Use As A Filming/recording Location
Civic Arena has served as a filming location for several major Hollywood productions including:
- The Fish that Saved Pittsburgh, a 1979 basketball film starring Flip Wilson, Stockard Channing, and Julius Erving as members of the fictional Pittsburgh Pisces NBA team.
- Grateful Dead Download Series Volume 9, 1989
- Sudden Death, a 1995 film starring Jean-Claude Van Damme as a retired Pittsburgh firefighter who tries to save the Vice President from terrorists during the pivotal Game 7 of the Stanley Cup finals.
- Rock Star, a 2001 film starring Mark Wahlberg as a musician heading to the Pittsburgh arena for a concert in 1987.
- Zach and Miri Make a Porno, a 2008 Kevin Smith film; one of the final scenes is shot outside the arena.
- She's Out of My League, a 2010 romantic comedy; the arena and the Pittsburgh Penguins are featured as the backdrop to a date night.
The arena also served as the recording location for The Doors album:
- Pittsburgh Civic Arena in 1970.
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