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  WesBanco Arena Location within West Virginia  WesBanco Arena Location within the United States | |
| Former names | Wheeling Civic Center (1977–2003) |
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| Address | 2 14th Street |
| Location | Wheeling, West Virginia |
| Owner | Wheeling Municipal Auditorium Board |
| Operator | Wheeling Municipal Auditorium Board |
| Capacity | 5,600 (concerts) 5,406 (Ice hockey) |
| Surface | Multi-surface |
| Construction | |
| Broke ground | August 31, 1975 |
| Opened | April 19, 1977[3] |
| Construction cost | $9 million ($35.7 million in 2023 dollars)[1] |
| Architect | Dalton-Dalton Little & Newport[2] |
| Tenants | |
| Wheeling Thunderbirds/Nailers (ECHL) (1992–present) Ohio Valley Greyhounds (NIFL/UIF) (2001–2007) Wheeling Wildcats (CIFL) (2009) West Virginia Roughriders (AAL) (2019-2021)[4] Wheeling Miners (AAL2/NAL) (2024-present) | |
WesBanco Arena (originally Wheeling Civic Center) is a multi-purpose arena located in Wheeling, West Virginia. It was built in 1977 at a cost of $7 million. It is home to the Wheeling Nailers ice hockey team, the West Virginia Miners indoor football team, the Mountain East Conference basketball tournament and the Ohio Valley Athletic Conference wrestling tournament.
- ^ "Wheeling Civic Center to Open". Beckley Post-Herald. Beckley, West Virginia. April 5, 1977. Retrieved November 4, 2020.
- ^ "Wheeling Zooms Past City In Convention Center Race". The Pittsburgh Press. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. September 6, 1975. Retrieved November 11, 2011.
- ^ "Listen to the Music". Observer–Reporter. Washington, PA. April 19, 1977.
- ^ "'It was a total honor': Richmond Roughriders find new home in West Virginia". WRIC-TV. September 24, 2018.
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