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Savannah Civic Center - Martin Luther King Jr. Arena Location 301 West Oglethorpe Avenue
Savannah, Georgia 31401Coordinates 32°04′36″N 81°05′49″W / 32.076729°N 81.097014°WCoordinates: 32°04′36″N 81°05′49″W / 32.076729°N 81.097014°W Broke ground 1971 Opened 1974 Owner City of Savannah Operator City of Savannah Construction cost $8 million
($35.6 million in 2011 dollars[1])Capacity 9,600 (Concerts)
7,500 (Basketball)Website www.savannahcivic.com The Savannah Civic Center is a 9,600-seat multi-purpose arena located on Montgomery Street in Savannah, Georgia. The facility has two venues: The Martin Luther King Arena and the Johnny Mercer Theater. The arena seats 3,500 to 9,600 attendees, depending on the event while the theater seats up to 2,524 concert- or theater-goers and features one of the largest proscenium arches in the southeastern United States.[citation needed] The facility also includes a Grand Ballroom and East and West Promenades each with a capacity of 400.
Each year, the Savannah Civic Center hosts the Savannah Tire Hockey Classic, which awards the Thrasher Cup and numerous meetings are held in the building's meeting wings.
History
Built in 1974, the Savannah Civic Center was home to the Savannah Bees and the Continental Basketball Association's Savannah Spirits basketball teams. The MLK arena was the host venue of the 1986-87 Big South Conference's men's basketball tournament.
External links
- www.savannahcivic.com -- Official web site
References
- ^ Consumer Price Index (estimate) 1800–2008. Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis. Retrieved December 7, 2010.
City of Savannah "The Hostess City of the South"Category | Metropolitan area
Sports arenas and stadia in Savannah, Georgia Alumni Arena (Armstrong Atlantic) • AASU Sports Center (Armstrong Atlantic) • Grayson Stadium (Sand Gnats) • Savannah Civic Center • Memorial Stadium • Ron Love Athletic Center (SCAD) • Tiger Arena (Savannah State) • T.A. Wright Stadium (Savannah State)Categories:- Sports venues in Savannah, Georgia
- Landmarks in Savannah
- Basketball venues in Georgia (U.S. state)
- College basketball venues in the United States
- Concert halls in the United States
- Theatres in Georgia (U.S. state)
- Southern United States sports venue stubs
- Georgia (U.S. state) building and structure stubs
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