Hartford Civic Center Roof Collapse Photos

About six hours later in the early morning of january 18 the roof of the sports coliseum collapsed onto 10 000 empty stadium seats.

Hartford civic center roof collapse photos.

No injuries were reported. At approximately 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.

18 1978 the roof of the hartford civic center collapsed just hours after a college basketball double header. 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. Forty years ago on jan. On january 18 1978 the civic center roof collapsed six hours after the university of connecticut defeated the university of massachusetts 56 49.

The arena roof was a 90 by 110 meter space frame levy and salvadori 1992 kaminetzky 1991 feld and carper 1997. 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. 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. Hartford civic center roof collapsed 1978 in the early morning hours of jan.

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. Community corner on this date. The arena is ranked the 28th largest among college. It collapsed into the arena below with a.

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