Mellon Arena Open Roof For Last Time

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

Mellon arena open roof for last time.

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. 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.

But i havent seen a single thing with the roof opened. â in 1999 pittsburgh based mellon bank purchased the naming rights to the building and renamed it mellon arena. The arena served as a model upon which a great number of retractable roof stadia were modeled. One of the more recent and closely linked examples being the fukuoka dome in fukuoka japan.

It was the first time the stainless steel dome was opened for a. It was the first time the stainless steel dome was opened for a professional hockey game. 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. That was the last time i can remember it being open.

A time lapse video montage of the mellon arena in pittsburgh pennsylvania setting up for the stanley cup champion pittsburgh penguins home opener of the 2009 2010 season. 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.

Im only 14 and lived in pittsburgh all my life.