Pelham Civic Center
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Pelham Civic Center is a 5,000-seat multi-purpose arena in Pelham, Alabama. It features two NHL size ice skating rinks with a holding capacity of 500 skaters, a skating school, ice skating birthday party rooms, and a multi-purpose banquet area. Its hockey capacity is 3,500; the arena has 17,000 square feet of floor space.
It is the only public ice skating rink in the Birmingham, Alabama area. It also houses several other functions, such as corporate events, conventions, sporting contests and trade shows.
[edit] History
It was home to the Alabama Slammers ice hockey team. It is now the home of the University of Alabama's hockey team. It is also the venue in the Birmingham area for the annual visit of the Harlem Globetrotters.
