Norfolk Scope is a 12,600-seat multipurpose arena at the northern perimeter of downtown Norfolk, Virginia, designed by renowned Italian architect/engineer Pier Luigi Nervi with the local firm of Williams and Tazewell. Construction on Scope on Brambleton Avenue began in June 1968 and was completed in 1971 at a cost of $35 million. Notably, federal funds covered $23 million of the cost. The name Scope is a contraction of "kaleidoscope," suggesting the intended varied nature of the venue's capability. The Scope logo (right) features a multi-colored, abstracted kaleidoscope image.
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| - Norfolk Scope is a 12,600-seat multipurpose arena at the northern perimeter of downtown Norfolk, Virginia, designed by renowned Italian architect/engineer Pier Luigi Nervi with the local firm of Williams and Tazewell. Construction on Scope on Brambleton Avenue began in June 1968 and was completed in 1971 at a cost of $35 million. Notably, federal funds covered $23 million of the cost. The name Scope is a contraction of "kaleidoscope," suggesting the intended varied nature of the venue's capability. The Scope logo (right) features a multi-colored, abstracted kaleidoscope image.
- Construction on Scope began in June 1968 and was completed in 1971 at a cost of $35 million. Federal funds covered $23 million of the cost, and when it opened formally on November 12, 1971, the structure was the second-largest public complex in Virginia, behind only the Pentagon.
- Norfolk Scope is a multipurpose culture, entertainment, convention and sports arena at the northern perimeter of downtown Norfolk, Virginia, designed by Italian architect/engineer Pier Luigi Nervi in conjunction with the (now defunct) local firm of Williams and Tazewell. Nervi's design for the reinforced concrete dome evolved from his much smaller Palazzetto dello Sport, which was built in the 1950s for the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome.
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- Basketball:10,253
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- Hampton Roads/Norfolk Admirals ECHL, 1989-2000American Hockey League, 2000-present
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| - Construction on Scope began in June 1968 and was completed in 1971 at a cost of $35 million. Federal funds covered $23 million of the cost, and when it opened formally on November 12, 1971, the structure was the second-largest public complex in Virginia, behind only the Pentagon. Featuring the world's largest concrete dome, Scope won the Virginia Society of the American Institute of Architects Test of Time award in 2003. Wes Lewis, director of Old Dominion University's civil engineering technology program, called it "a beautiful marrying of art and engineering." Noted architectural critic James Howard Kunstler described the design as looking like "yesterday's tomorrow." The name "Scope", a contraction of kaleidoscope, emphasizes the venue's re-configurability and while initially the name chosen for the entire complex, has come to refer primarily to the arena component. The facility logo (right), which features a multi-colored, abstracted kaleidoscope image, was designed by Raymond Loewy's firm Loewy/Snaith of New York.
- Norfolk Scope is a multipurpose culture, entertainment, convention and sports arena at the northern perimeter of downtown Norfolk, Virginia, designed by Italian architect/engineer Pier Luigi Nervi in conjunction with the (now defunct) local firm of Williams and Tazewell. Nervi's design for the reinforced concrete dome evolved from his much smaller Palazzetto dello Sport, which was built in the 1950s for the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome. Construction on Scope began in June 1968 and was completed in 1971 at a cost of $35 million USD. Federal funds covered $23 million of the cost, and when it opened formally on November 12, 1971, the structure was the second-largest public complex in Virginia, behind only the Pentagon.
- Norfolk Scope is a 12,600-seat multipurpose arena at the northern perimeter of downtown Norfolk, Virginia, designed by renowned Italian architect/engineer Pier Luigi Nervi with the local firm of Williams and Tazewell. Construction on Scope on Brambleton Avenue began in June 1968 and was completed in 1971 at a cost of $35 million. Notably, federal funds covered $23 million of the cost. The name Scope is a contraction of "kaleidoscope," suggesting the intended varied nature of the venue's capability. The Scope logo (right) features a multi-colored, abstracted kaleidoscope image.
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- Destination X 2008
- August 19, 2002 Monday Night RAW results
- February 3, 2002 WWE Heat results
- June 14, 2000 Thunder results
- World War 3 1996
- Tribute to the Troops 2012
- August 12, 2008 ECW results
- May 30, 1992 WCW Saturday Night results
- Starrcade 1991
- April 19, 2003 WWE Velocity results
- WWE House Show (Mar 23, 13' no.2)
- September 23, 1999 Thunder results
- NWA-WCW House Show (October 6, 1989)
- February 18, 2006 WWE Velocity results
- World War 3 1995
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