PNC ARENA
Updated 04-May-2020.
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Carolina Hurricanes: Update on Proposed PNC Arena Renovations: PNC Arena, the home of the Carolina Hurricanes, could be in for a facelift fairly soon. The 16-year old building, which is also home the North Carolina Sta…
Metallica sets new attendance record at PNC Arena :: WRAL.com: Metallica played to a sold-out crowd at Raleigh’s PNC Arena on Monday night, where more than 20,000 fans set a new record for the largest single-day event attendance in the history of the venue, according to a news release.
Hurricanes and PNC Bank to Introduce PNC Arena to Community on March 15 | PNC Arena
My botty best at summarizing from Wikipedia: the arena seats 19,722 for basketball and 18,680 for ice hockey . the building has three concourses and a 300-seat restaurant . PNC Arena is home to the Carolina Hurricanes of the national hockey the arena hosted the Carolina Cobras of the Arena Football League from 2000 to 2002 . it is also the eighth-largest arena in the NCAA . in 1989, the NCSU Trustees approved plans to build a 2 construction began that year and was completed in 1999 with an estimated cost of $158 million . the arena was renamed the RBC Center after an extended search for a corporate sponsor . RBC Bank acquired 20-year the Centennial Authority, the landlord of the arena, approved a name change for the facility to PNC Arena . the arena has also seen use in fictional media, as a season four episode of the CW series One Tree the first playoff series at the entertainment and sports arena were held in 2001 . the hurricanes hosted the Devils in games 3, 4, and 6, of the 2001 Stanley Cup Playoffs . in 2009, the arena hosted the playoffs again the goal horn is a Kahlenberg Q-4 and was originally purchased in 1988 for the then Hartford Whalers . the whalers later relocated to the greensboro coliseum with the now Carolina Hurricanes the horn would cost over $11,000 to purchase today and needs to be replaced . in 2008, the arena renovated its sound system . video crews installed a new scoreboard . the new scoreboard replaces the ten-year-old scoreboard that had been in the arena since 1999 . the scoreboard was full LED and four-sided with full video displays . architects met with the Centennial Authority the estimated cost could be almost $200 million . if funds are approved the renovation start time would be 2020 . at the earliest, it could be completed by 2022 . in 2018, they renovated the NHL home locker rooms and replaced seating in the upper bowl . in April 2019, it was announced the arena would receive a new Daktronics video board . the new video board would feature a full the board would cost $4.7 million, stretch blue line to blue line, and would be 4,000 square feet (370 m2) it will also be the first of its kind and one of only a few 360 degree video boards in the Raleigh approved funding for the arena at $9 million a year for 25 years for arena enhancements, putting the grand total to $225 million . some concessions in the arena were updated in 2019 in addition to the LED upgrade . the arena hosted the Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association (CIAA) men’s basketball tournament from 1999 to 2008 . the arena set a single-event attendance record of 20,052 fans on January 28, 2019 for Metallica’s RBC Center Retrieved July 12, 2004 from [1]. The Hockey News. 59.37 (2006): 6. Clair Systems Revamps RBC Center Audio with JBL Loudspeakers . Retrieved May 15, 2009 from [3] RBC Centre Gets New Scoreboard.