The Rostraver Ice Garden is a 5,000-seat multi-purpose arena

Arena

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 in the Pittsburgh suburb of Rostraver Township, Pennsylvania

Rostraver Township, Pennsylvania

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, USA

United States

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History

Opened in 1965, the Ice Garden hosts local sporting events (mainly hockey) and concerts. It also has banquet rooms and a restaurant, Murph's Pub. It was home to the Pittsburgh RiverRats

Pittsburgh RiverRats

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 indoor football team

Team

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 for one season (2007) as well as the Mon Valley Thunder

Mon Valley Thunder

The Mon Valley Thunder was an ice hockey team which played in the inaugural season of the Mid-Atlantic Hockey League in 2007. The team played its home games in the Rostraver Ice Garden in Rostraver Township, Pennsylvania. Brian Cersosimo was the team's first and only head coach. Following the...

 of the Mid-Atlantic Hockey League

Mid-Atlantic Hockey League

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 (also 2007). It was also the training camp for the Pittsburgh Penguins

Pittsburgh Penguins

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 in the 1970's. The arena is currently home to the Mon Valley Thunder youth hockey association, the Elizabeth Forward Warriors hockey team, and the Serra Catholic Eagles hockey team.

The Ice Garden is also famous among wrestling fans as the venue for Extreme Championship Wrestling

Extreme Championship Wrestling

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 in the Pittsburgh area in the mid-to-late 90s.

Scenes from Kevin Smith's "Zack and Miri Make a Porno

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" were filmed here.

Incidents

On February 14, 2010, after heavy snowfall in Southwestern Pennsylvania, a 100-by-200-foot section of the roof of the Ice Gardens collapsed during a youth hockey tournament between Canadian and US teams. About five hours after the collapse, officials reported that everyone was accounted for and there were no serious injuries. Local TV stations reported from the scene that the collapse occurred shortly after a loud cracking noise was heard, giving adults enough time to evacuate hundreds of people, mainly children, from the arena before the roof came down. The arena reopened to the public, with a new roof, on October 21, 2010.

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