Peoria Civic Center
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"Carver Arena" redirects here. For the arena at the University of Iowa, see Carver–Hawkeye Arena.
Peoria Civic Center is an entertainment complex located in downtown Peoria, Illinois. Designed by Pritzker Prize winning architect Philip Johnson[3] and John Burgee,[4] it has an arena, theater, exhibit hall and meeting rooms.[5] It opened in 1982[6] and completed an expansion to its lobby and meeting facilities in 2007.[7] 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.
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Location | Downtown Peoria | ||||||||||||||||
Address | 201 SW Jefferson Ave Peoria, IL 61602-1423 | ||||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 40°41′30″N 89°35′39″W | ||||||||||||||||
Groundbreaking | April 30, 1979 (1979-04-30) | ||||||||||||||||
Opened | February 1982 | ||||||||||||||||
Inaugurated | June 6, 1982 (1982-06-06) | ||||||||||||||||
Renovated | June 2005-May 2007 | ||||||||||||||||
Cost | $64.2 million ($270 million in 2023 dollars[1]) | ||||||||||||||||
Renovation cost | $55 million ($85.8 million in 2023 dollars[1]) | ||||||||||||||||
Owner | City of Peoria | ||||||||||||||||
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Architect(s) | HOK Sport Venue Event | ||||||||||||||||
Engineer | Dewberry | ||||||||||||||||
Services engineer | STS Engineering | ||||||||||||||||
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Main contractor | Turner Construction | ||||||||||||||||
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Seating capacity | 6,500 (PCC Ballroom) 2,173 (PCC Theater) 300 (Lexus Club) | ||||||||||||||||
Public transit access | CityLink | ||||||||||||||||
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