Hartford Civic Center Roof Collapse

On january 17 1978 the roof of the hartford civic center arena collapsed.

Hartford 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. 18 1978 the roof fell in under the weight of snow and ice. 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.

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. 18 1978 the roof of the hartford civic center collapsed just hours after a college basketball double header. 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. Community corner hartford civic center roof collapsed 40 years ago in the early morning hours of jan.

Forty years ago on jan. 18 1978 the roof fell in under the weight of snow and ice. Dennis house takes a look back in. It collapsed into the arena below with a.

The arena roof was a 90 by 110 meter space frame levy and salvadori 1992 kaminetzky 1991 feld and carper 1997. 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. At approximately 4 15 a m.