Florence Center

Florence Civic Center

Former names Florence Civic Center (1993–2017)
Location 3300 West Radio Drive
Florence, South Carolina 29501
Coordinates 34°11′8.50″N 79°50′16.40″W / 34.1856944°N 79.8378889°W / 34.1856944; -79.8378889Coordinates: 34°11′8.50″N 79°50′16.40″W / 34.1856944°N 79.8378889°W / 34.1856944; -79.8378889
Owner City of Florence, County of Florence
Operator SMG
Capacity Hockey: 7,526
Basketball: 7,686
Concert (Center Stage): 9,736
Concert (End Stage): 7,000
Theater: 1,400
Construction
Broke ground May 8, 1991[1]
Opened August 4, 1993[2]
Construction cost $22 million
($37.3 million in 2017 dollars[3] )
Architect Odell Associates, Inc.[4]
General contractor M. B. Kahn Construction Co.[5]
Tenants
Pee Dee/Florence Pride (ECHL) (1997–2005)
Carolina Stingrays (NIFL) (2004)
Florence Flyers (USBL) (2004)
Pee Dee Cyclones (SPHL) (2005–2007)
Florence Phantoms (AIFA) (2006–2009)
Pee Dee Vipers (PBL) (2014)
Carolina Havoc (AAL) (2019–)

The Florence Center is a 10,000-seat multipurpose arena in Florence, South Carolina. The arena was known as the Florence Civic Center until it rebranded in January 2018.[6]

It hosted the infamous eighth WWF In Your House pay-per-view in 1996, during which a storm knocked out the power and thus the broadcast signal during the event. The card was re-telecast two nights later from North Charleston, South Carolina, at the North Charleston Coliseum.

Since 2005 it is home to the annual Darlington Car Hauler Parade that kicks off Bojangles' Southern 500 race week at Darlington Raceway. In 2019, an indoor football team called the Carolina Havoc of the American Arena League, is announced to begin play at the Florence Center for the 2019 season.[7]

The building was the home of the South Carolina Fire Ants of Major League Roller Hockey in 1998, two ice hockey teams: the Pee Dee/Florence Pride (1997–2005) and the Pee Dee Cyclones (2005–2007), two indoor football teams: Carolina Stingrays (2004) and Florence Phantoms (2006–2009), two basketball teams: the Florence Flyers and the Pee Dee Vipers, and to the Florence Symphony Orchestra.

References

  1. ↑ Harrison, Brenda; Leach, Jennifer (2004). Florence. Arcadia Publishing. ISBN 978-0-7385-1609-7.
  2. ↑ "History". Florence Civic Center. Retrieved February 22, 2015.
  3. ↑ Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis Community Development Project. "Consumer Price Index (estimate) 1800–". Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis. Retrieved January 2, 2018.
  4. ↑ "Play". Odell Associates, Inc. Retrieved February 22, 2015.
  5. ↑ "Featured Projects". M. B. Kahn Construction Co., Inc. Archived from the original on June 24, 1998. Retrieved February 22, 2015.
  6. ↑ "Florence Civic Center unveils new name, branding design". SCNow.com. November 14, 2017.
  7. ↑ "Georgia arena football team will relocate to Florence". The Morning News. July 26, 2018.
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