Norfolk Scope
| Norfolk Scope | |
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| The Norfolk Scope in Norfolk | |
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| place | 201 East Brambleton Avenue Norfolk , Virginia 23510
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| Coordinates | 36 ° 51 '11.8 " N , 76 ° 17' 12.2" W |
| owner | Norfolk City |
| operator | Norfolk City |
| start of building | June 6, 1968 |
| opening | November 12, 1971 |
| surface |
Parquet ice surface artificial turf |
| costs | 35 million US dollars |
| architect |
Pier Luigi Nervi Williams and Tazewell |
| capacity |
8,784 seats (ice hockey) 10,253 seats (basketball) 13,800 seats (concerts) |
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The Norfolk Scope is a multifunctional arena with a closed dome roof in the US city of Norfolk in the state of Virginia .
The roof of the Norfolk Scope with a diameter of 134.1 meters was the largest reinforced concrete domed roof in the world from 1971 to 1976 . That changed with the opening of the Kingdome (201.0 meters) in Seattle . After its demolition in 2000, The Scope once again had the largest reinforced concrete dome roof. The roof is supported by 24 buttress arches . The Norfolk Scope was designed by the Italian civil engineer Pier Luigi Nervi together with the company Williams and Tazewell . Nervi was u. a. jointly responsible for the dome buildings Palazzo dello Sport and Palazzetto dello Sport for the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome .
use
The Norfolk Scope was the venue for the Norfolk Admirals from the American Hockey League from 2000 to 2015 . The team became the San Diego Gulls . With the 2015/16 season , another team named Norfolk Admirals will join the ECHL . They were previously the Bakersfield Condors . From 1989 to 2000, the former ECHL franchise of the Hampton Roads Admirals used the Norfolk Scope as their home ground . In addition, the NCAA college basketball team from Old Dominion University , the Monarchs , was based in the arena. Overall from 1971 to 2002 and from 1977 to 1990 as the main venue. In addition, professional basketball and arena football were regularly held in the arena . Also in use for boxing , wrestling and other sports in the Norfolk Scope.
In addition to sports, the arena is used for other events such as concerts , shows , exhibitions, conferences. etc. used. Numerous artists such as Billy Bragg , James Blood Ulmer , Prince and Shirley Jones have already appeared.
Web links
- Norfolk Scope Arena. In: Structurae
- sevenvenues.com: Official homepage of the arena (English)
- norfolkadmirals.com: Norfolk Scope on the Norfolk Admirals (ECHL) website (English)
- setlist.fm: Concert list of the Norfolk Scope (English)
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