Hammond Civic Center is a 4,500-seat multi-purpose arena in Hammond, Indiana. The arena opened in 1938. It is well known for hosting various local concerts, WWE Wrestling, TNA Wrestling, MMA fighting, & sporting events for the area & is the home arena for the Calumet College of St. Joseph's Crimson Wave basketball & volleyball teams, which play in the CCAC & was formerly home to the Hammond Rollers, of the American Basketball Association.
American rock band KISS played here on Easter Sunday 1986, causing local church groups to protest the entire event. During the show, KISS blew out half of the windows on the outside west wall. Their PA system on this tour was rated at 120 decibels. Before the show, Gene Simmons & Eric Carr walked around the perimieter of the building, trying to hold polite coversations with the church groups. The concert only sold 1,900 tickets.