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Albany Civic Center
File:Albany Civic Center logo.jpg
Albany James H. Gray, Sr. Civic Center as seen from Front Street.
Map
Location100 W. Oglethorpe Blvd.
Albany, GA 31701-6808
OwnerCity of Albany, Georgia
OperatorCity of Albany, Georgia
Capacity10,711 (concerts)
9,082 (Sesame Street Live)
8,436 (basketball)
7,782 (rodeo)
6,570 (Disney on Ice)
Tenants
Georgia Firebirds (AIF) (2016- )(planned)
Albany Panthers (SIFL/PIFL) (2010-2013)
Albany Shockwave (ABA) (2012-2013)
South Georgia Wildcats (af2) (2005-2009)
Albany State Golden Rams (SIAC) (1994-1995)
South GA Blues (GBA) (1992-1993)
Albany Sharp Shooters (GBA) (1991-1992)

The Albany James H. Gray, Sr. Civic Center (Albany Civic Center for short) is an 10,240-seat multi-purpose arena in Albany, Georgia, United States.

History

With the opening of the Albany Mall in 1976, most long-established firms closed their stores in downtown Albany. Mayor James H. Gray, Sr. led an effort to revitalize the downtown area by constructing a 10,240-seat civic center. The arena was named in honor of Gray after his sudden death in 1986.[1]

The Albany Civic Center was also designed to be an arena and a convention center; as a result the arena features 46,000 square feet (4,300 m2) of exhibit space plus an additional 6,000 square feet (600 m2) of meeting room space. As a rodeo arena it can seat 7,782; for Disney on Ice the arena can seat 6,570; as a basketball arena the center holds 8,436; for Sesame Street Live the arena seats 9,082; and for boxing and wrestling the arena seats 9,013. For concerts the arena seats 5,728 in a half-house configuration, 10,297 end-stage and 10,711 for a center-stage show. Up to 1,932 seats can be accommodated on the arena floor; there are only 905 retractable seats in addition to 7,794 permanent seats.

The arena is a part of the Albany Civic Center Complex, a group of entertainment venues located in downtown Albany that also includes the Albany Municipal Auditorium and the Veterans Park Amphitheater.[2]

From 1987 to 1992, the Albany Civic Center hosted The SEC Women's Basketball Tournament.[3]

Run-DMC music video for the song, "Mary, Mary", was filmed at the Albany Civic Center in 1988.[4]

The Albany Civic Center hosted the NWA Clash of the Champions III: Fall Brawl (which aired live September 7, 1988 on TBS),[5][6] the WCW Great American Bash (1992) (which aired live July 12, 1992 on pay-per-view),[7] WCW SuperBrawl IV (which aired live February 20, 1994 on pay-per-view),[8] and two episodes of WCW Monday Nitro (which aired live October 16, 1995 and April 22, 1996 on TNT).[9][10]

The Albany Civic Center is also the former home arena of the Albany Panthers indoor football team from 2010 to 2013, last playing in the Professional Indoor Football League,[11][12][13] the South Georgia Wildcats of the now defunct af2 indoor football league,[14] the Albany Shockwave of the American Basketball Association,[15] Albany State College Golden Rams basketball (after the Flood of '94) and the Albany Sharp Shooters/South GA Blues of the defunct Global Basketball Association.

References

  1. ^ "Albany". New Georgia Encyclopedia. 2005-03-26. Retrieved 2015-05-09.
  2. ^ http://dtownalbany.com/venues
  3. ^ "SEC women's basketball tournament comes to Arkansas". TuscaloosaNews.com. 2002-10-02. Retrieved 2015-05-09.
  4. ^ "RUN-DMC - Mary, Mary". YouTube. 2009-10-25. Retrieved 2015-05-09.
  5. ^ "Clash of the Champiosn 1-20". Prowrestlinghistory.com. Retrieved 2015-05-09.
  6. ^ Watson, Buddy (2013-02-21). "Clash Of The Champions 3 1 Of 2 - Video Dailymotion". Dailymotion.com. Retrieved 2015-05-09.
  7. ^ http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2fkebe_wcw-great-american-bash-1992_sport
  8. ^ desicorner khan (2012-03-14). "WCW Superbrawl 1994 - Desicorner.net_clip1 - Video Dailymotion". Dailymotion.com. Retrieved 2015-05-09.
  9. ^ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0946933/
  10. ^ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0946900/
  11. ^ "Arena". Albanypanthers.net. Retrieved 2015-05-09.
  12. ^ Wallace, Jake. "PIFL announces Georgia Fire to take Panthers' place - WALB.com, South Georgia News, Weather, Sports". Walb.com. Retrieved 2015-05-09.
  13. ^ WALB News Team. "Panthers owner: City doesn't want us here - WALB.com, South Georgia News, Weather, Sports". Walb.com. Retrieved 2015-05-09.
  14. ^ http://www.southgawildcats.com/
  15. ^ "Shockwave loses Civic Center home". Albany Herald. Retrieved 2015-05-09.

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