Hartford Ct Civic Center Roof Collapse

At approximately 4 15 a m.

Hartford ct civic center roof collapse.

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. 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. Only six hours earlier five thousand people had been in the arena watching a basketball game. On january 18 1978 the civic center roof collapsed six hours after the university of connecticut defeated the university of massachusetts 56 49.

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. No injuries were reported. On january 17 1978 the roof of the hartford civic center arena collapsed. The arena roof was a 90 by 110 meter space frame levy and salvadori 1992 kaminetzky 1991 feld and carper 1997.

18 1978 the roof of the hartford civic center collapsed just hours after a college basketball double header. Hartford civic center roof collapsed 40 years ago greater hartford ct in the early morning hours of jan. Dennis house takes a look back in. What are your memories of.

It collapsed into the arena below with a. Hartford civic center roof collapsed 1978 in the early morning hours of jan. Community corner on this date. About six hours later in the early morning of january 18 the roof of the sports coliseum collapsed onto 10 000 empty stadium seats.

Two guards and two maintenance men were reportedly in the hartford civic center but not under the coliseum roof when the collapse occurred at 4 15 a m. 18 1978 the roof fell in under the weight of snow and ice.