Hartford Civic Center Roof Collapse Photos

Only six hours earlier five thousand people had been in the arena watching a basketball game.

Hartford civic center roof collapse photos.

Dennis house takes a look back in. Community corner hartford civic center roof collapsed 40 years ago in the early morning hours of jan. 18 1978 the roof fell in under the weight of snow and ice. The hartford civic center roof collapse is often cited as the archetypal case of overreliance on computer technology.

The xl center originally known as the hartford civic center is a multi purpose arena and convention center located in downtown hartford connecticut owned by the city of hartford it is managed by the quasi public capital region development authority crda under a lease with the city and operated by spectra in december 2007 the center was renamed when the arena s naming rights were sold to. Community corner on this date. About six hours later in the early morning of january 18 the roof of the sports coliseum collapsed onto 10 000 empty stadium seats. No injuries were reported.

On january 17 1978 a tuesday evening 4 746 basketball fans watched the uconn men s team upset umass 56 49 at the hartford civic center. The arena roof was a 90 by 110 meter space frame levy and salvadori 1992 kaminetzky 1991 feld and carper 1997. In using computer models or any other engineering tools engineers must be mindful of the strictures of guideline a under canon 1 which requires that engineers recognize that the lives safety health and welfare of the. At approximately 4 15 a m.

The arena is ranked the 28th largest among college. The xl center originally known as the hartford civic center is a multi purpose arena and convention center located in downtown hartford connecticut it is owned by the city of hartford and operated by spectra in december 2007 the center was renamed when the arena s naming rights were sold to xl group insurance company in a 6 year agreement. Forty years ago on jan. It collapsed into the arena below with a.

Two guards and two maintenance men were reportedly in the hartford civic center but not under the coliseum roof when the collapse occurred at 4 15 a m. 18 1978 the roof fell in under the weight of snow and ice. On january 17 1978 the roof of the hartford civic center arena collapsed.