Hartford Civic Center Roof Collapse

Ten days of bad weather coupled with a snowstorm the prior evening were responsible for the weighty accumulation of snow and ice that led to the rooftop s failure.
Hartford civic center roof collapse. 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. 18 1978 the roof of the hartford civic center collapsed under the weight of heavy snow and ice. 18 1978 the roof of the hartford civic center collapsed under the weight of heavy snow and ice. Forty years ago on jan.
Only six hours earlier five thousand people had been in the arena watching a basketball game. On january 17 1978 the roof of the hartford civic center arena collapsed. On january 18 1978 at about 4 20 in the morning the hartford civic center roof collapsed. As originally built in 1975 it seated 10 507 for hockey and served as the home of the then new england whalersfor three years.
Faulty design was ultimately ruled as the culprit. At approximately 4 15 a m. 18 under a heavy blanket of ice and snow the huge flat roof of the two year old hartford civic center s coliseum collapsed at 4 15 this morning raining havoc on the 70 million. Faulty design was ultimately ruled as the culprit.
On january 18 1978 the civic center roof collapsed six hours after the university of connecticut defeated the university of massachusetts 56 49. 18 1978 the roof of the hartford civic center collapsed just hours after a college basketball double header. No one was in the building and no one was injured. It collapsed into the arena below with a.
40 years ago the hartford. About six hours later in the early morning of january 18 the roof of the sports coliseum collapsed onto 10 000 empty stadium seats. In the early morning hours of jan. In the early morning of january 18 1978 the weight of snow from the day s heavy snowstorm caused the civic center s roof to collapse.
The arena roof was a 90 by 110 meter space frame levy and salvadori 1992 kaminetzky 1991 feld and carper 1997.