NCAA BASKETBALL
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Civic Arena
66 Mario Lemieux Place
Pittsburgh, PA 15219
Opened: September 17, 1961
Closed: June 26, 2010
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.

Constructed in 1961 for use by the Pittsburgh Civic Light Opera (CLO), it was the brainchild of department store owner Edgar J. Kaufmann. It was the first retractable roof major-sports venue in the world, covering 170,000 square feet (16,000 m2), constructed with nearly 3,000 tons of Pittsburgh steel and supported solely by a massive 260-foot-long (79 m) cantilevered arm on the exterior. Even though it was designed and engineered as a retractable-roof dome, the operating cost and repairs to the hydraulic jacks halted all full retractions after 1995, and the roof stayed permanently closed after 2001. The first roof opening was during a July 4, 1962, Carol Burnett show to which she exclaimed "Ladies and Gentlemen ... I present the sky!"
Last 10 Games
Date Opponents Result
Jan 28, 1998West Virginia @ Pittsburgh 76 - 72
Mar 16, 1997New Mexico @ Louisville #63 - 64
Mar 16, 1997Coppin State @ Texas #81 - 82
Mar 14, 1997UMass @ Louisville #57 - 65
Mar 14, 1997Old Dominion @ New Mexico #55 - 59
Mar 14, 1997Wisconsin @ Texas #58 - 71
Mar 14, 1997South Carolina @ Coppin State #65 - 78
Dec 19, 1992Pittsburgh @ Duquesne 102 - 91
Feb 4, 1989Pittsburgh @ Syracuse 80 - 103
Feb 29, 1988St. Bonaventure @ Duquesne 78 - 76

# - 1996-97 NCAA Tournament