Lil Wayne Concert Rescheduled To May 10 - 2500 Additional Tickets Released
April 18, 2008: The Lil Wayne Concert at the Chevrolet Centre that was scheduled for this Sunday April 20th has been rescheduled. Full Story
Quickest Sell-Out in Chevy Centre's History!
April 15, 2008: In just 48 hours, tickets for country singer Carrie Underwood's June 11 show at the Youngstown Chevrolet Centre are sold out. Full Story
Chevrolet Centre Quick Facts
Cost of the facility - $42 Million dollars.
Seating Capacities for various events...
- Hockey/Arena football: 5700
- Basketball: 5900
- End Stage Concert: 6300
- 1/2 House: 3800
- Center Stage in Round: 7000
Total area of the facility: 169,000 sq. ft.
400 parking spaces available on-site, 26 of which are Handicap accessible.
Chevrolet Centre staff includes 16 full time, year round employees and as many as 250 part time seasonal employees.
Hockey and Arena Football both use the same floor space for games: 85' x 200' (17,000 sq. ft.)
There are 520 Club Seats and 26 Luxury Suites.
There are 60 TV's located in the suites and throughout the Chevrolet Centre.
There are a total of 138 restroom fixtures throughout the Chevrolet Centre.
- 83 Women's
- 53 Men's
- 2 Family.
It takes an average of 6 hrs.to convert the facility from event to event.
It takes a Chevrolet Centre Operations staff of about 10 people 32 hrs. to make ice. This includes painting all ice logos in by hand.
The Chevrolet Centre Ice is put in late September and remains for the entire Hockey season. It is covered with Athletica "Ice Deck" for events during the hockey season.
The ice at the Chevrolet Centre is 1" thick and maintained at 19 degrees for hockey and 24 degrees for Disney on Ice and Figure skating.
There are approximately 7 miles of cooling pipes in the concrete floor under the ice.
There are 4 visiting locker rooms/ dressing rooms and 2 Green Rooms for visiting teams and artists.
The Chevrolet Centre will use 550 cubic yards of dirt for events such as PBR Rodeo to cover the performance area.
