Today in 2010, the Penguins played their first regular season home game at the CONSOL Energy Center but fell to the Philadelphia Flyers, 3-2. This season's Penguins media guide is out, and still includes a page for Civic Arena records, but not one for the CONSOL Energy Center. If you are curious to see the [...]
Rex Rutkoski remembers The Beatles' only appearance in Pittsburgh Janice “Jana†Frazier and her “best ever†friend, Judi Connell, could barely sit still on the long trolley ride to the Civic Arena from Castle Shannon. They stood up; they sat down; they hugged each other, pinched each other, danced in the aisle, slumped in the [...]
Impressive time lapse of the demolition of the Civic Arena. This is really well done. Minimal camera movement, minimal glare sets the standard... We loved this video so much we included the video on our HISTORICAL TIMELINE >>>>
June 15, 2009 -375,000 faithful lined Pittsburgh streets to celebrate the Stanley Cup Championship after the Penguins defeated the Detroit Red Wings in Game 7: Here's our favorite photo from Andrew Russell from the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review: This is an image of a steel beam inside the CONSOL Energy Center. Â The Penguins returned to the [...]
A must read from the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review's Dejan Kovacevic, If Giant Steel Walls Could Talk ...
