Mellon Arena Open Roof For Last Time

Me and my friend have been searching the internet and can t find a single video or even a picture with the roof opened.

Mellon arena open roof for last time.

The arena served as a model upon which a great number of retractable roof stadia were modeled. That was the last time i can remember it being open. It was the first time the stainless steel dome was opened for a. Constructed in 1961 for use by the pittsburgh civic light opera clo it was the brainchild of department store owner.

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. On august 25 1994 the civic arena roof opened to the space odessy theme song while the phantoms played the minnesota arctic blast. 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. 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.

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

One of the more recent and closely linked examples being the fukuoka dome in fukuoka japan. Although regarded as an engineering masterwork the arena was demolished in 2011. Mellon arena roof opened. â in 1999 pittsburgh based mellon bank purchased the naming rights to the building and renamed it mellon arena.

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