Hershey Sports Arena
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| Former names | Hershey Sports Arena (1936–1972) |
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| Location | 100 West Hersheypark Drive Hershey, Pennsylvania 17033 |
| Coordinates | 40°17′17″N 76°39′23″W / 40.28806°N 76.65639°W |
| Operator | Hershey Entertainment and Resorts Company |
| Capacity | 7,286 |
| Surface | Ice |
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| Built | 1936 |
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Hershey Bears (AHL) (1936–2002) Hershey Impact (NPSL) (1988–1991) Lebanon Valley College ice hockey (ECAC) (1998–present) |
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Hersheypark Arena (originally Hershey Sports Arena) is a multi-purpose indoor arena located in Hershey, Pennsylvania, managed by Hershey Entertainment & Resorts Company. The arena has a seating capacity, for hockey, of 7,286 people and in excess of 8,000, including standing room.
When built in 1936 as the Hershey Sports Arena, the building was the largest monolithic structure in the United States in which not a single seat suffered from an obstructed view. For 66 years it was the home of the Hershey Bears hockey team from 1936 to 2002. The second sport at the arena was basketball. On March 2, 1962, Philadelphia Warriors center Wilt Chamberlain recorded a record-setting 100 points in an NBA game against the New York Knicks, a record that still stands today. It hosted the PIAA basketball and wrestling championships, and it also served as the home of the Hershey Impact, a National Professional Soccer League team from 1988 to 1991. It has also hosted the Ice Capades, Disney on Ice, professional boxing, tennis competitions, and the fifth WWF In Your House pay-per-view in 1995. Previously it hosted the third ever WWF Saturday Night's Main Event on October 31, 1985 (aired November 2) with the main event being a tag-team match featuring WWF Champion Hulk Hogan teaming with André the Giant facing the team of Big John Studd and King Kong Bundy.
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