Peoria Civic Center#Carver Arena

{{Short description|Convention center in Illinois, United States}}

{{Redirect|Carver Arena|the arena at the University of Iowa|Carver–Hawkeye Arena}}

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| location = Downtown Peoria

| address = 201 SW Jefferson Ave
Peoria, IL 61602-1423

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| opened_date = February 1982

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| cost = $64.2 million
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2,173 (PCC Theater)
300 (Lexus Club)

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| name = Carver Arena

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| operator = ASM Global

| capacity = 12,000
{{Collapsible list|expand=|framestyle=|titlestyle=|title=Detailed capacity{{cite web |title=Plan an Event > Arena|url=http://peoriaciviccenter.com/plan-an-event/arena|website=Official Website of the Peoria Civic Center |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140120014617/http://peoriaciviccenter.com/plan-an-event/arena |archive-date=January 20, 2014 |access-date=April 24, 2019}}|9,919 {{small|(Ice hockey and indoor football)}}|11,433 {{small|(Basketball)}}|12,036 {{small|(Concerts)}}}}

| opened = {{Start date|1982|06|07}}

| renovated = {{hlist|1992|2005-07}}

| tenants = Bradley Braves {{small|(NCAA) (1982-present)}}
Peoria Prancers/Rivermen {{small|(IHL) (1982-96)}}
Peoria Rivermen {{small|(ECHL) (1996-2005)}}
Peoria Pirates {{small|(IFL/AF2) (1999-2004, 2008-09)}}
Peoria Rough Riders {{small|(UIF) (2005-06)}}
Peoria Rivermen {{small|(AHL) (2005-13)}}
Peoria Rivermen {{small|(SPHL) (2013-present)}}

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Peoria Civic Center is an entertainment complex located in downtown Peoria, Illinois. Designed by Pritzker Prize winning architect Philip Johnson{{cite web |url=https://www.peoriamagazines.com/ibi/2008/may/civic-center-revitalization-a-one-year-review |title=Civic Center Revitalization: A One-Year Review |last1=Burnett |first1=Marc |date=May 2009 |website=Peoria Magazines |publisher= |access-date=January 9, 2022|archive-url=https://archive.today/20220109094801/https://www.peoriamagazines.com/node/5361/printable/print |archive-date=January 9, 2022}} and John Burgee,{{cite book |last=Schulze |first=Franz |author-link= |date=June 15, 1996 |title=Philip Johnson: Life and Work |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tAe2qWReLhAC&dq=John+Burgee+peoria+civic+center&pg=PA342 |location=Chicago, Illinois |publisher=University of Chicago Press |page=342 |isbn=0226740587}} it has an arena, theater, exhibit hall and meeting rooms.{{cite web |url=http://media.progressivebusinessmedia.com/file/13507-Tsw080607_smg_11.pdf |title=Peoria Civic Center |author= |date=August 8, 2007 |website=Progressive Business Media |publisher= |access-date=January 9, 2022|archive-url=https://archive.today/20220109095538/http://media.progressivebusinessmedia.com/file/13507-Tsw080607_smg_11.pdf |archive-date=January 9, 2022}} It opened in 1982{{cite web |url=http://peoriaciviccenter.com/about/history-of-the-peoria-civic-center |title=HISTORY OF THE PEORIA CIVIC CENTER |author= |date=November 2015 |website=Official Website of the Peoria Civic Center |publisher= |access-date=January 9, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160113151110/http://peoriaciviccenter.com/about/history-of-the-peoria-civic-center |archive-date=January 13, 2016}} and completed an expansion to its lobby and meeting facilities in 2007.{{Cite web |last=Sharp |first=John |date=2008-09-26 |title=Civic Center pays off project |url=https://www.pjstar.com/story/news/2008/09/26/civic-center-pays-off-project/42350198007/ |access-date=2023-10-07 |website=Peoria Journal Star |language=en-US}} On the grounds of the Peoria Civic Center sits the massive "Sonar Tide," the last and largest sculpture of the pioneer of abstract minimalism Ronald Bladen.

History

The site of the Civic Center includes the spot at Liberty Street and Jefferson Street, where Moses and Lucy Pettengill lived from 1836 to 1862; that house was part of the Underground Railroad and Moses was also an Underground Railroad "conductor". In 1862, the Pettingills moved out of downtown and to Moss Avenue, where the present Pettengill–Morron House was built in 1868. The downtown home was demolished in 1910 to make way for the Jefferson Hotel.{{cite web |url=https://www.peoriamagazines.com/as/2008/jan-feb/long-road-freedom |title=The Long Road to Freedom |last1=Thompson |first1=Katie |date=January–February 2008 |newspaper = Art & Society |publisher=Central Illinois Business Publishers, Inc. |access-date=April 24, 2019}} The hotel, in turn, was imploded in 1978 to make way for the Civic Center.{{cite web |url=https://www.peoriamagazines.com/aa/2002/oct/peorias-civic-center-20-years |title=Peoria's Civic Center 20 Years |last1=Phelps |first1=Tori |date=October 2002 |newspaper=Arts Alive! |publisher=Central Illinois Business Publishers, Inc. |access-date=April 24, 2019}}{{Cite web |last=Hatch |first=Danielle |date=2022-02-17 |title=In the 1960s, the plan to construct Civic Center was an effort to save Downtown Peoria |url=https://www.pjstar.com/story/news/history/2022/02/17/history-peoria-civic-center-planning-construction/6726099001/ |access-date=2023-10-07 |website=Peoria Journal Star |language=en-US}}

Peoria Civic Center opened on June 6, 1982. The first event at the Civic Center was a home and garden show in the Exhibit Hall in February 1982.{{cite web |url=http://blogs.pjstar.com/eye/2013/02/11/peoria-civic-center-a-look-back/ |title=Peoria Civic Center: A look back |last1=Zwicky |first1=Fred |date=February 11, 2013 |website=Journal Star |publisher= |access-date=January 9, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924091655/http://blogs.pjstar.com/eye/2013/02/11/peoria-civic-center-a-look-back/ |archive-date=September 24, 2015}}

Facilities

=Carver Arena=

Carver Arena has been hosts to acts such as Metallica, Eagles, Elton John, Bob Seger, Kiss, Blake Shelton, Eric Church, Luke Bryan, Luke Combs, Jason Aldean, Cher, Janet Jackson, James Taylor, Avenged Sevenfold, Shinedown, Godsmack, AJR, Five Finger Death Punch, The Harlem Globetrotters, World Wrestling Entertainment, Disney, Monster Jam, Hot Wheels Monster Trucks Live, Disney on Ice, and basketball exhibition games for the Chicago Bulls.

{{As of|2013}}, seating capacity was 9,919 for hockey and indoor football, 11,433 for basketball and up to 12,036 for concerts.

Bob Seger set the record for the highest-grossing concert in venue history on January 22, 2019. The previous record was held by an Elton John concert in 2011.{{Cite news|last=Rodriguez|first=Stephanie|date=22 January 2019|title=Bob Seger concert breaks Civic Center record |url=https://week.com/2019/01/22/bob-seger-concert-breaks-civic-center-record/ |publisher =WEEK-TV|access-date=11 August 2020}}

Reba McEntire set a record for top-selling country concert in venue history on March 18, 2022.{{Cite web |last=Cody |first=Tom |date=2023-02-27 |title=Breathing new life into Peoria’s Downtown |url=https://www.peoriamagazine.com/article/breathing-new-life-into-peorias-downtown/ |access-date=2023-10-07 |website=Peoria Magazine |language=en-US}} Previous record holder was Blake Shelton.{{Cite web |last=Blount |first=Quentin |date=2022-03-20 |title=Reba McEntire Breaks Blakes Shelton's Record at Sold-Out Illinois Venue |url=https://outsider.com/entertainment/music/reba-mcentire-breaks-blakes-sheltons-record-sold-out-illinois-venue/ |access-date=2023-01-02 |website=Outsider |language=en-US}}

Carver Arena hosted the Illinois High School Association boys' basketball state finals for two weeks every March from 1996 until 2019. The interactive March Madness Experience took place in the adjacent exhibition hall during the tournaments.{{cite web|title=IHSA March Madness|url=https://www.peoriaciviccenter.com/events/ihsa-march-madness|access-date=April 24, 2019|publisher=Peoria Civic Center}}

=Theater=

Steve Martin and Martin Short's Now You See Them, Soon You Won't event on April 20, 2019, set the record for top comedy show in Peoria Civic Center Theater's History.{{Cite web|title=Steve Martin and Martin Short - Peoria Civic Center|url=https://www.ticketnews.com/2019/04/steve-martin-martin-short-civic-center/}} In March 2022, comedian Gabriel Iglesias set an all-time box office record, which comedian Bill Burr broke six months later.

Harry Connick Jr. set a new box office record for a concert in the theater with his December 3, 2022 performance. {{Cite web |date=2022-12-05 |title=Civic Center breaks new revenue record over weekend |url=https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/local-news/civic-center-breaks-new-revenue-record-over-weekend/ |access-date=2023-01-02 |website=CIProud.com |language=en-US}}

Pollstar ranked the Peoria Civic Center Theater as the 96th top selling theater in the world and 3rd in state of Illinois behind Chicago based venues - Chicago Theatre and Rosemont Theatre. {{Cite web |title=Pollstar |url=https://www.pollstar.com/charts/12/auditoriums---theatres |access-date=2023-01-02 |website=www.pollstar.com}}

==Tenants==

External links

[https://www.peoriaciviccenter.com/ Official Site]

[https://web.archive.org/web/20120331234920/http://www.bradleybraves.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=3400&ATCLID=130273 Carver Arena] at BradleyBraves.com — short history of Bradley University basketball at Carver Arena