecticut men's and women's basketball teams. 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 1979-1997 and the New England Blizzard of the ABL from 1996-1998, and hosted occasional Boston Celtics home games from 1975-1995. The arena seats 15,635 for ice hockey and 16,294 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 Veterans Memorial Coliseum as set up for Monster Jam.
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. WrestleMania XI was held here, as were Survivor Series 1990, No Way Out 2000 and Vengeance 2004. The 1982 Big East Conference and 1988-1990 America East Conference men's basketball tournaments were also here. The Big East Conference women's basketball tournament is contracted to the coliseum through 2009, and it has hosted multiple NCAA women's basketball sub-regionals and regionals. The Civic Center has held many notable concerts including Van Halen, U2, Elton John, Journey, The Rolling Stones, and Tina Turner. It is also one of the few North American venues for the Genesis 2007 reunion tour.
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 that opened in 2006.
Possible new arena
With the Civic Center approaching its 30th birthday leaders in Hartford have been considering whether it should be replaced with a new facility. Developer Lawrence Gottesdiener in 2006 discussed buying the Pittsburgh Penguins and moving them to a new Hartford arena, but that effort did not materialize.[2] Since that time, Mayor Eddie Pérez and House Speaker James Amann have continued to investigate the feasibility of a new downtown arena.[3]
References
1. The Connecticut Development Authority- ''Opportunities for The Hartford Civic Center'', p36
2. Developer wants to buy Penguins for possible move to Hartford.
3.
External links
★ Hartford Civic Center
★ Description of roof construction and causes of collapse
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