The arena was the loudest its ever been. The screaming inside was ear-piercing. Wow!
NANCY DUNLAP
Recalling the Beatle's 1964 concert experience at the Civic Arena

• Andrew Lloyd Webber's Jesus Christ Superstar sold more than 2 million copies in 12 months and became 1971's number-one-selling album.

In July of that year, 13,000 Superstar fans packed the Civic Arena to see the opera performed in concert. That performance was just the runner-up to a full-blown Broadway production that opened on Broadway on October 12, 1971.



• Elvis Presley performed there on June 25, 1973 and later on December 31, 1975.



• The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh was filmed at the arena in 1979.



• The arena was featured in the 1995 film, Sudden Death, starring Jean Claude Van Damme.
The Beatles Civic Arena Concert (1964)
The Beatles performed a concert on September 14, 1964:
The Beatles simple stage area was set up in the
North end of the Civic Arena near the Zamboni's entrance.

12, 603 fans were in attendence and all tickets were $5.90.
Nancy (Dunlap) Collette and Melanie (Dreibelbis) Grimm wearing "I love George" buttons en route to the Beatles only Pittsburgh appearence on September 14, 1964.
Memories Lost: An unused ticket stub from September 14, 1964.
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