![]() Footage from this show was featured in the band's only official music video, "Down with Disease", whose jam debuted that night. On December 31, 1993, they played their first concert at the Centrum, complete with a stage decorated like an aquarium (featured for the 1993 New Years run). The venue has hosted 16 concerts of the band Phish. Bela Fleck and the Flecktones joined DMB for these shows opening both nights and even sitting in on much of sets for both nights. Fresh off their May release of Before These Crowded Streets, they played some of the most inspired and diverse concerts in their history. The arena played host to what some fans consider to be the greatest two-night stand in the history of The Dave Matthews Band, in December 1998. This successful, well-reviewed tour stop prompted a good-natured ad parody on rock radio station WBCN, "Now appearing at the Centrum, Boston on Ice!", a reference to themed ice shows. Starting with a three-night booking, as each show neared selling out another night was added. The fight was the only time Hagler fought at the arena and was the last of 36 he fought in the state of Massachusetts.įrom August 13 to August 24, 1987, in an effort to thank their local fans for years of support and allow wide availability of tickets, Boston played an unprecedented nine-show run on their Third Stage tour. ![]() It was Hagler's 60th professional fight and his 56th win overall. On February 11, 1983, Marvelous Marvin Hagler retained his WBC, WBA and The Ring Middleweight titles against English boxer Tony Sibson at the arena. The arena also plays host to a variety of entertainment events, including Professional Bull Riding, Stars on Ice, Monster Trucks and more. This practice continues today as the arena is seen as an alternative to the larger TD Garden. The old Boston Garden had poor acoustics and lacked air conditioning, prompting promoters to schedule Boston area shows at the arena. ![]() Musicĭuring the 1980s, the arena became a stop for touring musical acts. The PlanetUSA All stars defeated Team Canada, 14–11, in the highest-scoring AHL All Star game in history. The arena also hosted the 2009 AHL All-Star Classic on January 29, 2009. The College of the Holy Cross uses the facility as an alternate location for anticipated larger attendance home games for men's basketball and men's ice hockey. Worcester has been host to the Boston Celtics every few years. Boston area teams use the arena as an occasional home venue for pre-season games. They were the second indoor football team to do so, after the Massachusetts Marauders of the AFL. The New England Surge of the Continental Indoor Football League also called the Center home for two seasons, but after the 2008 season the team ceased all operations. Prior to this, the venue was home to the Worcester IceCats, also of the AHL. ![]() The arena was formerly home to the Worcester Sharks American Hockey League (AHL) team, owned and operated by its NHL affiliate San Jose Sharks, which moved its farm team to the west coast in 2015. The arena is home to the Worcester Railers HC of the ECHL who will begin play in 2017. ![]() Previously, the arena was managed by Rich Kreswick, who afterward spent a brief time at the FleetCenter (Boston), and in the mid-1990s, the general manager position transferred to Sandy Dunn, who is one of few women to manage an arena venue, and the DCU Center is one of the most stable of SMG's assets. The venue received further updates with the DCU naming rights purchase, including new signage both inside and outside the facility, and a new center-hung video scoreboard for the arena bowl. This upgrade resulted in the facility's name change to Worcester's Centrum Centre. The convention center addition was completed along with a renovation of arena infrastructure in 1997. The arena was expanded to 14,800 seats in 1989 with the addition of the 300-level balconies. The opening event was a Frank Sinatra concert. The Centrum, or officially Centrum in Worcester as it was then known, opened in September 1982 after years of construction delays, with a capacity of roughly 12,000. ![]()
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