The George R. Wallace Jr. Civic Center
is a 1,000-seat multi-purpose arena in Fitchburg, Massachusetts. It hosts various local concerts and sporting events for the area. First opened in 1970, the Wallace Civic Center consists of the Gaetz Arena, the Carmelita Landry Arena, a planetarium, and several multi-use banquet rooms.
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History
The Wallace Civic Center opened in 1970 due to funding by George Wallace, a Fitchburg resident.
[1] it consisted of two separate
ice rinks and a
planetarium.
In the nearly 40 years since the Civic Center opened, it has hosted public
skating, summer camps, hockey leagues,
figure skating, trade shows, concerts, tournaments, events and private functions. Notably the Civic center has witnessed performances by bands such as
Nirvana and
The Foo Fighters.
[2] It has also hosted a
moon rock [3] and hockey games feturing the
Boston Bruins.
The Civic Center slowly fell into disrepear to the point where the planetarium had to be closed.
Control and ownership of the Civic Center was transferred from the
City of Fitchburg to
Fitchburg State College in August,
2007.
[4] Since this transfer, the college has performed many upgrades to the Civic Center. These include new roofing, new ice making machinery and ventelation, and overall refurbishment. They have also transformed the Landry Arena into an indoor turf field.
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Teams
The Civic Center is home to the Fitchburg State Falcons division III college
ice hockey team and a new junior team. Many surrounding high school ice hockey teams also call the Civic Center home; including St. Bernard's High School, North Middlesex Regional High School, Leominster High School, Fitchburg High School, and Lunenburg High School.