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Arena in Indiana, United States
Hammond Civic Center in 1965
Hammond Civic Center
is a 4,500-seat multi-purpose
arena
located in
Hammond, Indiana
. The arena opened in 1938. It is well known for hosting various local concerts, and sporting events such
WWE
Wrestling,
Impact Wrestling
,
mixed martial arts
fighting and
roller derby
, for the area. In the 1950s, it played host to a number of neutral-court
National Basketball Association
games. It is the home arena for the
Calumet College of St. Joseph
's Crimson Wave
basketball
and
volleyball
teams, which play in the
Chicagoland Collegiate Athletic Conference
. The Civic Center first became known to professional sports fans as the home to the
Hammond Rollers
of the now defunct
American Basketball Association
.
American rock band
Kiss
played at the Civic Center on Easter Sunday in April 1986, causing local church groups to protest the event. During the show, Kiss blew out half of the windows on the outside west wall of the Civic Center. The sound system they used on this tour was rated at 120 decibels. Before the show,
Gene Simmons
and
Eric Carr
of the band walked around the perimeter of the building, trying to hold polite conversations with the church groups. The concert went on as scheduled. Largely due to the church protest controversy, the concert sold only 1,900 tickets.
The Civic Center plays host to various well-attended professional sporting events. On September 9, 2012, K.O. Sports Promotions hosted a boxing card for a capacity crowd at the Civic Center, with the main event featuring former United States Boxing Organization cruiserweight champion
Carl Davis (boxer)
in an eight-round heavyweight bout against former number one heavyweight contender
Bert Cooper
.
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