The arena was the loudest its ever been. The screaming inside was ear-piercing. Wow!
NANCY DUNLAP
Recalling the Beatle's 1964 concert experience at the Civic Arena

• Andrew Lloyd Webber's Jesus Christ Superstar sold more than 2 million copies in 12 months and became 1971's number-one-selling album.

In July of that year, 13,000 Superstar fans packed the Civic Arena to see the opera performed in concert. That performance was just the runner-up to a full-blown Broadway production that opened on Broadway on October 12, 1971.



• Elvis Presley performed there on June 25, 1973 and later on December 31, 1975.



• The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh was filmed at the arena in 1979.



• The arena was featured in the 1995 film, Sudden Death, starring Jean Claude Van Damme.
The Beatles Civic Arena Concert (1964)
The Beatles performed a concert on September 14, 1964:
The Beatles simple stage area was set up in the
North end of the Civic Arena near the Zamboni's entrance.
Nancy (Dunlap) Collette and Melanie (Dreibelbis) Grimm wearing "I love George" buttons en route to the Beatles only Pittsburgh appearence on September 14, 1964.
Memories Lost: An unused ticket stub from September 14, 1964.
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