I don’t care how much money Mellon forked over, this place will always be the Civic Arena to me. Though one day I suspect it will be renamed Lemieux Memorial Arena.

Concerts here are nice. Pens games rock. Until recently Pitt had commencment and basketball here.

One of the unique things about the arena is the dome. It was originally designed to be partially open, unfortunately that rarely happens. Some genius decided to dangle expensive equipment such as the scoreboard from the ceiling making opening the dome a very expensive endeavor.

Enough of my blathering. If there is an event you want to see at the Arena… go.