Florence Civic Center
| Florence Civic Center | |
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| Location | 3300 West Radio Drive Florence, SC 29501 |
| Coordinates | 34°11′8.50″N 79°50′16.40″W / 34.185694°N 79.837889°WCoordinates: 34°11′8.50″N 79°50′16.40″W / 34.185694°N 79.837889°W |
| Broke ground | May 8, 1991[1] |
| Opened | August 20, 1993[2] |
| Owner | City of Florence, County of Florence |
| Operator | SMG |
| Construction cost | $22 million USD ($35.4 million in 2012 dollars[3]) |
| Architect | Odell Associates[4] |
| Capacity | Hockey: 7,526 Basketball: 7,686 Concert (Center Stage): 9,736 Concert (End Stage): 7,000 Theater: 1,400 |
| Tenants | |
| Pee Dee/Florence Pride (ECHL) (1997-2005) Florence Phantoms (AIFA) (2006-present) Florence Symphony Orchestra (1993-Present) |
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The Florence Civic Center is a 10,000-seat multi-purpose arena in Florence, South Carolina. It hosted the infamous eighth WWF In Your House pay-per-view in 1996, during which a storm knocked out the power and thus the broadcast signal during the event. The card was retelecast two nights later from North Charleston, South Carolina at the North Charleston Coliseum. The building was also the home of the fledgling South Carolina Fire Ants of Major League Roller Hockey in 1998. Though they did not make the playoffs, the Fire Ants did finish second in the league in attendance trailing only the mighty Anaheim Bullfrogs. The building was also once home to two Ice hockey teams, The Pee Dee/Florence Pride (1997-2005) and the Pee Dee Cyclones (2005-2007). The Florence Civic Center is home to the Florence Symphony Orchestra.
[edit] References
- ^ Harrison, Brenda; Leach, Jennifer (2004). Florence. Arcadia Publishing. ISBN 9780738516097. http://books.google.com/books?id=bqo0JADAF9MC&pg=PA114&sig=xFZnoz1eKSh1uXmht_8ZWbJNZnY&hl=en#v=onepage&q&f=false.
- ^ "Rocking Bands Will Head South, For Fall". The State. August 20, 1993. http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=CS&s_site=thestate&p_multi=CS&p_theme=realcities&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EB582CAE10011EE&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM.
- ^ Consumer Price Index (estimate) 1800–2008. Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis. Retrieved February 22, 2012.
- ^ http://www.odell.com/portfolio/category/play/
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