1st Mariner Arena
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| Location: | 201 West Baltimore Street, Baltimore, Maryland 21201 |
| Coordinates: | 39°17′19″N 76°37′8″W |
| Opened: | 1962 |
| Owner: | City of Baltimore |
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| Seating Capacity: | 14,000 |
1st Mariner Arena (formerly Baltimore Arena and Baltimore Civic Center) is an arena located in Baltimore, Maryland. In 2003, it was renamed by 1st Mariner Bank, which purchased naming rights to the arena for 10 years. It was reported that 1st Mariner Bank will need to pay the city $75,000 for the next ten years to keep the naming rights to the complex. 1st Mariner Bank Arena is located about a block away from the Baltimore Convention Center on the corner of Baltimore Street and Hopkins Place; it is also only a short distance from the Inner Harbor. It seats up to approximately 14,000 people though this number varies depending on the type of event.
The arena officially opened in 1962 as the Baltimore Civic Center. It was built on the site of "Old Congress Hall," where the Continental Congress met in 1776. As a major cornerstone for the Inner Harbor redevelopment during the 1980s, it was reopened after renovations and was renamed the Baltimore Arena in 1986. It is owned by the city and is managed by SMG, a private management company. Annually, the 1st Mariner Bank Arena is host to 800,000 people.
A cornerstone to the arena was laid in the arena in 1961 with a vault that included messages from then-U.S. President John F. Kennedy, then-Maryland governor J. Millard Tawes, and then-Baltimore Mayor J. Harold Grady. The vault was opened in 2006.
The current site that was chosen for the Baltimore Civic Center was actually not one of the many sites proposed to the Greater Baltimore Committee in 1955. Among nine suggested locations there were two in Druid Hill Park, three at the end of the Inner Harbor basin (where the World Trade Center and Harborplace are now located), and one in Clifton Park.
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| Date | Event | Attendance |
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| April 10, 1987 | Crockett Cup 87 Day 1 | |
| April 11, 1987 | Crockett Cup 87 Day 2 | |
| July 10, 1988 | The Great American Bash 1988 | |
| July 23, 1989 | The Great American Bash 1989 | |
| July 7, 1990 | The Great American Bash 1990 | |
| July 14, 1991 | The Great American Bash 1991 | |
| February 19, 1995 | SuperBrawl V | |
| June 19, 1996 | The Great American Bash 1996 | |
| June 14, 1998 | The Great American Bash 1998 | |
| June 13, 1999 | The Great American Bash 1999 | |
| June 11, 2000 | The Great American Bash 2000 |
Television ProgramsEdit
| Date | Event | Attendance |
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| January 16, 1988 | NWA Pro | - |
| March 12, 1988 | World Championship Wrestling | - |
| October 22, 1988 | NWA World Wide Wrestling | - |
| May 28, 1989 | NWA Man Event | - |
| December 29, 1991 | WCW Man Event | - |
| July 5, 1992 | WCW Main Event | - |
| August 8, 1992 | WCW Saturday Night | - |
| August 9, 1992 | WCW Main Event | - |
| August 15, 1992 | WCW Worldwide | - |
| August 16, 1992 | WCW Main Event | - |
| August 22, 1992 | WCW Worldwide | - |
| February 27, 1993 | WCW Power Hour | - |
| June 16, 1996 | WCW Main Event | - |
| August 18, 1996 | WCW Main Event | - |
| November 24, 1996 | WCW Pro | - |
| May 12, 1997 | Nitro | - |
| December 29, 1997 | Nitro | - |
| September 26, 1998 | WCW Worldwide | - |
| December 28, 1998 | Nitro | - |
| December 20, 1999 | Nitro | - |
| January 29, 2001 | Nitro | - |
| January 29, 2001 | Nitro | - |
| January 31, 2001 | Thunder | - |
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