Peoria Civic Center

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Peoria Civic Center is a convention center located in Peoria, Illinois. USA. It was built in 1982 and is currently undergoing expansion.

It comprises the following facilities:

Contents 1 Carver Arena 2 Exhibit hall 3 Theater 4 Meeting rooms 5 External links

[edit] Carver Arena

Carver Arena is the home of the Bradley University Braves men's basketball team and the Peoria Rivermen ice hockey team. Prior to playing at Carver Arena, Bradley hosted its games at Robertson Memorial Field House. It hosted the 1988 Missouri Valley Conference men's basketball tournament title game. It seats 9,542 for hockey and indoor football, 11,442 for basketball and up to 12,145 for concerts.

Carver Arena also plays host to the Illinois High School Association boys' basketball state finals for two weeks every March. The interactive March Madness Experience takes places in the adjacent exhibition hall during the tournaments. Concerts, circuses, trade shows (The arena floor measures 124 feet by 238 feet for 29,512 square feet of space.), wrestling matches and other events are held here. The arena also contains a 60-by-40-foot portable stage, a production office, eight dressing rooms (four large and four small), eight spotlights, and a 76-foot ceiling height. There is also an arena club at Carver Arena, eight concession stands, eight restrooms and two luxury suites.

[edit] Exhibit hall

The Civic Center features 63,668 square feet of space (157' 8" by 403' 8") and can hold up to 7,265 persons. It can be divided into three smaller halls and is used for banquets, trade shows and other events.

[edit] Theater

The 2,244-seat theater is the home of the Peoria Symphony Orchestra, Peoria Ballet, and Peoria Opera. It is also used for concerts, Broadway shows, and other events. It contains ten dressing rooms including a star dressing room, four 12-person chorus rooms, two 8-person dressing rooms, two 6-person dressing rooms and a 3-person dressing room, and a 1,250-square-foot rehearsal hall backstage. There are 1,450 seats in the main level, 378 seats in the lower balcony and 348 seats in the upper balcony.

[edit] Meeting rooms

There are ten meeting rooms totaling 16,889 square feet and divisible into sixteen meeting rooms.

[edit] External links

• Peoria Civic Center - includes Carver Arena, exposition hall and theater.

Current arenas in the American Hockey League
Eastern Conference		Western Conference
Arena at Harbor Yard | Broome County Veterans Memorial Arena | Cumberland County Civic Center | DCU Center | Dunkin' Donuts Center | GIANT Center | Hartford Civic Center | MassMutual Center | Norfolk Scope | Times Union Center | Tsongas Arena | Verizon Wireless Arena | Wachovia Arena at Casey Plaza | Wachovia Spectrum		Allstate Arena | AT&T Center | Blue Cross Arena | Bradley Center | Carver Arena | Copps Coliseum | MTS Centre | Omaha Civic Auditorium | Ricoh Coliseum | Toyota Center | Van Andel Arena | War Memorial at Oncenter | Wells Fargo Arena

Current Basketball Venues in the Missouri Valley Conference
Carver Arena (Bradley) • Charles Koch Arena (Wichita State) • Hammons Student Center (Missouri State) • Hulman Center (Indiana State) • Knapp Center (Drake) • McLeod Center (Northern Iowa) • Omaha Civic Auditorium (Creighton women) • Qwest Center Omaha (Creighton men) • Redbird Arena (Illinois State) • Roberts Stadium (Evansville) • SIU Arena (Southern Illinois)