Mellon Arena Open Roof For Last Time

â in 1999 pittsburgh based mellon bank purchased the naming rights to the building and renamed it mellon arena.

Mellon arena open roof for last time.

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. Mellon arena may go out with its top down. It was the first time the stainless steel dome was opened for a. That was the last time i can remember it being open.

Constructed in 1961 for use by the pittsburgh civic light opera clo it was the brainchild of department store owner. 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. 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.

On august 25 1994 the civic arena roof opened to the space odessy theme song while the phantoms played the minnesota arctic blast. Sorry you weren t born early enough to. But i havent seen a single thing with the roof opened. 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.

Mellon arena roof opened. It was the first time the stainless steel dome was opened for a professional hockey game. The arena served as a model upon which a great number of retractable roof stadia were modeled. 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.

Although regarded as an engineering masterwork the arena was demolished in 2011.