James Brown Arena

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James Brown Arena
Former names Augusta-Richmond County Civic Center
Location 601 7th Street
Augusta, GA 30901
Broke ground 1968
Opened 1974 (Exhibition hall)
January 24, 1980 (Arena)[1]
Owner Augusta / Richmond County Coliseum Authority
Operator Global Spectrum
Construction cost $11 million[2]
($52.1 million in 2014 dollars[ 1])
Architect Pei Cobb Freed & Partners
Holroyd, Johnson, Hughes, Beattie & Davis[3]
Structural engineer LeMessurier Associates[3]
Services engineer Cosentini Associates LLP[3]
Capacity 9,167
6,557 (hockey)
7,255 (basketball)
Tenants
Augusta Lynx (ECHL) (1998–2008)
Augusta Colts (AIFA) (2006–2008)
Augusta Riverhawks (SPHL) (2010–present)

The James Brown Arena (formerly known as the Augusta-Richmond County Civic Center) is part of the multi-purpose complex, The Augusta Entertainment Complex in Augusta, Georgia, and currently managed by Global Spectrum.

It features an 8,500 seat arena, renamed the James Brown Arena, in honor of musician James Brown on August 22, 2006. The complex also features a 2,690 seat theater, the William B. Bell Auditorium, and a 14,500-square-foot (1,350 m2) exhibit hall that opens into a 23,000-square-foot (2,100 m2) arena floor.

The James Brown Arena is home to the Augusta River Hawks of the Southern Professional Hockey League which started in 2010.

It is also the former home of the ECHL's Augusta Lynx from 1998–2008, the af2's Augusta Stallions from 2000–2002, and the American Indoor Football Association's Augusta Colts from 2006-2008.

The Arena hosted UFC 11.

The arena has also hosted many concerts and pro wrestling events, including ECW's December to Dismember in 2006. Many bands have played the arena including Van Halen, Rush, Heart, Bob Seger, REO Speedwagon, KISS, Bon Jovi, Molly Hatchet, John Cougar, Kansas, Charlie Daniels Band, Alabama, Blackfoot, Mother's Finest, Ratt, Motley Crue, Def Leppard, Cheap Trick, Marshall Tucker Band, and Loverboy.

The center-hung Fair Play scoreboard dates to the arena's opening in 1980, and in recent years has been joined by additional scoreboards and a Trans-Lux LED video display which can be found at each end of the arena.

Incidents

In late February 2013, the arena's ice system malfunctioned, causing all of the arena's ice to melt. As a result, following the playing of the remaining 2012-13 regular season games at the RiverHawks practice facility, the Augusta RiverHawks suspended operations for the 2013-14 season.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Center Opening". Waycross Journal. January 12, 1980. 
  2. ↑ "Civic Center Hope of Downtown, Says Charlotte Coliseum Official". The Rock Hill Herald. July 2, 1973. 
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 http://www.pcf-p.com/a/p/7321/s.html

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Coordinates: 33°28′12″N 81°57′59″W / 33.47000°N 81.96639°W / 33.47000; -81.96639

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