Mellon Arena Open Roof For Last Time

It was the first time the stainless steel dome was opened for a professional hockey game.

Mellon arena open roof for last time.

It was the first time the stainless steel dome was opened for a. On august 25 1994 the civic arena roof opened to the space odessy theme song while the phantoms played the minnesota arctic blast. The 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. Although regarded as an engineering masterwork the arena was demolished in 2011.

But i havent seen a single thing with the roof opened. On august 25 1994 the civic arena roof opened to the space odessy theme song while the phantoms played the minnesota arctic blast. Me and my friend have been searching the internet and can t find a single video or even a picture with the roof opened. Im only 14 and lived in pittsburgh all my life.

One of the more recent and closely linked examples being the fukuoka dome in fukuoka japan. That was the last time i can remember it being open. Mellon arena formerly the civic auditorium and civic arena nicknamed the igloo is an arena in pittsburgh pennsylvania it primarily serves as the home to the pittsburgh penguins the city s national hockey league nhl franchise. Mellon arena may go out with its top down.

Constructed in 1961 for the use of the pittsburgh civic light opera clo mellon arena has hosted multiple concerts as well as hockey basketball tennis boxing. Sorry you weren t born early enough to. Mellon arena roof opened. The arena served as a model upon which a great number of retractable roof stadia were modeled.

Mellon arena roof may be opened one last time by kevin reichard on may 25 2010 in features nhl as the pittsburgh penguins prepare for a move to a new arena the final days of mellon arena are at hand and the place may go out with a bang as officials look at opening the retractable roof for the final concert at the igloo.