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| Location | 400 4th Street Columbus, Georgia 31901 |
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| Coordinates | 32°27′01″N84°59′16″W / 32.450276°N 84.987699°W /32.450276; -84.987699 |
| Owner | City of Columbus, Georgia |
| Operator | City of Columbus, Georgia |
| Capacity | 9,109 (concerts) 7,459 (hockey) 7,573 (indoor football) 7,671 (basketball)[1] |
| Construction | |
| Broke ground | May 20, 1994[2] |
| Opened | August 9, 1996[8] |
| Construction cost | $45 million[3] ($90.2 million in 2024 dollars[4]) |
| Architect | Odell Associates[5] |
| Project manager | McDevitt Street Bovis, Inc.[6] |
| General contractor | Genoa Construction[7] |
| Tenants | |
| Columbus Cottonmouths (CHL/ECHL/SPHL) (1996–2017) Columbus Comets (EISL) (1997) Columbus Riverdragons (NBDL) (2001–2005) Columbus Wardogs (AF2) (2001–2004) Chattahoochee Valley Vipers (AIFL) (2006) Columbus Lions (NAL/AIFA/AIF) (2007–present) Auburn Tigers (CHS) (2010–present) Columbus River Dragons (FPHL) (2019–present) Columbus Rapids (NISL) (2021–2023) | |
Columbus Civic Center is a 10,000-seat multi-purposearena inColumbus, Georgia, built in 1996.
The arena was built in 1996, along with a Softball Complex, to fully complete South Commons (an area consisting of abaseball andfootball stadium, and a skateboard park).[9] The venue replaced theMunicipal Auditorium, which was constructed in 1955.
The Columbus Civic Center is home to theColumbus Lionsindoor football team and theColumbus River Dragons professionalice hockey team.[10] The Civic Center also hosts someAuburn Tigers collegiate ice hockey games when the Columbus Ice Rink next door is unavailable. Several other sports teams have also used the arena in the past. TheColumbus Cottonmouths ice hockey team played in the arena from 1996 until 2017; theColumbus Riverdragonsbasketball team from 2001 to 2005; theColumbus Wardogs indoor football team from 2001 to 2004; theChattahoochee Valley Vipers indoor football team in 2006; and theColumbus Cometsindoor soccer team in 1997.
On October 10 to the 11th, Barney, and his friends: Baby Bop & BJ, and their new friend, Riff performed here inBarney Live! - The Let's Go Tour which was supposed to be filmed here and released on video, but it never happened.
The arena is also the primary concert venue in theGreater Columbus area, hosting artists such as KISS (in 1997), Kelly Clarkson (in 2009), and Lady Antebellum (in 2012). The Civic Center has also hosted several professional wrestling events, such asWWE's Friday Night Smackdown (in 2006 and 2014), andWCW Monday Nitro (in 1996).
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