Tsongas Center
| Paul E. Tsongas Center at UMass Lowell | |
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Tsongas Arena (1998-2010) |
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| place | 300 Martin Luther King Jr.Way Lowell , Massachusetts 01852
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| Coordinates | 42 ° 39 '0.8 " N , 71 ° 18' 47.8" W |
| owner | University of Massachusetts Lowell |
| operator | Spectacor Management Group (SMG) |
| start of building | 1996 |
| opening | January 27, 1998 |
| Renovations | 2010-2011 |
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Concrete parquet ice surface |
| costs | 24 million US dollars (1998) 5 million US dollars (2010-2011) |
| capacity | 6,500 seats (ice hockey) 6,500 seats (basketball) 7,800 seats (concerts) |
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The Tsongas Center at UMass Lowell (short: Tsongas Center ) is a multipurpose hall in the city of Lowell , Massachusetts . The University of Massachusetts Lowell ice hockey team , UMass-Lowell River Hawks, plays in the arena . From 1998 to 2010 it was also the venue for the home games of the Lowell Devils (formerly Lowell Lock Monsters ) from the AHL . The event arena is named after the Lowell-born politician Paul E. Tsongas (1941–1997), who was a Senator from Massachusetts from 1979 to 1985 .
history
The arena was built with funding from the city and university, which provided $ 4 million. Another US $ 20 million was taken over by the State of Massachusetts , primarily to support the university. In February 2010, the university took over the arena for the symbolic sum of one US dollar. As a result, the Tsongas Arena was renamed the Paul E. Tsongas Center at UMass Lowell.
The Tsongas Center was the home of the Lowell Devils from the American Hockey League from 1998 to 2010 . Right from the start, it has served the UMass-Lowell River Hawks' university ice hockey team as a venue for their games.
Numerous other events such as music concerts and graduation ceremonies for numerous high schools from the region take place in the arena . There are also other public events. The boxing scenes in the film The Fighter , which is about ex-boxing world champion Micky Ward, who was born in Lowell, and his brother Dicky Eklund , were shot in the event hall.
Important events
Concerts
selection
- Oct. 29, 2002: Maná - Revolución de Amor Tour
- May 15, 2004: Yes - 35th Anniversary Tour
- 15th Mar 2008: Dropkick Murphys - St. Patrick's Day Weekend Shows
- 21 Mar 2008: Taste of Chaos Tour
- 23 Sep 2008: Weezer - Troublemaker Tour
- Apr. 26, 2013: Pierce the Veil - Spring Fever Tour
Sports
- 1st to 9th Apr. 2006: Men's Curling World Championship
- Apr 13, 2008: TNA Lockdown
gallery
The entrance area of the Tsongas Center in July 2011
The UMass-Lowell River Hawks before a game at the Tsongas Center in March 2013
Web links
- tsongascenter.com: Official website of the arena (English)
- setlist.fm: concert list of the Tsongas Arena and Tsongas Denter (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ UMass Lowell takes control of Tsongas Arena ( Memento from February 8, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) (English)
- ↑ movie-locations.com: The Fighter film locations ( Memento of the original from September 7, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (English)
