Carver Arena
| Peoria Civic Center | |
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| Address | 201 SW Jefferson St Peoria, IL 61602-1423 |
| Coordinates | 40.6919808, -89.594261 |
| Owner | City of Peoria |
| Operator | SMG |
| Built | April 30, 1979 |
| Inaugurated | June 6, 1982 |
| Opened | February 1982 |
| Renovated | 1992, 2007 |
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Construction cost
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$64.2 million ($212 million in 2016 dollars) $55 million (2007 renovations) ($67.4 million in 2016 dollars) |
| Banquet/ballroom | 6,500 (Peoria Civic Center Ballroom) 300 (Lexus Club) |
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Theatre seating
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2,244 |
| Enclosed space | |
| • Exhibit hall floor | 108,668 square feet (10,095.6 m2) |
| • Breakout/meeting | 17,355 square feet (1,612.3 m2) |
| • Ballroom | 28,667 square feet (2,663.3 m2) |
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| Venue Website | |
Coordinates: 40°41′31″N 89°35′47″W / 40.69194°N 89.59639°W
Peoria Civic Center is a convention center located in downtown Peoria, Illinois. It has an arena, theater, exhibit hall and meeting rooms. It was built in 1982 and completed an expansion to its lobby and meeting facilities in 2008. The site of the convention center was built where the former Jefferson Hotel once stood. The hotel was a site along the Underground Railroad.
Carver Arena is the home of the Bradley Braves men's basketball team and the Peoria Rivermen Southern Professional Hockey League ice hockey team (and previous incarnations of the Rivermen in the IHL, ECHL and AHL), and was formerly home to the Peoria Pirates arena football team. Prior to playing at Carver Arena, Bradley hosted its games at Robertson Memorial Field House. It hosted the 1988 Missouri Valley Conference men's basketball tournament title game. It seats 9,919 for hockey and indoor football, 11,433 for basketball and up to 12,036 for concerts.
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