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The Civic Center roof collapsed. Any Yarders at the UMass game 6 hours earlier?
I was there with my fatherThe Civic Center roof collapsed. Any Yarders at the UMass game 6 hours earlier?
SpringfieldAs a kid, I got to see the Corny & Company play a bunch at the NH Coliseum after the collapse but where did the Whalers play? I just Googled it and nothing was coming up.
My late husband was, I hadn't met him yet.The Civic Center roof collapsed. Any Yarders at the UMass game 6 hours earlier?
I was there and I always claim ( probably falsely) that I was the last person to see the roof intact. After the game, my girlfriend and I tried to go to the bar that was on the top floor of the Sheraton Hotel attached to the Civic Center. It was, of course, closed, but we looked out the window by the elevator and marveled at the massive expanse of white snow over the roof. Never dreamed it was about to collapse.The Civic Center roof collapsed. Any Yarders at the UMass game 6 hours earlier?
Got plans tonight?If that were to happen today in the middle of the night when no one could get hurt, I assume insurance coverage would be enough to build a brand new modern coliseum solving the decades old problem of this brutalist beast of a building.
Sitting in Section 103 to watch Al Lewis have his career game against UMASS. Next morning viewed the destruction driving from West Hartford to PWA. Definitely memorable.The Civic Center roof collapsed. Any Yarders at the UMass game 6 hours earlier?
i wasThe Civic Center roof collapsed. Any Yarders at the UMass game 6 hours earlier?
10,500 for hockey. Hoops a little moreWhat was capacity then? 16,000 or so? I imagine roughy 70,000 people will say they were there. I was not. That was around the time my dad started taking me to games though, certainly remember it well. Did the Whalers play in New Haven after? I can’t recall.
The Whalers played at the Springfield CC and the games began there within a couple weeks. The fans called themselves the 91 Club I believe. Very lucky to have an arena so nearby that was willing to help out.What was capacity then? 16,000 or so? I imagine roughy 70,000 people will say they were there. I was not. That was around the time my dad started taking me to games though, certainly remember it well. Did the Whalers play in New Haven after? I can’t recall.