Mellon Arena Roof

Located in the heart of pittsburgh the civic arena serves 2 7 million people in the pennsylvania ohio and west virginia areas.

Mellon arena roof.

This time lapse video was created from still photographs taken approximately once a week. No copyright infrengement intended. Rip civic arena all items pictures songs etc go to their respective owners. The mellon arena completed in 1961 was originally constructed as a performance center for the pittsburgh civic light opera.

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 use by the pittsburgh civic light opera clo it was the brainchild of department store owner. 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. On august 25 1994 the civic arena roof opened to the space odessy theme song while the phantoms played the minnesota arctic blast.

The sequences of the roof panels of mellon arena falling were taken. The flying saucer shaped shiny steel domed arena on its opening in 1961 was the world s first major entertainment venue with a retractable roof. Louis s gateway arch the civic arena was a signature landmark. Six of the sections could fold underneath two in two and one half minutes making the mellon arena the world s first major indoor sports stadium with a retractable roof.

This building was constructed with a retractable dome roof with 6 moving panels. The arena also features the igloo club which can accommodate over 400 people for banquet functions. It was not just weather that haunted the arena s ability to host the light opera. The mellon arena s operators knew the roof could not be opened when it rained and they learned it also could not be opened when the wind blew over seven miles per hour.

The stadium s capacity fluctuates depending on the event being hosted but has increased due to additions between 1972 and 1991. The open roof caused a nightmare for acoustics and the wind generated a continuous headache by. It was the first time the stainless steel dome was opened for a. The poor acoustics of the unique design forced the opera out soon after and the arena became home to the pittsburgh penguins hockey team.

Like seattle s space needle and st. There are 56 skyboxes and 1 696 in arena luxury seats.