civic arena - march 12, 2012
 
walked up to the arena to take pictures of the new mario lemieux statue. decided to get some pics of the civic arena before it's gone. i spent a lot of nights in this building...

from my building at work. sections d6 (left) through d9. note the graffiti behind d7. you can also see some of the luxury suites.

this view adds d10 and d11. somewhere below this string of seats is where i sat for my first concert there - johnny cash in april, 1971.

the opposite side of the arena. this is where d21 was - where i sat for several shows, including my first rock concert, kiss in july, 1979. the penguins locker room was also in that corner.

walking up, i noticed i could see the stairs between two of the roof leaves, so i got a quick picture, then decided to...

load up the zoom lens to get a tighter view. then i heard a loud groaning crack...

 

top of the dome - this is where the antennae were.

lighting bank above d11.

i love cropping - this is where our season tickets were for the penguins way back when.

 

animated gif of the leaf of the roof coming down. i was pressing the shutter button as quickly as i could!

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