Hartford Civic Center Roof Collapse

On january 18 1978 the civic center roof collapsed six hours after the university of connecticut defeated the university of massachusetts 56 49.

Hartford civic center roof collapse.

It collapsed into the arena below with a. 18 1978 the roof of the hartford civic center collapsed just hours after a college basketball double header. Hartford civic center roof collapsed 1978 in the early morning hours of jan. 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.

Only six hours earlier five thousand people had been in the arena watching a basketball game. Dennis house takes a look back in. 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.

About six hours later in the early morning of january 18 the roof of the sports coliseum collapsed onto 10 000 empty stadium seats. 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. Forty years ago on jan. 18 1978 the roof fell in under the weight of snow and ice.

At approximately 4 15 a m. Community corner hartford civic center roof collapsed 40 years ago in the early morning hours of jan. 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. On january 17 1978 the roof of the hartford civic center arena collapsed.