Civic Arena - Pittsburgh - ended in 2012.
Civic Arena - Pittsburgh - was created in 1961.
Pittsburgh Civic Arena - The Doors album - was created on 2008-03-04.
The Mellon Arena is located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. It is used mostly as an arena for NHL and the Pittsburgh Penguins team. The arena has recently changed its name to the Civic Arena.
The Civic Arena, now the Mellon Arena, opened in 1961. The first show was the Ice Capades on September 19, 1961.
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The Pittsburgh Penguins have always played at the Mellon Arena (formerly named the Civic Auditorium and Civic Arena) since their first season in 1967. They will be moving to the Consol Energy Center beginning in the 2010-2011 season.
Pittsburgh CondorsYears of existence: 1970-71 through 1971-72 Colors: Red and GoldHome Arena: Pittsburgh Civic Arena (12,939)Coaches:1970-71: Jack McMahon1971-72: Jack McMahon & Mark Binstein
Mellon Arena (formerly the Civic Auditorium and Civic Arena, nicknamed The Igloo) is an arena in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. It is named for Mellon Financial, which purchased the naming rights in 1999 and was the world's first major indoor sports stadium with a retractable roof. It primarily serves as the home to the Pittsburgh Penguins, the city's National Hockey League (NHL) franchise, though the Penguins will be moving to its new arena, the Consol Energy Center at the start of the 2010-2011 season.
Midland Civic Arena was created in 2005.
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The first USHRA event (Then called Truck-O-Rama) was held at the Civic arena on 7/30-8/1 1981. It's unlikely that there were monsters at this event, but I have pictures personally of monsters at the arena from April 1986. I would guess that they had monsters starting around '84-'85 though. Source - Mellon Arena website.
Yes there was one. There name was the Pittsburgh Gladiators. In fact, they played in the first game ever for Arena Football [vs Washington Commandos in 1987. Their colors were green and gold, and they appeared in Arena Bowl's 1 and 3 [I and III]. They played their home games in the Pittsburgh Civic Center in Pittsburgh, PA. they one of the four original teams in the Arena Football League [AFL, not to be confused with the American Football League]. The team was named by Robert Ninehouser.