Hartford Civic Center Roof Collapse

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Hartford civic center roof collapse.

18 1978 the roof fell in under the weight of snow and ice. It collapsed into the arena below with a. Civic center collapse hartford 1978 jeff dunshee sad city hartford on january 18 1978 at about 4 20 in the morning the hartford civic center roof collapsed. Forty years ago on jan.

18 1978 the roof fell in under the weight of snow and ice. At approximately 4 15 a m. Ten days of bad weather coupled with a snowstorm the prior evening were responsible for the weighty accumulation of snow and ice that led to the rooftop s failure. Community corner on this date.

Only six hours earlier five thousand people had been in the arena watching a basketball game. At 4 19am on january 18 1978 downtown hartford narrowly missed being the site of one of the deadliest disasters in american history when the entire roof of the hartford civic center arena covering an area of nearly 2 5 acres and weighing 1 400 tons suddenly collapsed onto a coliseum of 10 000 empty seats. 18 1978 the roof of the hartford civic center collapsed just hours after a college basketball double header. The arena roof was a 90 by 110 meter space frame levy and salvadori 1992 kaminetzky 1991 feld and carper 1997.

The xl center originally known as the hartford civic center is a multi purpose arena and convention center located in downtown hartford connecticut owned by the city of hartford it is managed by the quasi public capital region development authority crda under a lease with the city and operated by spectra in december 2007 the center was renamed when the arena s naming rights were sold to. Hartford civic center roof collapsed 1978 in the early morning hours of jan. On january 18 1978 the civic center roof collapsed six hours after the university of connecticut defeated the university of massachusetts 56 49. On january 17 1978 a tuesday evening 4 746 basketball fans watched the uconn men s team upset umass 56 49 at the hartford civic center.